October 12, 1910. } Descriptions of Indian Miecro-Lepidoptera. 435 
[From the JouRNAL OF THE BomBay NaturaL Hisrory Soory, \ 
October 12, 1910.] 
DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 
BY 
EB. MEYRICK, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 
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GGELECHIAD. 
Narthecoceros logica, n. sp. 
g. 13-14 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish. Palpi fuscous- 
whitish, more or less sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennz ochreous- 
whitish, with two blackish bands before apex. Abdomen grey. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen hardly sinuate, 
oblique ; fuscous-whitish, sometimes partially and variably sprinkled with 
dark fuscous; a suffused dark fuscous streak along costa from about j to 
apex ; two small cloudy dark fuscous spots transversely placed at end of 
cell: cilia ochreous-whitish, variably irrorated with fuscous and dark 
fuscous, especially about apex. Hindwings grey; cilia ochreous-whitish, 
more or less tinged or suffused with grey except towards base. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole, Green, Alston); in November and December, 
four specimens. 
Frisilia, Walk. 
Head with appressed scales, side-tufts in g more or less projecting over 
forehead ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antenne over 1, in ¢ simple 
more or Yess thickened and roughened towards base, basal joint moderate, 
without pecten. Labial palpi in ¢ with second joint short, with dense 
projecting tuft of scales beneath, terminal joint wholly clothed with dense 
rough scales, twisted or bent over so as to form another longer tuft lying 
above the former; in 2 recurved with second joint expanded with rough 
scales above towards apex, beneath with more or less developed projecting 
tuft of rough scales, terminal joint longer than second, slender, acute. 
Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibixe 
clothed with rough hairs above. Forewings in ¢ with subdorsal groove 
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