﻿^ei. 15, 1907.J Indian Micro-Lepkloptera. jf^ -1^[ 



^triga to tornus, sometimes confluent with a narrow transverse spot before 

 mzddle of termen : cilia fuscous, irrorated with white and indistinctly barred 

 With dark fuscous. Hindwings and ciJia fuscous 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole, Alston, de Mowbray, Green) ; from July to Sep- 

 ■tember, twenty specimens, 



Platypeplus tetracona, n. sp. . , 



$ 9. 24-29 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous, sprinkled with ^CW^ 

 dark fuscous Abdomen light :fuscous. Brush of posterior tibi. whitish in kn X,K. 9ix\ 

 ^ shorter and ochreous-tingod in 9. Forewings elongate, considerably dilated ^ 

 cos a rather strongly arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly rounded, neari; ^^^ 



vertical; ochreous-whitish, more or less strigulated variably with ochreous 

 ferrugmous, or dark fuscous; triangular dark fuscous dorsal blotches indicat' 

 mg posterior portions of basal patch and central fascia, respectively ; basal patch 

 otherwise indicated by dark stri^, little defined, outer edge irregular ; rest of 

 central fascia deep ochreous, dark ferruginous, or dark fuscous, moderately 

 broad, reaching from costa | across wing, then posteriorly with an abrupt 

 upwardly oblique elongate lobe extending above the triangular dorsal blotch 

 but clearly separated from it ; a broad similarly coloured triangular apical 

 patch :ciliaochreous-whitish, suffusedly mixed with fuscous or dark fuscous 

 except towards tornus. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (de Mowbray, Alston, Pole) ; 'in February, March, and 

 October, seven specimens, 

 Eucosma orophias, n. sp. 



S 9. 21-24 mm. Head and thorax grey, mixed with dark grey and whitish^ /^jrt4^U 

 ochreous, sometimes suffused with ferruginous; crest of thorax strong bifid ^l^ 

 Antenna and abdomen rather dark grey. Forewings elongate, posteriori; ' '^ 

 dilated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen almx>st straight some ^7-Xi?C-3nJ 

 what oblique ; dark purplish-fuscous, very finely i-rrorated with whitish some- ~' 

 times ferruginous-tinged, costa finely strigulated with dark and pale • 'dorsal 

 area more or less suffused with whitish, its outhne running from costa near 

 base obliquely to fold, then forming a triangular projection upwards before 

 middle, beyond this running upward in a straight line to apex, edged above 

 with darker suffusion posteriorly, terminal area sometimes clearer whitish 

 sometimes suffused with deep ferruginous ; dorsum suffused with blackish 

 towards base ; a transverse-linear white mark in disc at | ; several minute 

 black dots on termen, and a larger blackish dot before tornus : cilia whitish 

 ferruginous, or dark grey, variably intermixed, but always with small dark 

 praeapical and pra^tornal spots. Hindwings with 3 and 4 sometimes short 

 stalked ; fuscous, darker towards termen ; cilia fuscous-whitish, with two 

 fuscous shades, 



Simla (Nurse), Khasi Hills ; in August and September, seven specimens. 

 Sporocelis, n. g. 



Palpi moderate, porrected. Antennae in $ shortly ciliated. Thorax with ' 

 posterior crest. Forewings in $ without fold, termen suLsinuate, surface whh 



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