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April 13, 1908,] Indian Micro-Iepidoptera. -^r^ 



whitish median fascia, preceded by a bhxckish spot on costa and a dot above 

 dorsum, and followed by a blackish mark beneath cosla terminated by a white 

 -dot ; a slender white fascia from J of costa to before tornus, central third some- 

 what enlarged and containing a linear oblique black mark: cilia purplish-grey, 

 round apex pale ochreous with basal half blackish. Hindwings |, cilia 3 ; dark 

 iuscous, thinly scaled in disc ; cilia purplish-grey. 



Khasi Hills, in September and October ; twenty specimens. 



Thiotrielia, Meyj'. 



This genus, characterised by the long antennal ciliations of $ , and absence 

 «f veins 4 and 8 of forewiag.?, includes ten Australian species and two from 

 New Zealand. I have already referred to it animosdla, Walk., and described 

 two Indian species ; I now describe fifteen more. 



J'Motricha (mimoselia, Walk. 



(Gelechia onimosdla, Walk. 1022.) 



Muskeliya, Ceylon ; N. Coorg ; Khasi Hills ; in February, March, und June. 



Thiotricha gltnias, n. sp, 



$ 9. 8-10 mm. Head, palpi, antennrc, thor-ax, and abdomen silvery-white ; 

 palpi in $ with expansible fringe of long fine hairs on second jonit above. 

 Forewings elongate, very narrow, parallel-sided, round-pointed ; and 9 out of 

 7 : silvery-white, more or less tinged with ochreous ; apical | orange-ochreous 

 anteriorly suffused ; a grey mark from dorsum before tornus, angulated inwards 

 near dorsum, then outwai-dly oblique, reaching more than half across wing, a 

 round black dot at apex, and another on termen, each preceded by a whitish 

 dot : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, round apex with basal half orange limited by a 

 grey line. Hindwings ^, cilia 6 ; whitish-grey, thinly scaled, apex tinged with 

 orange ; a blackish apical dot : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, at apex with post- 

 median blackish-grey dot. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in December, January, and May ; four specimens (Pole"*. 

 Allied to animosella, but grey dorsal mark differently formed ; and also 

 characterised by the expansible fringe of palpi, which is absent in unmostUa. 



Thiotricha eentriiis, n. sp. 



$. 11mm. Head, palpi, antennaj, thorax, and abdomen shining ochreous*- 

 whitish ; palpi with long fine expansible hairs on second joint above. Fore- 

 wings elongate, very narrow, gradually attenuated posteriorly, round-pointed \ 

 6 and 9 out of 7 ; shining pale whitish-ochreous ; apical third ochreous-orange, 

 anteriorly suffused ; some grey suffusion on dorsum before tornus and on middliJ 

 of termen ; a large round black apical dot, edged with white in cilia, cilia 

 otherwise whitish-ochreous, round apex with a grey median line. Hindv/inga 

 ^, cilia 6 ; whitish-grey, apex slightly tinged with orange ; a blackish apical dot : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, at apex with postmedian blackish dot. 



Palni Hills (6,000 feet) ; one specimen (Campbell). 



Thiotricha clidias, n. sp. 



^V. 8— 11 mm. Head, palpi, antcnnfe, thorax and al)domcn ochrcons- 

 whitish ; palpi in ^ with short expansible hairs towards apex of terminal joint 



