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Feb, 15, 1907.] Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. 742 



Type L. geranodes. This carious genus is perhaps related to Chimabache. 



Laciistica geranodes, n. sp, 



$. 47 mm. Head, palpi, antenna, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Legs dark grey, anterior pair mixed with whitish and blackish, 

 posterior tibiae very elongate, tufted with scales towards apex above and 

 externally, posterior tarsi greatly elongate, half as long again as tibite, at apex 

 with tuft of scale s above. Forewings elongate, nn,rrow, costa almost straight, — 



apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, oblique ; rather dark fuscous, sprinkled /b'7'^'2-. 



with white and irrorated with black ; posterior edge of cell marked by an 

 oblique white line ; a submarginal series of white interneural marks round post- 

 erior third of costa and termen, followed by terminal spots of blackish suffusion, 

 extremities of veins between these light reddish : cilia dark fuscous, with a 

 white spot beneath tornus. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, with traces of a 

 submarginal whitish line round apex and upper part of termen; cilia white, 

 with dark fuscous subbasal line. 



Khasi Hills ; one specimen. The great development of the posterior tibia3 

 and tarsi is a very singular feature. 



Lactistica demotarcha, n. sp. 



$ 9 • 59-60 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, with a blackish mark on middle 

 of crown. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint mixed with dark fuscous, terminal 

 joint with dark fuscous median band. Antennas whitish ochreous, rounded, 

 dentate. Thorax whitish-ochreous, with a dorsal stripe mixed with brown and 

 blackish. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins whitish-ochreous, preced- 

 ed by ferruginous rings, and tuft whitish-ochreous. Anterior and middle tibise 

 ochreous mixed with reddish, black, and whitish, with expansible tuft of black 

 scales towards apex, anterior tarsi roughened with whorls of scales, all coxae 

 with patches of black scales, posterior legs normal, ochreous-whitish spotted 

 with blackish, tibiae long-haired above. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded, termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish- 

 ochreous, partially faintly pinkish-tinged, irregularly irrorated with cchrcous- 

 brown, especially towards termen ; a blackish dot on base of costa ; stigmata 

 raised, mixed with black, plical and first discal small, plical beneath first discal 

 second discal large, roundish, a similar spot on fold obliquely before second 

 discal ; a submarginal series of white dots or marks preceded by black irroration 

 or suffusion round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous 

 mixed with blackish. Hind-wings and cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Khasi Hills ; two specimens. 



Eulechria pliahas, n. sp. 



$. 15-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-yellow. Antennje pale %itMi^ 

 yellowish, towards apex ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, apex I 

 yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 roundpointed, termen nearly straight, very oblique; rather deep ochreous- ^TXX-^ir^ 

 yellow, posteriorly slightly brownish-tinged ; base of costa narrowly dark - 

 fuscous ; stigmata black, plical obliquely beyond first discal, a small additional 



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