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Nov. 15, 1908,] Indian Microlepiclcptera, JH4 



fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath ochreous with oblique dark fuscous 

 bands. Legs white banded with blackish, posterior tibiae greyish. Fore- 

 wings very narrowly elongate, short-pointed, apex round-pointed ; dark 

 fuscous ; a moderate white streak along basal I of dorsum , a moderate 

 oblique white streak from dorsum beyond middle, not reaching half across 

 wing ; some interrupted white marks representing a double oblique streak from 

 tornus ; three moderate oblique white streaks from costa before and beyond 

 middle, and at |, reaching ^ across wing, first shortly produced along costa 

 towards base ; a somewhat oblique transverse leaden- metallic line at g, 

 narrowly edged with white anteriorly and foll owed at extremities by^ smalL 



white spots ; apical area suffused with fulvous-ochreous with a small black "' *^'*f* 



central spot : cilia grey, round apex white with two blackish lines Hind- 

 wings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Khasi Hills, in September ; one specimen. 



Phrixosceles, n. g. 



Head smooth ; tongue developed. Antennae over 1, filiform, simple, basal 

 joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, curved, slender, 

 smooth-scaled, terminal joint rather shorter than second, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi short, slender, filiform, porrected. Middle and posterior tibi^ and two or 

 three joints of tarsi above with rough projecting bristly scales. Forewings with 

 lower fork of vein lb obsolete, 2 and 3 obsolete towards origin, 4 and 5 connate, 

 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from near base. Hindwings ^, linear, cilia 6 ; 2-7 

 separate, 6 and 7 closely approximated. 



Type p. troehosticha. Differs from Acrocercops in having the middle tibias 

 and two or more joints of both middle and posterior tarsi bristly, whereas in 

 that genus only the posterior tibiae and first joint of tarsi are so. 



Phrixosceles literaria, n. sp. 



^. 8 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white. Antennae white, finely dotted 

 with dark fuscous. (Abdomen broken.) Legs white spotted with blackish. 

 Forewings very narrowly elongate, parallel-sided, short-pointed ; white ; five 

 irregular blackish spots on anterior | of costa, first two small and connected 

 with dorsum by fine fuscous lines, others longer and reaching more than half 

 across wing ; three rather oblique blackish marks from dorsum about middle, 

 reaching half across wing, central one longer ; two small blackish spots on costa 

 beyond middle, and a fine oblique strigula from dorsum opposite ; a blackish 

 ring in disc at |; a fine transverse blackish line midway between this and apex, 

 preceded by a short oblique dorsal strigula ; a small brownish apical spot finely 

 edged anteriorly with black : cilia white, beneath tornus greyish, round apex 

 with base brownish edged by some blackish specks. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia light grey. 



Maskehya Ceylon, in January (Pole) ; one specimen. 



Phrixosceles campsigrapha, n. sp. 



^. 9 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae white. Thorax white, shoulders yel- 

 lowish. (Abdomen broken.) Legs white, banded with ochreous-yellowish. 



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