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Nov, 12, 1907.] Indiun Micro-Lcpidoplera, 137 



{^From the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 



November 12, 1907.] 



DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



By 



E. MbYRICK, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



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(Continued from page 994 of Vol. XVII.) 



tucir>»»'^.«^;. Epiblemid^, ) 

 Eticosma attica, n. sp. t 



^9. 18-23 mm. Head pale ochreons mixed with dark fuscous, face /^p^f^ __ 

 blackish. Palpi ascending, pale ochreous suffused with grey, ochreous-white ,t^«.'CA 



towards base beneath, terminal joint very short. Thorax pale ochreous mixed / ^ 



with blackish and ferruginous. Abdomen pale ochreous suffused with grey. I Pv' V/.'^''^/ ' 

 Posterior tibiae in ^ clothed with dense long projecting hair scales above, 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly considerably dilated, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen almost straight, nearly vertical ; pale ochreous mixed with 

 ferruginous, and irregularly strewn with leaden-grey dots ; costa with pairs of 

 ochreous-whitish strigulse separated with black ; basal patch undefined, mixed 

 with blackish, sometimes with strong blackish suffusion extending to central 

 fascia ; central fascia moderate, suffused with blackish, its posterior edge 

 marked with a white discal dot, and followed except on costa by a suffused 

 white fascia mixed with leaden-grey on anterior half ; apical area ferruginous, 

 mixed with blackish anteriorly, with several shott leaden-metallic marks from 

 costa, and a striga from costa at | continued along lower half of termen to 

 tornus : cilia leaden-grey, on upper half of terraen with basal half ferruginous, 

 sometimes mixed with blackish, towards tornus suffused with ochreous-whitish. 

 Hind wings in ^ with dorsal fold enclosing thin pencil of long grey hairs ; 

 fuscous, becoming darker posteriorly ; cilia light greyish-ochreous or grey, with 

 dark grey subbasal line, 



Khasi Hills, from June to September ; seven specimens. I find that- Platy- 

 peplus, Wals., cannot be properly maintained as a distinct genus ; the develop- 

 m-ent of brushes of scales on the posterior tibia?, especially in the $ but. 



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