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July 30, 1912.) Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. ROG 
Acroclita, Led. 
This name supersedes Rhopobota, Led. I have described one species, 
A, physalodes, which oceurs in Ceylon and the Chagos Islands, and 
now record thirteen more, one of which is a well-known European 
species. 
Acroelita elivosa, n, sp. 
¢. 13-14 mm. Head white, sides of crown tinged with ochreous- 
brownish, Palpi fuscous, terminal joint and apex of second white. Thorax 
white suffused on sides with ochreous-brown, with two posterior blackish 
bars. Abdomen black at base beneath. Forewings elongate, costa gently 
arched, without fold, apex round-pointed, prominent, termen abruptly 
eoncave-indented beneath it, then somewhat obliquely rounded; 38 and 4 
closely approximated throughout, 6 closely approximated to 7; grey 
suffusedly irrorated with white ; costa dark fuscous, with pairs of whitish 
strigule; basal patch irregularly suffused with brown, more or less strigu- 
lated with blackish, on dorsum reaching to middle, outer edge obtusely 
angulated below middle; central fascia slender, ochreous-brown, not 
reaching dorsum, crossed in middle by a black streak extended almost 
to apex; some blue-leaden strigze from costa posteriorly ; ocellus enclosed 
by two leaden-metallic streaks; cilia grey irrorated with whitish, with 
dark fuscous apical patch. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; pale grey- 
darker at apex; cilia pale grey, costal cilia thickened. Forewings on 
undersurface with rather broad suffused dark fuscous streak along costa 
from base to near apex. 
Khasis; in October, two specimens. 
Acroelita cheradota, u. sp. 
d ¢. 10-11 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous. Palpi pale, ochreous; 
hairs beneath suffused with whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa gently arched, in ¢ without fold, apex round-pointed, rather 
prominent, termen coneave beneath it; light brownish-ochreous, 
with strong violet purple iridescence, irrorated with ferruginous-brownish 
except towards costa anteriorly; a blotch of irregular blackish strigula- 
tion extending on dorsum from near base to middle, and reaching 
more than half across wing ; costa finely strigulated with blackish; an 
oblique suffused ferruginous-brown mark from costa beyond middle; some 
ferruginous-brown suffusion on costa towards apex, including a whitish 
strigula near apex, sometimes followed by a blackish dot, apical prominence 
margined beneath with whitish: cilia brownish-ochreous, beneath apex 
with a whitish bar, Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; grey, thinly scaled 
in dise, darker on veins and posteriorly; cilia grey. 
Puttalam, Ceylon (Pole); Pusa (Lefroy); in March and April, two speci- 
mens. Larva feeding in rolled leaves of Ficus religiosa (Lefroy). 
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