G2G EXOTIC MICR0LEP1D01>TERA. 



cilia whitish-grej', with indistinct dark fuscous line. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia pale violet-grey. 



Kanaka, Shirve, bred in December from larvae mining tight 

 blister-Iiko blotches on upperside of leaves of an unidentified plant, 

 occupying whole leaf ; cocoon yellowish, within mine (Ma.vivell) ; 

 eight specimens. 



Acrocercops pharopeda, n. sp. 



5 . 7 mm. Head white, sides of forehead greyish, collar dark 

 fuscous edged with white. Palpi white, with dark fuscous bands 

 at apex of second joint and below middle of terminal. Antennae 

 whitish-grey, basal joint white, with dark fuscous anterior tuft. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, posteriorly narrowly white. Abdomen grey, 

 beneath white, barred with dark fuscous on sides. Forewings 

 very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; dark brown ; markings white 

 edged with black ; base slenderly and irregularly white ; narrow 

 hardl}' oblique fasciae at | and ^, dilated dorsally and each marked 

 with a large black dorsal dot ; a slender parallel fascia at | ; a 

 minute dot beneath costa at ^ ; a triangular spot on costa before 

 apex, just reaching termen ; a minute white apical dot : cilia grey, 

 with dark fuscous line. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Kanaka, Karwar, bred in July from larva mining small semi- 

 transparent blotch in leaf of unidentified creeper ; cocoon brownish- 

 yellow, detached (^Ma.vwelJ) ; one specimen. 



Acrocercops geometra, n. sp. 



6 $. 7-8 mm. Head and thorax whitish- oclii^eous, face 

 whitish. Palpi whitish, second and terminal joints greyish on 

 apical half. Abdomen grey, beneath whitish, triangularly barred 

 on sides with dark fuscous. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceo- 

 late ; brownish or fuscous, varying in depth ; markings white 

 edged with blackish scales ; two dorsal blotches more or loss 

 suffused with light brownish-ochreous except towards upper mar- 

 gins, first large, triangular, extending on dorsum from near base 

 to 1 of wing, its apex reaching costa, second smaller, triangular or 

 trapezoidal, beyond middle, narrowly connected with first on 

 dorsum, its apex connected with costa by a short very fine wliite 

 strigula ; two very fine somewhat oblique transverse lines between 

 this and apex, their terminal extremities somewhat enlarged ; 

 a white apical dot : cilia whitish-grey, round apex whitish, with a 

 pale brownish patch beneath apex, and grey median line. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia pale greyish. 



Kkngal, Pusa ; S. India, Coirabatore ; in April, ^lay, October, 

 and November {^Fletcher) ; five specimens. Larva mining blotch in 

 leaf of Cordia mijxa (^Boraginaceie) (Fletcher). 



Acrocercops lysibathra, n. sp. 



cJ . 8 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 

 grey-whitish. Abdomen grey, beneath whitish. Forewings nar- 

 rowly elongate-lanceolate; greyish-oclireous, costa suffused with 



