﻿N'ov. 2, 1005.] Indian Micro- Lepklopiera. (i^'j^I 



Pyroderces scceosema n. sp. 



$. 9 mm. Head ochreons-white, crown dark bronze. Palpi ochreous- 

 white, dark fuscous towards base, terminal joint dark fuscous except on basal 

 fourth. Antennas ochreous.white. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen 

 grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; dark fuscous, 

 slightly purplish-tinged ; a white vertical fascia at i, narrowed towards costa ; 

 a rounded-triangular white spot on costa beyond middle, and another on tornus ; 

 Cilia rather dark fuscous, lighter and greyer towards tornus. Hindwings grey, 

 on undersurface pale yellow-ochreous on basal half ; cilia grey. 



One specimen, Peradeniya, Ceylon, in December (Green). 



Oedematopoda cypris n, sp. 



9 . 12 mm. Head shining dark bronzy-fuscous, collar vermilion-red. Palpi 

 light ochreous-reddish, anterior edge and terminal joint internally dark fuscous. 

 Antenna3 dark purplish-fuscous, fringed with long scales above from base to 

 near apex. Thorax vermilion-red, mesothorax posteriorly slenderly edged with 

 blackish, metathorax light ochreous-reddish. Abdomen purple-blackish, 

 posterior edge of second segment white. Legs purple-blackish, bristles whitish- 

 ochreous, spurs with two or three pr&apical bristles. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate, costa faintly sinuate, vermilion-red ; a small purple-black spot in 

 middle of base ; a dark fuscous-purple apical patch, occupying nearly i of 

 wmg; cilia dark bronzy-fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous, basal f light 

 ochreous-yellowish, division suffused ; cilia rather dark fuscous, paler Tnd 

 suffused with pale yellowish towards dorsum. 



One specimen, Kandy, Ceylon, in December (Green). Ered from cclony of 

 lac Coccid, Tachardia albizzice, on Theohroma cacao (Green). 



Plutellid^. 

 Pronomeuta n, g. 



Head loosely haired ; oceUi present ; tongue developed. Antennae f, in $ 

 moderately cUiated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moder- 

 ate, curved, ascending, with appressed scales, terminal joint shelter than 

 second, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibi^ smooth- 

 scaled. Forewings with 2 from near angle, 4 absent, 7 to apex, 8, 9, 10 from 

 near 7, 11 widely remote, from before middle, secondary cell and parting- vein 

 well defined. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia J ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 

 6 and 7 rather approximated, 8 free. 



Allied to Yponomeuta, apparently somewhat earlier in the hne of development, 



Pronomeuta sarcopis n. sp. 



S $.15-18 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax whitish-ochreous, suffused 

 with pale fuscous. Abdomen light fuscous-reddish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique, rounded 

 beneath ; light fuscous or fuscous-ochreous, irregularly strewn with small dark 

 fuscous dots ; discal stigmata rather large, dark fuscous ; cilia pale brownish- 

 ochreous, tips paler. Hindwings dull fuscous-reddish ; cilia fuscous, tips whitish. 



Two specimens, Heneratgoda, Ceylon, in November (Green). 



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