lYONETIADJE. — GRACILAKlADiE. 



G21 



grej'ish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen faintly sinuate, very oblique ; pale yellow-ochreoiis, some- 

 times partially tinged with fuscous, costa slenderly blackish ; an 

 undefined streak of white suffusion running from base of costa 

 along or above fold to termen, marked with a cloudy dark fuscous 

 dot or mark at about 4 ; five very oblique Avhite streaks from costa, 

 first from near base, running into longitudinal streak, second 

 extending to |^ of disc, third shorter, fourth short, fifth extending 

 along posterior fourth of costa to a longitudinal blackish apical mark ; 

 three or four undefined short oblique white streaks from dorsum : 

 cilia whitish, with two strongly marked dark fuscous lines, before 

 first sufl'used with pale ochreous, beyond second infuscated, at apex 

 with a bar of dark fuscous suffusion. Hindwings with 6 to apex ; 

 light grey, apical edge dark fuscous ; cilia ochreous-whitish, at 

 apex with two dark fuscous lines, 



Assam, Khasis, in April, May, August, and September ; twelve 

 specimens. 



Hectacma conchylias, n. sp. 



J . 11 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 second joint infuscated above. Thorax light ochreous, posteriorly 

 whitish. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, very oblique ; yellow- 

 ochreous or ochreous-yellow, more or less infuscated in disc and 

 towards apex, costa suffused with dark fuscous: five very oblique 

 suffused white streaks from costa, first not reaching fold, second 

 and third reaching half across wing, fourth shorter, fifth along 

 apical portion of costa to near apex ; four indistinct oblique suffused 

 whitish streaks from dorsum to about fold ; a dark fuscous marginal 

 line along apical fourth of costa, and continued interruptedly on 

 termen : cilia ochreous-yellow, towards tips whitish, with a fuscous 

 apical shade. Hindwings with 6 to apex ; brassy-grey ; cilia 



grey- 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in January, May, and September (Pole) ; five 



specimens. 



GRACILARIAD.E. 



Lithocolletis neodoxa, n. sp. 



J. 4-5 mm. Head dark fuscous. Thorax bright leaden- 

 metallic. Abdomen shining leaden-grey. Forewings lanceolate ; 

 shining coppery-orange ; five bright silvery-metallic black-edged 

 transverse spots, viz. three from costa at i, f , and before apex 

 (last silvery-white), and two from dorsum alternating with these: 

 cilia grey, basal third mixed with black within a strong black line. 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grej-. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred in August from larva mining in leaf of 

 Cajanus indicus {Leginninosie) (FletcJier). A very distinct and 

 beautiful species. 



