﻿Nov. 2, 1905.] Indian Mkro'Lejndoptera. et© OO^ 



costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate beneath apex, 

 hardly oblique, rounded beneath ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; basal area within a 

 line from ^ of costa to | of dorsum suffused with golden-green with strong 

 purple and blue reflections ; four curved outwardly oblique pale metallic-blue 

 transverse strigulag from near middle of dorsum ; two pale metallic-blue oblique 

 streaks from costa before middle, white on costa, second much longer, and two 

 others less oblique from costa beyond middle ; a pale metallic-blue oblique 

 streak from beneath costa beyond these, ulmost or quite meeting a short bluish- * 

 ^silvery downward streak from apex ; two short streaks from costa before_ 



^ apex first pale metallic-blue, second bluish-silvery ; two vertical purplish-leaden ^'^iQ 



streaks before and beyond tornus, reaching to above middle, partially split or 

 branched ; cilia brilliant purple-coppery round apex purplish-grey with blackish 

 basal line, with white spots on costal extremities of last two streaks. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous, with a paler thinly scaled longitudinal discal patch ; cilia whitish^ 

 with dark fuscous basal line, towards apex with a patch of fuscous suffusion. 



One specimen, Kandy, Ceylon, in September (Green). Both in structure and 

 type of markings this insect appears to approach the genus Laspeyresia in the 

 Epiblemid(B, and possibly indicates the origin of that family. 



HilarograpJia caminodes n. sp. , 



^$. 12-17 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae varying from ochreous 

 to fuscous. Thorax deep reddish-orange, with three dark purplish-fuscous 

 usually broad stripes. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen sinuate beneath apex, rounded, 

 little obhque ; deep reddish-orange ; basal area with three longitudinal dark 

 bluish-leaden-fuscous streaks ; costal edge dark fuscous ; five oblique pale 

 blue-mettalic streaks from costa between | and apex, edged with dark fuscous, 

 more or less white towards costa, last two united at apex to form a loop ; 

 dorsal | between ^ and termen irregularly striated with da)*k purplish-leaden- 

 fuscous ; sometimes costal and discal areas much suffused with dark purplish- 

 leaden-fuscous ; a short leaden bar on termen below middle, preceded by a 

 blackish dot ; a Wedge-shaped bluish-leaden-metallic dash on aubapical sinua- 

 tion, whitish on termen : cilia fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous, and at apex 

 and on a subapical spot suffused with ochreous-whitish, with a dark fuscous 

 basal line becoming purplish-metallic on middle of termen. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, darker terminally ; cilia pale fuscous, with dark fuscous basal line. 



Ten specimens, Pundalu-oya, Gammaduwa, and Rangella, Ceylon, in Feb- 

 ruary, March, June, and August (Green). 



Larva tunnels into fleshy rhyzomes of cardamom plant causing partial 

 abortion of flowering racemes and is a serious pest (Green), 



Sapiha smaragditis n. sp. 



^ 9. lG-17 mm. Head brilliant metallic dark greenish -bronze, sides behind 

 eyes ochreous-yellowish. Palpi shining golden, terminal joint dark fuscous. 

 Antennas purple-blackish, with a white patch above at | from base. Thorax 

 metallic green, more or less coppery on back. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore- 



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