﻿Nor. 2, 1905 ] Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. 594 " -" 



Thorax ochreous -orange, sides and posterior extremity shining metallic grey. 



Abdoman ochreous-yellowish. Legs yellowish, anterior tibiae dark grey above, 



with flap of recurved pale ochreous-yellowish hairs beneath, posterior tibia3 and « 



basal joint of tarsi clothed with long hairs above, Forewings elongate, narrow, 



costa gently arched, apex roimded, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 2 and 



4 connate, 5 parallel, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen ; light shining bronzy- 



f ascous ; costa suffused with ochreous-yellow, except a basal spot ; dorsum 



suffused with ochreous-yellow anteriorly, connected with costal suffusion 



near base, and by a bar at ^ ; an indistinct ochreous-yellowish transverse 



mark below middle of disc : cilia pale shining bronzy, on costa and towards b>f^ 



tornus yellowish-suffused. Hindwings with termen rather abruptly sinuate, 



2, 4, 5 approximatsd, 6 to apex, 7 absent ; light grey, yellowish-tinged, 



towards costa suffused with yellow-ochreous ; a deep longitudinal median 



groove throughout, beneath which towards base is a dense expansible pecten 



of long yellowish hairs ; cilia pale ochreous. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon (^Pole). 



Tiph'a pyrophanes, n. sp. 



9. 20 mm. Head and thorax shining purplish'bronzy fuscous. Palpi 

 ochreous-yellow. Antennse fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs yellowish, anterior 

 femora and tibife metallic grey, posterior tibife smooth, deep yellow, apex dark 

 grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; 2 and 4 approximated, 5 parallel, 7 and 8 stalked, 

 7 to termen ; deep orange ; markings shining purplish-leaden-grey ; a very 

 small basal patch ; a small spot in disc at i ; a very large patch occupying entire 

 apical I except towards margins anteriorly, enclosing an irregularly triangular 

 patch of ground colour in disc about | ; cilia shining grey. Hindwinps with 6 

 and 7 stalked; grey; cilia light grey, towards base suffused with whitish- ochreous. 



One specimen, Pundalu-oya, Ceylon, in February (Green). 



Tipha phalaritis,n. sp. 



9. 18 mm. Head and throax bluish-bronzy-fuscons. (Palpi broken.) 

 Antennae rather dark fuscous, with whitish median band. Abdomen dark 

 grey. Legs orange, femora and anterior tibia3 grey, apex of middle and pos- 

 terior tibicB dark grey, posterior tibise with a tuft of grey hairs above on origin 

 of median spurs, tarsi whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded, termen very obliquely rounded ; 2 and 4 approximated, 

 !:, parallel. 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen ; deep reddish-orange ; markings pur- 

 plish-fuscous ; a very small basal patch ; a discal dot at i ; a reniform blotch 

 in disc slightly before middle ; a terminal blotch occupying posterior fourth of 

 wing : cilia pale shining fuscous, with brassy-purplish reflections, Hindwings 

 with 6 and 7 stalked ; rather dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, paler towards tips. 



One specimen, Kandy, Ceylon, in September (Greenj. 



Tipha hrocliias, n. sp. 



$. 20 mm. Head shining bronze, sides yellowish. Palpi with second 

 joint loosely haired, terminal joint minute ; ochreous-yellow, towards base 



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