﻿Sept. 20, 1906.] Indian Micro- Lepidoptera. 407 



elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 dark fuscous ; a rather broad inwardly oblique ochreous-yellow fascia near 

 base ; stigmata blackish, plical rather before first discal, these two resting on 

 posterior edge of anterior fascia, second discal placed in an undefined sometimes 

 interrupted ochreous-yellow transverse streak running from a spot on costa 

 beyond f parallel to anterior fascia : cilia fuscous, on termen pale yellowish on 

 apical half. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February and March . (Pole). 



S9nympha,n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts spreading, tongue developed. Antenna 

 l,in ^ filiform, simple, basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial palpi long 

 _ recurved, second joint with appressed scales, somewhat rough towards apex 

 beneath, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Posterior tibiee 

 clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with 4 absent, 7 and 8 stalked 7 

 to apex, 11 from before middle. Hindwings |, ovate-lanceolate, cilia 1 ; 

 4 absent, 6 and 7 rather approximated. 



Allied to Pseudodoxia. 



Eonympha erythrozona, n. sp. 



^. 12-14 mm. Head and thorax yellow-ochreous mixed with crimson 

 face whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, slightly crimson-sprinkled' 

 Antennae and abdomen whitish-ochreous, Forewings elongate, costa moderate* 

 ly arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; deep yellow 

 ochreousj basal area sufPusedly mixed with crimson ; three narrow irregular 

 oblique crimson fascia, before and beyond middle, and near apex ; a crimson 

 Ime along apical portion of costa and termen ; cilia ochreous-yellow ish round 

 apex mixed with crimson. Hindwings grey ; ciHa pale whitish-ochreous ' 



Four specimens, Matale, Ceylon, from October to December (Pole). 



Pseudodoxia chalcias, n. sp. 



$ 9. 16-20 mm. Head ochreous-orange. Palpi pale orange-ochreous 

 second joint dark fuscous except apex. Antenna bronzy-ochreous towards' 

 base dark fuscous. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous 

 apex pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched apex 

 round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; ochreousbronze ; base narrowly 

 darkpurplish-fuscous; a suffused dark purplish-fuscous terminal fascia rather 

 broad on costa, narrowed to a point on tornus : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwinga 

 more or less dark fuscous, sometimes bronzy-tinged ;; ciha bronzy-fuscous 

 sometimes darker-mixed, lighter towards tornus. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, iu February and March (Pole). 



Pseudodoxia sepositella, Walk. 



{Gelechia sepositella, Walk. Tin. 630 ; Pseudodoxia limulus, Durr. Ent Mo Tw <»^ ^ 

 Mag., 1895, 107.) ' ' ^f.,^ ;^, 



There is no doubt about this identification, which Mr. Durrant must have {V%>.- ^^\) 

 accidentally overlooked. I have received a series of bred specimens from Mr. 

 Green, with examples of the caaas ; the larval habits have been already published. 



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