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October 12,1910.} — Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. 447- 
apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 
7; yellow-ochreous, suffusedly sprinkled with brown or dark fuscous ; base of 
costa more or less suffused with dark fuscous ; discal stigmata dark fuscous ; 
sometimes a transverse mark of dark fuscous suffusion between second 
discal and dorsum; a dark fuscous patch along termen from apex, more 
or less narrowed downwards and not reaching tornus: cilia fuscous mixed 
with dark fuscous, above apex ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings pale grey or 
in 2 sometimes grey; cilia ochreous-whitish, more or less tinged with grey. 
? “Khasis, from ‘October to “March ; ‘eight specimens. 
Lecithocera aulias, wn. sp. 
3 Q@. 12-14 mm. Head yellow-ochreous, crown in 9 centrally tinged 
with purple-fuscous. Palpi yellow-ochreous, terminal joint whitish-ochre- 
ous with dark fuscous anterior edge. Antennz ochreous-yellowish spotted 
with dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous, shoulders suffused with dark fuscous. 
Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen straight, rather strongly oblique; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 
stalked, 9 approximated or connate or out of 7 near base; in ¢ whitish- 
ochreous, thinly sprinkled with dark fuscous, costal edge ochreous-yellow, in 
? ochreous-yellowish, more strongly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous; 
costa suffused with dark fuscous towards base; discal stigmata black, 
second connected with dorsum by a transverse variable patch of dark 
fuscous suffusion: cilia ochreous-yellowish. Hindwmgs with 3 absent 
(coincident with 4) ; light grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, 
Khasis, in March and from July to October; four specimens. 
Lecithocera hemichrysa, n. sp. 
36 2. 19-20mm. Head dark shining purple-bronze, sides of crown 
ochreous-yellowish. Palpi in 3§ with second joint rather short, terminal 
joint twice as long, flatly dilated and somewhat hollowed internally on 
upper half, obtuse, fuscous, internally pale yellowish; in 2 normal, 
yellowish-fuscous, terminal joint pale yellowish with anterior edge dark 
fuscous. Antennz and thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Fore- 
wings elongate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex 
obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, rather oblique; 2 and 8 stalked, 7 and 8 
stalked ; pale ochreous-yellowish, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous ; 
costal edge suffused with dark fuscous from base to 2; discal stigmata 
represented by small dark fuscous spots, second lying on an oblique trans- 
verse line of dark fuscous suffusion forming triangular suffused spots on 
margins; beyond this all veins marked with strong dark fuscous lines; a 
strong black line round apex and termen: cilia deep ochreous-yellow, outer 
half metallic golden-bronze. Hindwings grey, tinged with pale yellowish 
towards apex, veins darker grey; cilia pale ochreous-yellowish, deeper, 
towards base. 
Khasis, in April; two specimens. This distinct species has a superficial 
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