﻿April 13, 1908.] Indian Micro-lepidaptera. 4^ 



Joint^long, slender, basal and terminal j oints tinged with^ fuscous. Antennae 



ochreous-yellowish, towards apex ringed with fuscous, basal joint simple. U 4.4.) 



Thorax whitish-ochreous mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous- '" 



yellowish, segments suffused with fuscous towards base, apex deeper yellow. 

 Legs dark fuscous, banded with pale yellowish, posterior tibiae and tarsi clothed 

 above with rough dark fuscous hairs irrorated with whitish, with very large 

 expanded median tuft of whitish, ochreous-yellow, black, and bright steel-metal- 

 lic scales. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex ob- 

 tuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique ; 7 to apex ; whitish-ochreous-yellowish 

 irregularly sprinkled with blackish and dark fuscous ; a small blackish basal 

 spot ; a broad suffused dark fuscous antemedian fascia ; a broad suffused fascia 

 of dark fuscous and black irroration occupying apical fourth of wing : cilia 

 bronzy-grey, basal half deep ochreous-yellow hmited by a dark fuscous shade. 

 Hindwings with 3 in $ absent, 6 to termen ; dark fuscous, in $ with a short 

 subdorsal groove, beneath which is a short fringe of whitish-ochreous hairs • 

 ■cilia bronzy-grey, basal third pale ochreous-yellowish. 



N. Coorg (3,500 feet), in May, September and October ; five specimens 

 (Newcome). 



Timyra autarcha, n. sp. 



(^9. 18— 19mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi light ochreous-yellow. basal 

 joint fuscous, terminal joint long, slender, anterior edge dark fuscous. Antenna; 

 whitish-ochreous ringed with dark fuscous, basal joint simple. Thorax blackish. 

 Abdomen ochreous-yellow ; segments rather dark fuscous towards base. Leo^s 



to 



dark fuscous, femora and tarsi banded with pale ochreous-yellowish, posterior 

 tibit-e and tarsi clothed above with rough dark fuscous hairs, tufted in middle 

 of tibia;, with an ochreous-whitish band before middle. Forewings elongate 

 rather narrow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa posteriorly moderately 

 arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; 7 to apex ; whitish-ochreous • 

 three blackish fascisB, first narrow, basal extended along costa to meet second 

 second broad, antemedian, third very broad, from about | of costa to tornus] 

 with a few ochreous-whitish specks, posterior edge curved parallel to margin of 

 wing ; a deep ochreous-yellow streak along posterior part of costa and termen : 

 cilia dark bronzy-grey, with blackish basal line. Hindwings with 3 in ^^ absent 

 6 to termen ; dark fuscous ; cilia bronzy-grey, with pale basal Hne and darker 

 subbasal shade. 



Palni Hills (6,000 feet) ; N. Coorg (3,500 feet) ; in May, two specimens 

 (Campbell, Newcome). 



Timyra stachyophora, n. sp. 



$. 18— 19 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, basal joint 

 fuscous, second joint very long, clothed internally and above with very long 

 expansible ochreous-whitish hairs, terminal joint about half second, clothed 

 with dense hairs above, mixed or suffused with dark fuscous. Antenna; dark 

 grey, basal joint with large tuft of whitish-ochreous scales becoming dark grey 

 towards apex, internally blackish. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochre- 

 ous, dorsally more yellowish, with slight fuscous suffusion. Legs daik fuscous 



