﻿Nov. 2, 1905.] Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. fiyO" 



wings elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen sinuate, oblique, rounded beneath; 7 to termen, 9 separate; 

 bronzy-ochreous, suffused with pale brownish except towards anterior f of 

 costa ; a spot of dark purple-fuscous suffusion on base of costa ; stigmata dark 

 fuscous, discal small, indistinct, plical and an additional dot beneath second 

 discal large, plical directly beneath first discal : cilia hght ochreous. Hindwings 

 grey, lighter towards base ; cilia pale ochreous, with grey sub-basal shade. 

 Jpae specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylo a, in August (Gree n). 



"^Aufi^A r-Torodora spilotella Walk. 



{Crijptolecliia spilotella Walk, Tin, 746 ; C. tripustulata Wals,, Lep. Ceyl. iii, 

 520, pi. 209, 8), 



Peradeniya, Ceylon, in April and November (Green). 



Paraspistes n, g. 



Antenna j, in ^ simple, basal joints elongate, without pecten. Palpi 

 moderately long, curved, ascending, second joint thickened with appressed scales 

 expanded above towards apex, terminal joint shorter than second, acute. 

 Posterior tibiae clothed with long fine hairs above. Forewings with 2 widely 

 remote, 3 and 4 connate from angle, 5 from near 4, 6 out of 7 near base, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 approximated to 7. Hindwings under 1, trapezoidal, apex 

 produced, termen bisinuate, cilia 2 ; 2 remote, 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 parallel, 

 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Notliris, and very similar in most characters, but the palpi are quite 

 different. 



Paraspistes ioloncha n. sp. 



$ 9. 12-15 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint suffused with fuscous except at apex, Forewings elor.gcte 

 narrow, widest near base, costa hardly arched, apex round- pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous, dorsal half-suffused with light 

 brown ; a ferrugiuous-brown streak along costa from before middle to near 

 apex, cut by a fine pale oblique strigula at A, beyond this mixed with blackish ; 

 stigmata blackish, sometimes indistinet, plical very obhquely before first discul, 

 which is in middle of wing ; three undefined dots of blackish scales before 

 termen ; cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia grey. 



Four specimens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, in July (Green). Larva feeds m pods 

 of Crctalaria sp. (Green). 



Hypelictis n. g. 



Antennae 4, in $ shortly ciliated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with dense scales, somewhat 

 rough beneath and with fringe of rough projecting scales above, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, densely scaled, somewhat rough anteriorly and with fringe 

 of rough projecting scales posteriorly, Forewings with 2 and 3 stalked, 4 and 5 

 rather approximated, 7 to costa, 8 absent. Hindwings 1^. trapezoidal, apex 

 obtuse, termen not sinuate, ciha ^ ; 3 and 4 connate^ 5 parallel, G and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Ypsolophus and Anorthosia. 



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