June 13, 1910.] Descripticn of Indian Micro- Lepidoptera, Los 
deep ochreous-yellow, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous ; stigmata dark 
fuscous, plical nearly beneath first discal ; a suffused dark fuscous spot on 
costa at 2; an irregular terminal fascia of dark fuscous suffusion or irroration, 
projecting beneath so as to touch second discal stigma: cilia ochreous-yellow. 
Hindwings in @ pale yellowish, in Q light grey ; cilia pale yellowish. 
Ceylon (probably low country) ; Khasis ; in July, three specimens. 
Cryptolechia vespertina, n. sp. 
&Q. 17-20 mm. Head, palpi, antenn %, and thorax dark fuscous, sides of 
crown pale ochreous, Abdomen pale ochreous, dorsally tinged with grey. 
Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, 
oblique ; 7 to apex ; dark purplish-fuscous, sprinkled with blackish ; stigmata 
large, cloudy, blackish, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal, second discal 
transverse ; sometimes a suffused whitish-ochreous spot on costa at 3: cilia 
dark purplish-fuscous, with an interrupted whitish-ochreous basal line. Hind- 
wings in @ whitish-ochreous more or less suffused with grey towards termen, 
in 2 grey, paler towards base and suffused with whitish-ochreous along costa 
anteriorly ; cilia whitish-ochreous with grey subbasal shade. 
Khasis ; in September, eight specimens. 
Cryptolechia wrarza, 0. sp. 
6%. 9-11 mm. Head dark fuscous, face pale ochreous, sides of crown 
mixed with yellow-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, externally dark fuscous 
except towards apex of second joint, Antenne dark fuscous, beneath pale 
ochreous. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous, Forewings elongate, rather 
dilated posteriorly, costa anteriorly slightly arched, posteriorly rather bent, 
apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique ; 7 to termen ; dark pur- 
plish-fuscous, sprinkled with blackish ; some ochreous-yellow scales towards 
costa anteriorly ; a more or less developed rather broad undefined median 
fascia of ochreous-yellow irroration, broader towards costa ; some irregular 
scattered ochreous-yellow scales posteriorly : cilia dark fuscous, with more or 
less developed basal series of small ochreous-yellow spots. Hindwings and 
cilia dark fuscous, 
Khasis ; from July to October, five specimens. 
Cryptolechia arvalis, 0. sp. 
& ¢@. 15-17 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous-yellowish, longitudinally 
streaked with ferruginous suffusion, Palpi whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with 
ferruginous and dark fuscous, second joint with scales roughly expanded 
towards apex above, terminal joint with a blackish submedian ring, Antenne 
pale yellowish, indistinctly dotted with fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft 
pale yellowish, Forewings elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently 
arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen slightly sinuate, oblique ; 7 to termen ; 
ferruginous more or less sprinkled with black, costa and all veins marked with 
suffused pale ochreous-yellowish streaks: cilia light ochreous-yellowish, on 
basal half and on tornus throughout barred with ferruginous suffusion sprinkled 
with black. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia light grey, becoming whilish-ochreous 
round apex. 
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