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T^eb. 15, 1907,] Indian Micro- Lejndoptcra. -7^6 



slightly indented above middle : cilia whitish-ochreous, with a pale fusccus 

 antemedian shade, Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Simla, in May ; two specimens (Nurse). 



Lecithocera plocamandra, n. sp. ' ' » Vt^^^ 



^$, 15-16 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, face paler, frontal fillet white. 

 Palpi whitish-fuscous, terminal joint anteriorly dark fuscous. Antennse white. 

 Abdomen greyish-ochreous, anal tuft yellowish-ochreous. Posterior tibia; in 

 <J with large expansible tuft of very long pale ochreous-yellowish hairs from 

 base above. Forewing s elongate, narrow ; costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termeu nearly straight, oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen ; light h,'}'^S 

 fuscous : cilia pale fuscous, tips more whitish. Hindwings in;^^ beneath with 

 large expansible tuft of very long pale ochreous-yellowish hairs from base of 

 dorsum ; light fuscous, somewhat lighter towards base ; cilia as in forewincrs. 



Sikkim (1,800 feet), Bhotan j in May and July, three specimens (Dudgeon). 



Brachmia arcifera, n. sp. 



$ $. 14-15 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, sides of crown 

 with a whitish-ochreous line. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint longer than 

 second, ochreous-whitish in front. Antennae ochreous-whitish, spotted with 

 fuscous beneath. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen concave, oblique ; 2 and 3 long- 

 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen ; dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous ; stigmata 

 blackish, plical and first discal confluent, edged posteriorly by a slightly curved 

 ochreous-whitish line from § of costa to middle of dorsum, second discal 

 obscurely edged with whitish and with an additional similar dot beneath it ; an 

 ochreous-whitish dot on costa at | : cilia fuscous, base obscurely paler. 

 Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



JBhotan, in June ; two specimens (Dudgeon). 



Thymiatris, n, g. f Y^-^ Urv^ t^v <*-*-*• J 



Head with loosely appressed hairs ; tongue obsolete. Antennas |, in $ moder- 

 ately ciliated (1), basal joint elongate, stout, without pecten. Labial palpi 

 rather long, recurved, second joint with rough projecting scales beneath 

 terminal joint shorter than second, rather loosely scaled, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi rudimentary. Anterior tarsi thickened with rough projecting scales 

 throughout ; posterior tibiaj rough-haired above and beneath. Forewinos with 

 lb long-furcate, 2 from f, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex, 10 remote, 11 from be- 

 fore middle. Hindwings considerably over 1, trapezoidal-ovate, termen not 

 sinuate, cilia J ; 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Brachmia. 



Thymiatris melitacma, n, sp. 



$. 42-44 mm. Head and palpi pale ochreous, palpi suffused with dark 

 fuscous towards base. Antennae dark fuscous towards base, pale ochreous above. 

 Thorax whitish, irrorated with fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous 

 Forewings very elongate, narrow, gradually slightly dilated, costa almost straight* 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded, hardly oblique ; ochreous- 

 whitish, irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous, costa and subcostal veiis 



