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July 15, IDOSJ Indian Micro-lepidoptera. 013 



[_From the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 



July 15, 1908.] 



)CA. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



by 



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



vn. 



[Continued from page 460 of this Volume.) 

 ti^CATyMidx - Epiblemid^. 



Eucosma tropModes, n. sp. t 



$ 9. 16-23 mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous, variably mixed ^'^OVz^jd^ 

 with grey. Palpi moderately long, porrected, second joint strongly dilated with ^fwlyL' o iCh 

 projecting scales above and beneath, terminal joint short. Abdomen in (J /— i 



ochreous-whitish, base of segments blackish, with an expansible genital tuft of ■" >'^ -" 

 whitish -ochreous and black hairs, in $ greyish. Posterior tibise slightly rough- 

 scaled. Forewings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen sinuate, somewhat oblique ; in ^ whitish-ochreous, some- 

 times suffused with brownish-ochreous, costa spotted with dull green, with a 

 longer very oblique mark from middle, with a basal fuscous patch whose edge 

 runs from | of costa to | of dorsum, suffused with pale ochreous towards costa 

 and mixed with green towards dorsum, and sometimes with a black mark in 

 disc beyond middle ; in $ ochreous-brown mostly suffused with grey and green 

 towards costal and basal areas, and sprinkled with black, usually with a spot of 

 whitish-ochreous suffusion towards termen in middle, apex sometimes suffused 

 with whitish ; three black dots near termen below middle, and sometimes other 

 scattered small black dots above these ; cilia ochreous, sometimes partially 

 spotted with dark fuscous. Hindwings in ^ with a dorsal fold filled with 

 dense rough whitish-ochreous flocculent scales and hairs ; grey, darker posterior- 

 ly ; cilia whitish or pale grey, with darker subbasal line. 



Maskeliya, Madulsima, Diyatalawa, Hakgala, Patipola, Newera Eliya, Ceylon 

 (Pole, Green, Fletcher) ; Nilgiris (Andrewes) ; Coorg (Newcome) ; Khasis ; 

 from March to May, and August to November ; twenty-five specimen?. 



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