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Juhj 15, 1908.J Indian Micro- lepidoptera. ^i^Sr 



Forewingg elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen straight, little oblique; 2 from near angle ; light greyish-ochreous 

 suffusedly irrorated with fuscous ; a blackish basal dot in middle, and one on 

 base of costa ; stigmata rather large, black, plical slightly beyond first discal ; a 

 row of blackish dots along posterior part of costa and termen to before tornus : 

 cilia pale greyish-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Puttalam, Ceylon, in September (Pole) ; one specimen. 



Odites mtstharna, n. sp. 



$ 9. 11 — 14 mm. Head and thorax light brownish-ochreous. Palpi whitish - 

 ^ochroous , second jo int s ometimes somewhat infuscated and with an in d istinct 

 fuscous subapical ring, extreme base of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennas, P Cv'^ 



pale ochreous, in $ serrulate, ciliations hardly perceptible. Abdomen grey 

 apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen nearly straight, rather oblique; 2 from near angle ; light brownish- 

 ochreous, more or less irrorated finely with brown or fuscous ; a black dot on 

 base of costa ; stigmata blackish, discal rather near together, plical directly 

 beneath first discal ; a row of blackish dots along posterior part of costa and 

 termen to before tornus : cilia light brownish-ochreous, tips paler. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia light grey, with darker basal shade. 



Puttalam and Trincomali, Ceylon, from June to September (Pole, Fletcher); 

 five specimens. 



Procometis trocJiala, n. sp. 



^21 mm., $ 35 mm. Head and thorax brownish. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, mixed with brownish, second joint loosely haired above, terminal 

 shorter. Antennae fuscous. Abdomen brownish, segmental margins whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; brown, in ^ slightly, in $ 

 sufEusedly sprinkled with dark fuscous, especially in disc and towards termen, 

 costa suffused with dark fuscous, except towards base, more broadly in $ ; dis- 

 cal stigmata obscurely indicated by dark fuscous suffusion, second tending to be 

 transversely double : cilia pale fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 in ^ much narrower than in $, narrower than forewings, whitish-ochreous 

 slightly tinged with fuscous posteriorly, with ochreous-yellowish costal hair- 

 pencil, cilia very long, at tornus over 1, whitish-ochreous ; in 9 dark fuscous 

 suffused with whitish towards base, cilia whitish. 



Pusa, Bengal, bred in June from larvee feeding on dried leaves of sugarcane 

 (Maxwell- Lefroy); two specimens. This does not differ essentially from the 

 Australian species of the genus except in the shorter palpi with second joint 

 more thickened with scales and roughened above. 



Acria, Stph. < 



This genus, to which my attention was kindly called by Mr. tT Hartley 

 Durrant, mpersedes JjnphorUis Meyr., and the type-species, A. emarginella 'F-J- ?<•'/- 1 6 

 Don., supersedes my camelodes. (C ^. <XV/. (:jqI) 



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