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June 13, 1910,] Description of Indian Micro- Lepidoptera, 144 
Macrosaces amphiterma, 0. sp. 
SQ. 10-14mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, irrorated with grey. 
Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint considerably expanded with scales toward 
apex, sprinkled with dark fuscous, with a dark fuscous subapical band, 
terminal joint longer than second, with two dark fuscous bands. Antennse 
whitish-ochreous ringed with fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- 
ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen yery obliquely rounded ; 3 absent ; whitish-ochreous, variably irro- 
rated with fuscous, with some scattered black scales ; a small blackish spot at 
base beneath costa, with a raised blackish tuft of scales beyond this; a 
somewhat oblique-transyerse line of raised blackish scales at 2, edged posteriorly 
with whitish-ochreous, on costa expanded into a triangular spot, in middle with 
a slight angular projection posteriorly ; second discal stigma raised, blackish, 
more or less distinctly edged with whitish-ochreous or yellowish, and a similar 
dot beneath and rather beyond it ; an indistinct cloudy waved whitish-ochreous 
line from 2 of costa to dorsum before tornus, more or less edged anteriorly with 
dark fuscous irroration, its central third strongly curved outwards ; a waved 
line of dark fuscous irroration running round posterior part of costa and 
termen: cilia whitish-ochreous mixed with fuscous and sprinkled with dark 
fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in January and February, five specimens. 
Macrosaces pendula, 0. sp. 
2. 10-13 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous irrorated with fuscous, 
Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint moderately thickened, dark fuscous except 
apex, terminal joint as long as second, with dark fuscous band below middle, 
Antenne whitish-ochreous ringed with fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings 
elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 
rounded ; 3 absent; whitish-ochreous more or less irrorated with fuscous and 
dark fuscous; a blackish subcostal tuft towards base ; a rather oblique 
transverse gently curved blackish line at 2, tufted beneath costa and above 
dorsum, edged posteriorly with whitish-ochreous, expanded into a triangular 
blackish spot on costa and slightly sinuate near dorsum ; second discal stigma 
raised, blackish, and a similar dot beneath and somewhat beyond it; an 
indistinct line of dark fuscous irroration or suffusion from # of costa to dorsum 
before tornus, acutely angulated in middle ; some indistinct dots of dark 
fuscous suffusion on posterior part of costa and termen ; cilia pale fuscous, 
sprinkled with ochreous-whitish points and a few dark fuscous scales, Hind- 
wings and cilia grey or pale grey. 
Khasis ; in October, five specimens. Very similar to amphiterma, but with 
the lines differently formed, and readily distinguished by the different marking 
and structure of palpi. 
Macrosaces icteropa, n. sp. 
&@Q. 11-14 mm. Head ochreous-yellow, Palpi light yellowish, second 
joint moderately thickened, somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous except 
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