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858 
July 30, 1912.) Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. ' 
wings the colouring is darker in Indian examples than in European, so that 
the patch of black suffusion on the hindwings of ¢ stands out less conspi- 
cuously ; otherwise I can detect no difference, and the specific identity is 
undoubted. 
Acroclita symbolias, n. sp. 
3 2. 18-14mm. Head white, sides fuscous. Palpi fuscous, terminal 
joint and apex of second white. Thorax brown, with pale grey central 
stripe. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 
prominent, termen abruptly concave-indented beneath it; pale greyish, 
faintly greenish-tinged ; costa strigulated with dark fuscous; rounded- 
quadrate dark grey spots on costa representing edge of basal patch and 
extremity of central fascia, between these a white patch reaching half 
across wing; dorsal half of basal patch suffused with brown and dark 
fuscous, extending to beyond middle, outer edge angulated below middle ; 
from its angle a streak of greenish-grey and brownish suffusion runs to 
apex, marked with two black dashes; ocellus brownish marked in middle 
with black, margined with thick leaden-grey marks becoming white above ; 
a brown mark along middle of termen: cilia dark leaden-grey irrorated 
with white, towards base white. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked; grey, 
darker posteriorly ; cilia grey. 
Khasis ; in August and October, two specimens. 
Acroclita belinda, n. sp. 
$2. 11-13 mm. Head white. Palpi dark grey, terminal joint and 
apex of second white. Thorax ochreous-whitish, anterior half blackish. 
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, without fold, 
apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique; green mixed with 
iridescent-white ; basal 3 suffused with blackish except a broad dorsal 
pale ochreous streak with upper edge triangularly prominent beyond 
middle and terminated by a triangular blackish pretornal spot; costa 
posteriorly black, with four pairs of white strigule ; two or three black 
dashes towards apex; ocellus margined laterally with iridescent-white : 
cilia blackish irrorated with whitish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate; 
grey ; cilia light grey, sprinkled with whitish. 
Khasis ; in July and August, two specimens, 
Aecroclita esmeralda, n. sp. 
3 2. 9-l0mm. Head and thorax pale emerald-green, thorax spotted 
with black and white. Palpi white, spotted with black. Forewings elon- 
gate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, without fold, apex obtuse, termen 
sinuate, somewhat oblique; pale emerald-green strigulated with black; a 
black subquadrate spot on costa at 3; a large irregular-edged triangular 
blackish blotch extending over dorsum from } to tornus and reaching to 
middle of costa ; costal area posteriorly blackish, with four pairs of whitish 
strigulee giving rise to oblique leaden-metallic strigze ; ocellus emerald- 
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