Wg 
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Acrocercops tsodelta, Meyr. 
One specimen sent by Mr. Maxwell as bred from the same plant with 
A, cylicota, and not recognised as distinct ; the two species are generally 
similar but certainly distinct, and as only one of each was sent, the identifi- 
eation of the larva lacks precision, and needs further investigation. 
Acrocercops hevachorda, n. sp. ; 
&. 8 mm. Head and thorax whitish. Palpi slender, whitish, with 
subapical ring of second joint, two rings of terminal, and apical edge ante- 
riorly dark fuscous. Forewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; light 
brownish-ochreous ; six slender oblique equidistant whitish fascix, edged with 
a few blackish specks, first at }, sixth towards apex; some blackish scales 
transversely arranged midway between first and base, and some scattered 
along dorsum: cilia ochreous-whitish, with an oblique black line crossing 
apex at base. Hindwings grey ; cilia light violet-grey. 
N. Coorg, at 8,500 feet, in January (Newcome); two specimens. Allied 
to group of ordinatella, 
Acrocercops scandalota, n. sp. 
- o.7mm. Head grey-whitish, collar ochreous-whitish. Palpi slender 
white, lined above with dark fuscous, Thorax ochreous-whitish, patagia 
dark fuscous. Forewings extremely narrowly elongate-lanceolate; dark 
bronzy-fuscous ; a narrow ochreous-whitish streak along dorsum from base 
to tornus; close beyond this a triangular ochreous-whitish spot hardly 
reaching costa, followed by an oblique silvery-whitish costal strigula 
surrounded with blackish-fuscous ; a small ochreous-whitish triangular spot 
on termen before apex; a silvery-whitish eblique strigula surrounded with 
blackish-fuscous crosssing apex, partly in costal cilia: cilia grey, round apex 
whitish, with a short dark fuscous subbasal mark opposite apex, and two bars 
beneath apex. Hindwings and cilia rather dark grey, with violet reflections. 
N. Coorg, at 3,500 feet, in January (Newcome); one specimen, Allied 
to the Australian didymella. 
Acrocercops gemoniella, Staint. 
Having now obtained genuine examples of this species, I find that the 
insect previously recorded by me under this name is really a distinct species, 
which is described below ; I had. remarked a difference, but supposed it to 
be varietal (Vol. XVIII, p. 820). Larva mining blotches in leaves of 
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) ; pupa in external oval brownish-yellow 
cocoon in depression on surface of leaf (Maxwell). Stainton’s original 
type was bred, but from an unknown plant. 
Acrocercops preclusa, n. sp. 
3 Q. 7-8mm. Head silvery-white. Palpislender, white. Thorax white, 
patagia ochreous-bronzy. Abdomen grey, beneath whitish. Forewings very 
narrowly elongate, parallel-sided, moderately pointed; bronzy-ochreous ; 
a narrow white dorsal stripe from base to tornus, posterior third expanded 
into a semioval dilation reaching half across wing, edge otherwise straight ; 
a somewhat oblique free white strigula from costa directed towards 
extremity of this; a broad white preapical fascia narrowed towards costa, 
adjoining a black apical dot: cilia pale grey, round apex white, at apex with 
a short black subbasal hook. Hindwings grey; cilia pale ochreous-grey. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March and April (Pole) ; N. Coorg, at 3,500 feet, in 
October (Newcome); six specimens. Formerly recorded as gemoniella, from 
which it differs by absence of median prominence of dorsal streak and dorsal 
dot of groundcolour beneath it, also by preeapical fascia fully reaching costa 
in moderate breadth, whereas in gemonied/a it is rounded off above so as 
hardly to reach it. 
Acrocercops syngramma, n. sp. 
3. 7mm. Head white, face pale grey. Palpi slender, white. Thorax 
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