G24 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



fuscous postraedian line preceded by a pale shade, apical portion of 

 costal cilia be)'ond this forming a strong dark fuscous hook. Hind- 

 wings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



BejS'gal, Pusa, in March {Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Acrocercops extenuata, u. sp. 



S. 5 mm. Head pale fuscous. Palpi whitish-fuscous, second 

 and terminal joints each with blackish subapical ring. Thorax 

 fuscous. Abdomen grey, Forewings narrow-lanceolate ; whitish- 

 fuscous, irrorated with dark purplish-fuscous, costa suffused with 

 dark fuscous ; very slender white transverse fasciae at ^ and 'f^, 

 first slightly oblique, second direct ; white transverse strigulse from 

 costa at |- and near apex : cilia grey with two blackish lines. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Kanaka, Karwar, bred in July from larvae mining blotches on 

 iindersurface of leaves of unidentified shrub, several blotches in a 

 leaf separated by main veins [Maxwell) ; one specimen. 



Acrocercops ordinatella Meyr. 



(S 2 • '^"^ Toam. Head white, crown sometimes tinged with 

 brown. Palpi white with apical band of second joint and median 

 ring of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae grey, towards base 

 white, basal joint with anterior tuft. Thorax white, patagia with 

 a more or less developed rather dark brownish spot. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous, beneath white, barred on sides with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings very narrowly elongate -lanceolate ; brown, suffused 

 with dark fuscous towards costa; one or two white strigulao 

 from costa near base, and a very irregular white streak along 

 dorsum from base to first fascia ; four narrow oblique white fasciap, 

 more or less edged with dark fuscous scales, first two marked 

 with costal, median, and dorsal dark fuscous dots, third and 

 fourth each marked with two dark fuscous dots, third inter- 

 ru])ted in middle, fourth apical, an interrupted or incomplete 

 white parallel line between third and fourth: cilia grey, beneath 

 apex with two dark fuscous shades separated by whitish. Hind- 

 wings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Kanara, Karwar, bred freely in July and August {Maxivell) ; 

 CooRG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, in September (Newcome) ; Ceylon, Pera- 

 deniya, in June (Green); sixteen specimens. I have redescribed 

 this species, originally based on a single Australian specimen, to 

 ensure its distinction from several closely allied forms. Larva 

 cylindrical, segments rather strongly marked, wholly orange, with 

 tinge of crimson; mining blotch in upper side of leaf of Aheo- 

 dapline semecarpifoUa (Lauracece) and an unidentified shrub (also 

 recorded from Litsea, therefore probably feeds on several Lauracece); 

 cocoon oval, orange, external, but occasionally within blotch, with 

 two or three bubbles attached (Maxwell). I have not yet obtained 

 quadrifasciata Staint., which is very similar ; the name must be 

 restricted to the specimens bred from pale green larvae mining 



