﻿Nvv, 2, 1905.] Indian Micro- Lepidoptera, 5^ 



One specimen, Rawalpindi, Punjab (Manders). 



Epithectis studiosa, n. sp, 



^9. 9-10 mm. Head, palpi, antenna), thorax, and abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish, tinged with pale fuscous. Forewings elongate, lanceolate; pale whitish- 

 ochreous, brownish-tinged, towards apex with scales somewhat roughened • 

 an obscure streak of fuscous suffusion from disc beyond middle to apex ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings with apex somewhat produced termen 

 sinuate, 5 basally obsolescent ; pale whitish-ochreous ; cilia pale whitish- 

 ochreous. 



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Four specimens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, in December (Green). Larva 

 destructive to dried plants in herbarium (Green). The larval habit is 

 singular, but in this specialised form must be quite recent ; it will doubtless be 

 found to feed naturally under other circumstances. 



Gelechia gossypiella, Saund. 



Surat, Bombay (Maxwell-Lefroy). This species, described by Saunders as a 

 Depressaria, is a true Gelechia, nearly allied to the European G. malvella, which 

 feeds on an allied plant in the same way. It is stated to be very destructive 

 to cotton. 



Gnorimoschema heliopa. Low. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon (Green) ; Cambay, Bombay (Maxwell-Lefroy). This 

 species is Australian, and belongs to a group of nearly allied species native 

 to that region, but its food plant has not been noticed there ; it might prove 

 to be an indigenous Sokinum. In India and Ceylon it is a serious pest of the 

 tobacco plant {Nicotiana) ; " the larva bores into the stem, and ultimately 

 causes death ; its presence may be known by a swelling of the green stem ; 

 it usually affects quite small plants in nurseries, but sometimes older plants ; 

 the point of infection is often on underside of midrib of leaf " (Green). It 

 does not appear to be known in America, the home of the tobacco plant ; I 

 showed specimens to Mr. Busck, the principal authority on North American 

 Tineina, and he was unacquainted with it ; but a similar (probably the same) 

 insect is reported to be destructive in Java. The moth is a ^mall mottled 

 yellow-brown species, resembling an ordinary Gelechia of the oh&oletella group. 



Tipha. Walk. ^^ 



Antennae over 1, in (^ simple, basal joint sometimes with short apical pro- /lW»v^^.'^ 

 minence, Labial palpi in $ variably modified, second joint often much * i 



enlarged with projecting scales, terminal joint often more or less aborted ; Yif*"^**^ ^ 

 in 9 long, recurved, second joint with oppressed scales, slightly rough beneath pXSC^t^CJL 

 towards apex, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Posterior tibijB . 

 and tarsi sometimes clothed with projecting pcales above. Forewings with J""^ 'f^' ^ ' 

 3 absent, 2 and 4 approximated or stalked or coincident, 7 and 8 stalked or 

 coincident, 7 to costa or apex on termen, 9 sometimes out of 7. Hindwings ], 

 elongate-trapezoidal, in $ apex obtuse, termen sinuate or rounded, in 9 apex 

 round-pointed, termen sinuate, cilia 1 ; in $ 3 absent, 2 and 4 connate or 

 stalked, 5 absent, G and 7 connate or stalked, or coincident cell sometimes 



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