﻿S19 Journ., Bom. Nat. Hist. Svc, Vbt. XV J IT., Ka, 4. [Nov. \h, 1908. 



Acrocercops chrysargyra, n. 8Tp. 



5 . 9 ram. Head ail very-white, lower part of face brassy, back of crown 

 golden-bronze. Palpi white. Antennae grey. Thorax orange bronze, posterior 

 half of patagia white. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, beneath white, with lateral 

 series of oblique fuscous bars. Legs white banded with blackish. Forewings 

 elongate-lanceolate ; bright golden-orange ; four somewhat rounded- triangular 

 silvery-white black-edged dorsal blotches, reaching about f across wing, tipped 

 with violet, their posterior margins raised into a transverse ridge ; a slender 

 • shining violet-silvery streak along basal third of costa, thence deflected almost 



to reach apex of second dorsal blotch. Latter portion black-edged ; a shining 

 / pale violet black-edged dash above disc between second and third blotches, and 



another between third and fourth ; violet black-edged dots on costa opposite 

 third and fourth blotches ; a silvery-white spot on costa just before apex, edged 

 beneath with black : cilia grey, round apex bronzy-fulvous, at costal termina- 

 tion dark grey preceded by white. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Khasi Hills, in October ; one specimen. A splendid insect ; the maxillary 

 palpi are shorter than usual, the bristles of posterior tibiae longer ; the ridge 

 of raised scales on forewings are a pecuhar character. 



Acrocercops tetracrena, n. sp. 



9 . 9 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint dark grey above and 

 at apex, with scales angularly projecting beneath at apex, terminal joint with 

 grey suffused submedian ring. Antennae grey. Thorax bronzy-brown, with 

 white central stripe. Abdomen grey, beneath white. Legs white, banded with 

 blackish-grey. Forewing very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; bronzy-brown ; 

 four semioval white black-edged dorsal spots, not reaching half across wing, 

 first and fourth smallest, first extended dorsally towards base ; a fine white 

 transverse strigula just before apex, surrounded with dark fuscous suffusion, 

 dilated on costa : cilia fuscous, at apex with a black subbasal line followed by 

 whitish suffusion. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia gi'ey. 



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



Acrocercops cadellata, n. sp. 



$. 10 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint grey towards apex. 

 Antennae grey, basal joint whitish, beneath dark fuscous. Thorax white, 

 sides bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen grey, beneath white. Legs white, banded with 

 blackish. Forewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; ochreous-brown, 

 darker and bronzy-tinged on costal half ; three silvery- white black-edged 

 somewhat rounded triangular dorsal blotches, reaching more than half across 

 wing, first about ^, irregularly extended along dorsum almost to base, second 

 beyond middle, third towards apex ; a white mark on apical portion of costa 

 edged anteriorly by an oblique black strigula : cilia light brownish, towards, 

 tornus greyer. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia light grey. 



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



Acrocercops tricyma, n. sp. 



^ 9. 7_9 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint dark fuscous above 



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