﻿June 29, 1907.] Indian Micro-Upidoptera. 994 J/^3 



suffuaion irrorated with black which occupies nearly all median area and 

 extends on dorsum to near base ; a round patch of similar suffusion resting on 

 termen beneath apex : cilia dark golden-bronze. Hindwings blackish-grey, 

 Blightly purple-tinged ; cilia dark grey, with blackish basal line. 



Two specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in April (Pole). 



Nemotois phoenicites, n, sp. 



^ . 13-15 mm. Face coppery-bronze, crown orange. Palpi extremely short, 

 dark grey. Antennse whitish, becoming dark purple-fuscous near base. 

 Thorax metallic-bronze, patagia metallic green or coppery. Abdomen blackish, r''^9^ 



Posterior tibise coppery-bronze, with long fringe of grey and whitish hairs 

 abo^re. Forewings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather strongly oblique ; 8 and 9 separate ; 

 bright metallic golden-bronze, suffused with purple-coppery except on dorsal 

 half from base to fascia ; a slender black transverse fascia slightly beyond 

 middle, on upper half somewhat broader and divided into two by a slender 

 tawny streak : cilia coppery-golden-bronze. Hindwings and cilia blackish -grey, 

 faintly purplish-tinged. 



Two specimens, Coorg (3,500 feet), in August (Newcome). 



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