﻿Nov. 2, 1905,] Indian 3licro-Le.p{dopfera. 584 i^'^ 



long dense rough scales, forming a brush on inner side in ^ with one or more 

 expansible hair pencils above. I'orewings in ^ without costal fold, termen 

 straight or slightly rounded, with dorsal scale-projection at ^, 7 and 8 separate. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated to 4, 6 and 7 approximated 

 towards base, in ^ sometimes with subdorsal groove. 



Closely allied to Eucosma, from which it differs essentially by the brush- 

 like posterior tibiae. This character is not mentioned at all by Lord 

 Wulsingham, but his genus was based on the single species aprohola Meyr., 

 which shows the structure clearly. I have also an undescribed Australian 

 species, and now add eight from Ceylon, so that the genus will doubtless prove 

 very extensive. 



Platypeplns Jiedrcea n. sp. h, ^<*- 



^. 14 — 15 mm. Head ochreous fuscous, purplish-tinged. Palpi dark 

 fuscous. Antenna fuscous. Thorax ferruginous-brown, suffused with purplish. 

 Abdomen grey, apex whitish, Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, little oblique, rounded beneath ; deep 

 ferruginous, posteriorly brown-reddish on veins and suffused with blackish gray 

 between them ; an obtuse-triangular white costal patch, extending along costa 

 from before 5 to f , and reaching 5 across wing, on costa strigulated with black 

 beneath which is a slight grey or ochreous suffusion ; ocellus containing three 

 or four longitudinal blackish bars, its posterior m irgin leaden ; a fine blackish > 



line from costa before apex to termen below middle ; extreme apex orange • cilia 

 ferruginous, partly barred with dark grey. Hindwings somewhat distorted and 

 roughened with scales on dorsal § of posterior half ; grey thinly scaled towards 

 base, darker towards tornus ; cilia whitish grey, with darker subbasal Hue. 



Two specimens, Kandy, Ceylon, in August and September (Green). Easily ^ 



known by the white costal patch. 



Platijpeplwi harmonica n. sp. 



$. 18 mm. Head and palpi blackish grey, marked with white. Antennae 

 dark grey. Thorax dark grey mixed with white. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal 

 tuft whitish. Posterior tibiee with longhair pencil from base above, basal joint 

 of posterior tarsi with fringe of dense projecting scales above, Forewings elon- 

 gate-triangular, costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen some- 

 what rounded, little oblique ; deep brown-red ; basal half mixed with olive- 

 green and blackish and suffusedly strigulated with white, with small scattered 

 tufts of raised white scales, limited by an olive-green line ; terminal half with 

 pairs of white costal strigulse ; a small orange discal spot at f, preceded by a 

 blackish suffusion ; a pale purplish transverse shade beyond this, and a double 

 pale ochreous subterminal stria, mixed with white broken beneath apex ; between ^^ 



these some small grey spot^, mixed with blue-whitish ; cilia brown-reddish, "^ 



barred with grey and white, towards tornus ochreous-yellow, and with a small 

 orange spot at apex. Hindwings with subdorsal groove ; dark fuscous, lighter 

 towards base ; cilia whitish with grey basal line. 



One specimen, Peradeniya, iu August (^Green). 



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