﻿60^ 



Nov. 15, 1908.] Indian Micro-lepidoptera. ~9i^ 



margined towards costa ; a small apical spot : cilia bronzy-ochreous, towards 

 torn us greyer, with some black specks. Hindwings in ^ groy, in $ dark grey, 

 rather thinly scaled towards base, in ^ with oval transparent patch beneath 

 cell near base ; cilia grey. 



Ceylon, probably at low level (Pole) ; two specimens. 



Fromolactis isidora, n.sp. 



^ . 9 mm. Head shining bronzy-grey sprinkled with whitish. Palpi long 

 blackish. Antenna) black ringed with white ciliations 1. Thorax shining, 

 orange-bronze. Abdomen light grey, apex whitish- ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, very narrow, costa slightly arched, apex acute, termen faintly sinuate, 

 extremely oblique ; orange-bronze, becoming orange-fulvous towards apex ; 

 markings shining white, edged with black ; median and subdorsal dots almost 



at base ; three short slender oblique streaks from dorsum ; three small irre- h <"■ i' 



gular marks above fold before these respectively ; an oblique mark beneath 

 costa before middle ; an oblique mark from costa beyond middle, and a small 

 spot beyond and beneath apex of this ; a dot on dorsum before tornus ; a 

 moderately large blackish spot on costa about | ; a rather elongate apical spot, 

 and another on termen above tornus : cilia light ochreous, basal half orange- 

 fulvous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Khasi Hills, in March ; one specimen. 



Promalactis epistacta, n. sp. 



^$. 12-14 mm. Head bronzy-ochreous. Palpi very long, bronzy-orange, 

 terminal joint more or less suffused with blackish, tip white. Antennae white 

 ringed with black, ciliations in ,J 1. Thorax shining orange- bronze. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently • arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; ochreous-orange, dorsal area and a 

 patch on middle of costa suffused with ferruginous ; markings silvery-white, 

 suffusedly edged with black irroration ; two dots transversely placed almost 

 at base ; a subdorsal series of three short oblique marks ; a longitudinal dash 

 in disc near base ; two small round spots above fold, second beneath middle ; 

 a dot on dorsum before tornus, connected by blackish suffusion with second 

 of these ; a small spot on middle of costa, and another teneath and rather 

 beyond it ; a small spot at apex, one or termen above tornus, a dot between 

 these, and another on costa before apex, a small spot of blackish scales on 

 costa at £ : cilia ochreous-yellowish, basal third ochreous-orange, beneath tornus 

 grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Khasi Hills, in September ; nine specimens. 



Promolactis apintheritis. n. sp. 



^ 9» 14-15 mm. Head and thorax bronze. Palpi very long, fulvous, 

 terminal joint more or less suffused with blackish, tip white. Antennae white 

 ridged with black, ciliations in ^4. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; 

 orange-ochreous, almost wholly suffused with deep ferruginous ; markings 

 shining violet- white, edged with black ; median and subdorsal dots almost at 



[5] 



