GRACILAKIADJ?:. 623 



Cetlopt, Peradeniya, bred in July from mines in leaves of Urena 

 hbata (Malracece) {Rutherford) ; one specimen. Except for loss of 

 head, the example is in tine condition ; extremely close to conista, 

 but somewhat darker, white markings clearer and stronger, black 

 edgings more sharply defined, median fascia more obtnsely angii- 

 lated, black supratornal patch much moi'e marked, tornal mark 

 less developed ; the general aspect is therefore different, and com- 

 bined with difference of food-plant probably indicates a good 

 species. 



Phrixosceles plexigrapha, n. sp. 



$. 8-9 mm. Head white, with a few grey scales on crown. 

 Palj>i white, with dark fuscous apical band of second joint and 

 median ring of terminal joint. Thorax white, patagia greyish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen grey, sicfes whitish obliquely striped with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings very narrow, parallel-sided, apex short- 

 pointed ; greyish-ochreous, along costa irrorated with blackish, 

 with a subcostal series of minute white dots from ^ to near apex ; 

 about seven very oblique irregular whitish lines from dorsum edged 

 with blackish irroration reaching about | across wing : cilia whitish 

 Avith two fuscous shades, inner blue-iiidescent, towards tornal area 

 Avholly greyish. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 



Bengal, Pusa ; S. India, Coimbatore, bred in March and April 

 from larvte feeding in pods of Gajunus indicus {Legumlnosce) 

 (Fletcher). 



Phrixosceles phricotarsa, n. sp. 



J. 11mm. Head fuscous, face and palpi white. Thorax 

 fuscous, outer side of patagia white. Abdomen dark grey, beneath 

 white with lateral series of oblique fuscous lines. Porewinga 

 very narrow, parallel- sided, rather short-pointed; fuscous mixed 

 with darker, crossed by numerous irregular confused obscure 

 whitish striae, oblique on dorsal area, obsolete towards apex: cilia 

 fuscous-whitish, with bright deep violet-blue antemedian line, and 

 dark fuscous apical shade, towards tornus wholly grey. Hindwino-g 

 and cilia rather dark grey. 



S. India, Ootacamund, 7500 feet, in December (Fletcher) ; one 

 specimen, 



Phrixosceles profluens, n. sp. 



(^ . 9 mm. Head white, face sprinkled with fuscous. Palpi 

 white, with three indistinct rings of dark fuscous irroration. 

 Thorax white, patagia dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Middle 

 tibiee and tarsi thickened with dense rough dark fuscous scales 

 apex of tarsi white ; posterior tibias dark fuscous, apex ochreous- 

 whitish, tarsi somewhat thickened with appressed scales, with 

 short bristles at apex of joints, wholly wliitish-ochreons, towards 

 apex white. Porewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; fuscous 

 irrorated with dark fuscous ; an irregular-edged attenuated white 

 streak along dorsum from base to near apex ; a fine dark fuscous 

 marginal line round apex and termcn : cilia fuscous, with dark 



