﻿Feb. 15, 1907.] Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. 7^ 



Automacharis epichlora, n. sp. 

 ^9. 2(J-22 mm. Head and thorax whitish, sprinkled with pale ochreous 

 Palpi, antennae, and abdomen ochreous- whitish, palpi with a few fuscous specks' 

 Forewmgs elongate-lanceolate, apex caudate, subfalcate ; ochreous-whitish] 

 sprinkled with pale ochreous scales, sometimes tipped with fuscous, especially 

 posteriory, with a few minute black specks; three transversely placed pairs 

 _.of spiall black dots, at about I, before middle, and at §, lower dot of each pair 



subdorsal, preceded by a tuft of scales, upper dot of first two pairs discal, TtTc 



of third costal : cilia whitish, more or less speckled with dark fuscous round 



apex, with some minute black dots at base, a median dark line round apex 



and sometimes a median series of undefined dark dots. Hindwings and cilia 



whitish. 



Khasi Hills ; five specimens. 



TlNEID^. 



Opogona amphicausia, n. sp, 



.nf V^ T^\ "t"^ ^""^ Pni-plish-fuscous on crown ; face, fillet, antenna 

 and palpi whi^sh-ochreous. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen li.ht 

 bronzy-grey Posterior tarsi with whorls of projecting bristles at joints 

 Forewings lanceolate ; bright brassy-yellow ; base and apex rather narrowly' 

 dark purphsh-fuscons ; a small dark bronzy-fuscous dorsal spot before tornus 

 sometimes almost obsolete: cilia fuscous. Hindwings dark grey ,- cilia fuscous.' 

 Maskehya, Ceylon, in January and February ; two specimens (Pole) 

 Agriothera, n. g. . 



Head densely tufted on crown, face smooth ; tongue developed. Antenna 

 over 1, basal joml rather large, dilated with scales. Labial palpi rather long 

 slender, smooth-scaled, slightly curved, porrected, terminal joint shorter ,han' 

 second, pointed Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibi» clothed with long 

 ha,rs above and beneath. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 from angle 7 tf 



ITlI T ." ,"°" ^''"^^ "''""'■ Hindwings l,snb.rapeJai; ape" 

 pomted, produced, termen sinuate, cilia | ; 4 absent, 6-7 parallel, tran verse 

 vein very oblique inwards. ' i'»"B^erse 



Agriothera melanacma, n. sp. 



^.13 mm Hairs of crown white, posteriorly greyish-tinged, in centre dark 

 grey, face whitish, sprinkled with grev Pilni dnvt „! + • i 

 Ant^,,,, A ,u u wiiu grey, ■t'alpi daik grey, terminal joint white. 



An enn. and thorax grey. Abdomen pale grey. Forewings elongate narrow 

 costa gently arched, apex pointed, produced, termen concave, very 'obhque 

 bronzy-fuscous, irrovated with dark fuscous, towards costa mixed with grey! 

 whitish ; an irregular white streak beneath middle from base almost to termen • 

 lower edge with an abrupt indentation before middle ; margin of apex and 

 upper ha f of termen black, preceded by a curved white mark fn apex, and som! 

 irregularly arranged white scales before this: cilia whitish, with da k fu cou 

 antemedian shade, and subapical shade round apex. HinLings grey Zy 

 scaled, except towards termen ; cilia pale grey, tips whitish. ' ' 



Maskehya, Ceylon, in July ; one specimen (Pole). 



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