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Nov. 15, 1908.] Indian Micfo-Upidoptera. W^' 



dark fuscous. Antennae whit^, sufEusedly spotted with grey. Thorax brown. 

 Abdomen grey, beneath whit© ringed with dark fuscous. Legs white, banded 

 with dark fuscous. Forewings very narrowly elongate, short-pointed, obtuse j 

 rather dark brown ; three shinilig white fasciae, first towards base, broad, broadest 

 on dorsum, second median, moderate, dilated towards dorsum, thud towads apex, 

 rather narroW, anteriorly rather convex, preceded by blackish suffusion ; beyond 

 this is a blackish longitudinal spot, terminated by a white apical dot : cilia 

 brownish, with some whitish suffusion on lower extremity of third fascia, andt 

 a postmediaii dark fuscous shade round apex. Hindwings and cilia grejv 



Khasi Hills, in June ; oile specimen. P' 



Aorocercopi triacris, n. sp. 



$. 8 nlm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with grey apical band, 

 terminal joint suffused with grey anteriorly. Antennae grey. Thorax white 

 sides bronzy. Abdomen grey, beneath white with grey rings, apical tuft 

 Wbitish-ochreous, at apex white. Legs white banded with grey. Forewings 

 linear-lanceolate, acute ; golden-bronze ; markings shining white, strongly 

 blackish-edged ; a triangular blotch on dorsum before middle, not quite reach- 

 ing costa ; two fasciae, broad on dorsum and strongly narrowed to costa, first 

 at I, second anteapical, not dark-margined posteriorly ; between these is a 

 slender oblique streak from costa, reaching more than half across wing ; apical 

 area beyond second fascia ochreous-yellow, apex itself black : cilia pale bronzy- 

 greyish, at apex with base white followed by a fragment of a black line. 

 Hindwings grey, cilia pale bronzy-greyish. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May (Pole) ; one specimen. 



Acrocercops orbifera, n. sp, 



^$. 13 mm. Head and thorax shining whitish (partly defaced). Palpi 

 whitish, second joint with blackish apical band, terminal joint blackish above 

 and beneath except towards base and apex. Basal joint of antennae whitish 

 above, dark fuscous beneath (rest broken). Abdomen fuscous, beneath silvery- 

 white with blender fuscous rings. Legs white banded with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings very narrow, slightly widest near base, apex long-pointed ; shining 

 golden-bronze, base of dorsum narrowly white ; three shining yellowish-white 

 fasciae edged with black, very broad on dorsum and strongly narrowed towards 

 costa, at about |, §, aud before apex respectively ; between second and thii-d 

 a whitish black-edged strigula on costa, apex beyond third fascia black exce^-t 

 a white apical dot : cilia grey, at apex with a black basal line. Hindwing 

 rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Palni Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; two specimens. 



Acrocercops re^^plendens, Stt. 



(Gracilaria resplendens, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., i. (3rd ser., 294, pi. x, 4). 



Khasi Hills, in October and November, received in plenty. Before the 

 anteapical blotch of forewings are two whitish dark-edged dots transversely 

 placed ; these are omitted by Stainton both in his description and figure, but 

 are always present, and are plainly visible in the type-specimen. 



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