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January 31, 1911. } Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. 744 
tuft pale ochreous. Posterior tibise dark fuscous, apex whitish-yellowish, 
tarsi whitish-yellowish, basal joint thickened. Forewings elongate, rather 
narrow, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen concave, oblique ; 
3 very short, out of 2 or absent, 4 out of 2, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out of 7; 
dark purple-fuscous ; a large irregular patch of darker suffusion resting on 
dorsum before middle, sometimes followed by more or less extensive j ale 
ochreous suffusion in disc and towards dorsum, plical and first discal stig- 
mata sometimes indicated on margin of this pateh; second discal stigma 
and an additional spot beneath it distinct in paler-suffused specimens, or 
confluent and obscure in darker ones; wedgeshaped pale yellow-ochreous 
costal and dorsal marks near termen, sometimes connected by a faint 
curved line: cilia dark purple-fuscous, on termen with a pale ochreous basal 
line. Hindwings fuscous; cilia brownish, in 2 mixed with dark fuscous 
towards tips round apex. 
Khasis; from July to September, five specimens. 
Brachmia sortailega, n. sp. 
$2. 21-23 mm. Head and thorax light brownish-ochreous, face and 
sides of crown pale yellow-ochreous. Palpi pale yellow-ochreous, second 
joint suffused with fuscous except towards apex, anterior edge of terminal 
joint more or less infuseated. Antennze 3, whitish-ochreous, ciliations in 
3g 3. Abdomen light yellow-ochreous. Posterior legs pale ochreous- 
yellowish, tibixe and basal joint of tarsi externally suffused with fuscous. 
Forewings elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa slightly arched, 
faintly sinuate in middle, apex round-poimmted, termen sinuate, somewhat 
oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out of 7; light brownish- 
ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with fuscous; eostal edge ochreous-yellowish 
except towards base, where it is dark fuscous; stigmata blackish, first 
discal well-marked, plical obsolete, absorbed in a transverse mark of dark 
fuscous suffusion from dorsum, second discal represented by two trans- 
versely placed sometimes connected dots; a small spot of dark fuscous 
suffusion on costa somewhat beyond first discal; a wedgeshaped mark of 
blackish suffusion on costa, whence a rather pale obscure anteriorly 
fuscous-edged somewhat eurved line runs to 3 of dorsum; an interrupted 
blackish terminal line: cilia light ochreous-fuseous, on termen with broad 
postmedian dark fuscous shade, on costa ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings 
pale ochreous tinged with fuscous ; cilia light ochreous-yellowish, sometimes 
more or less strongly infuscated. 
Khasis ; from May to July, fourteen specimens. 
Brachmia octavana, n. sp. 
32. 22-23 mm. Head and thorax rather dark purplish-fuscous, sides 
of crown ochreous-yellowish. Palpi pale yellowish, basal 3 of second joint 
dark fuscous, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antenne nearly 
1, whitish-yellowish, ciliations in ¢ 7. Abdomen grey, anal tuft greyish- 
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