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•Jnly 15, 1908.] Indian Micro-Iepkloptera. 62P 



with slightly i-aised scales, in ^ without costal fold ; Ic approximated to 2, 3 

 and 4 approximated, 7 to termen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 

 tolerably parallel. 



Homalernis semapTiora, n. sp. 



$ $. 12 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, second joint grey 

 externally except towards apex. Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen nearly straight, 

 very oblique ; white, with dots of slightly raised scales faintly tinged with 

 grey or yellowish; some black dots along costa and termen ; a triangular blackish 

 spot on middle of costa, reaching about ^ across wing ; a small black spot ou 

 costa at ,■, whence proceeds a curved ochreous line dotted with grey to termen 

 above tornus, and two enlarged black dots on costa towards apex ; a black 

 dot in disc at f : cilia white. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish. 



Khasis, in June ; two specimens. 



Plernozyga, n. g. 



Antenna in ^ serrulate, shortly ciliated. Palpi very long, porrected, 

 second joint expanded with scales above and beneath, terminal rather short. 

 Thorax crested. Forewings with large dorsal tuft of projecting scales beyond 

 middle, in $ without costal fold ; Ic bent and approximated to 2 near origin, 

 3-5 closely approximated at base, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 9 closely 

 approximated to 8 towards base, lower parting-vein strongly marked. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 rather approximated, 6 and 7 closely ap- 

 proximated towards base, 



Ptcrnosyga haeretica, n. sp. 



^. 16-17 mm. Head and thorax pale greyish-ochreous, thoracic crest 

 mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi pale ochreous irrorated with fuscous. 

 Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous tinged with fuscous. Forewings elongate 

 posteriorly dilated, costa moderately and evenly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 sinuate, vertical ; Hght yellowish-ochreous, sometimes with scattered blackish 

 scales tending to form irregular strigulae ; basal third much glossed or suffused 

 with silvery-whitish ; basal patch sometimes separated from central fascia by 

 a group of whitish striee ; a dark fuscous patch occupying whole area beneath 

 a line drawn from dorsum near base to apex or just beneath apex of wing, 

 crossed by two irregular bluish-leaden-metallic whitish edged marks from 

 middle of dorsum ; a silvery- whitish striga from f of costa to termen above 

 middle, broader and sometimes furcate towards costa, and a short similar mark 

 near termen below middle ; a series of small bluish-leaden- metallic, sometimes 

 partly confluent spots just before termen, apical one surrounded with ferrugi- 

 nous or reddish suiiusion : cilia grey with two dark grey shades, becoming pale 

 ochreous round apex. Hindwings grey, darker-strigulated, towards base 

 whitish-tinged ; cilia grey-whitish, with a grey shade. 



Palni Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; Nilgiris, 6,000 feet (Andrewes) ; in May 

 two specimens. 



