January 31, 1911.) Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. 740 
dot on costa at 3, whence a very faintly indicated very obtusely angulated 
pale line runs to dorsum before tornus: cilia fuscous with two darker shades, 
on termen with pale basal line. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in June, one specimen. 
Brachmia iresia, a. sp. 
39. 9-14mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown in 2 sometimes grey. 
Palpi ochreous-white, second joint more or less suffused with fuscous or dark 
~fuscous except towards apex, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. 
Antenne 1, ochreous-whitish, in 2 dotted with dark grey on basal half, in 
6 simple. Thorax purplish-grey. Abdomen grey, beneath whitish. 
Posterior tibize ochreous-white, basal half dark grey, tarsi ochreous-white, 
more or less marked or banded with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, 
oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to apex, 8 and 9 out of 7; dark purplish-grey ; 
stigmata represented by small obscure darker spots, sometimes nearly 
obsolete, plical somewhat beyond first discal, second discal transverse-oval ; 
a small whitish mark on costa at ?, whence sometimes a faint slightly 
eurved line of whitish scales runs to tornus: cilia on costa and tornus 
dark purplish-grey, on termen white, in ¢ with a black basal line, in ? 
with base purplish-grey ard a blackish subbasal shade. Hindwings grey ; 
cilia light grey, ind suffused with whitish on upper part of termen. 
Madulsima Trincomali, Puttalam, Ceylon (Pole, Fletcher); N. Coorg, 
3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in February and from June to November, nine speci- 
mens. £&. orbata, Meyr., from Borneo is a very similar species, but has 
posterior tibize wholly grey. 
Brachmia argocrossa, n. sp. 
3 Q@.16-18 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous, crown sometimes suffused 
posteriorly with light brownish or fuscous. Palpi ochreous-white, second joint 
dark fuscous except apex, anterior edge of terminal joint blackish. Anten- 
nw 1, pale whitish-ochreous, in J simple. Thorax purplish-fuscous. Abdomen 
whitish-oghreous. Posterior tibiz whitish, somewhat sprinkled on sides 
with dark fuscous, tarsi whitish with slight dark grey dots at base of joints. 
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, rather oblique; 3 and 4 out of 
2, 7 to apex, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; purplish-fuscous; stigmata black, plical rather 
obliquely beyond first discal; a whitish dot on costa at 3, whence sometimes 
avery faint pale curved or bent line runs to + of dorsum; a blackish 
terminal line: cilia ochreous-white, on costa dark purplish-fuscous, on 
tornus fuscous. Hindwings grey ; an oblique dark grey discal mark ; cilia 
whitish-ochreous. Undersurface of hmdwings ochreous-whitish irregularly 
mottled with dark fuscous, with an oblique dark fuscous discal mark. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole); in January, February, June, July, and 
October, six specimens. 
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