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5'^ 



Nov. 15, 1908.] Indian Micro-lepidoptcra. -82^ 



towards apex. Antennae grey, in front whitsh, basal joint white, beneath black,. 

 Thorax white, sides bronzy. Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs blackish ringed with white, tarsi white, posterior pair spotted 

 with grey. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; ochreous-bronze ; a broad 

 shining white dorsal streak from base, its upper edge from \ to beyond 

 tornus forming three strong rounded-triangular black-edged prominences, 

 reaching f across wing, the concavities between these almost reaching dorsum ; 

 a white black-edged dot on costa at ^ ; a fine white black-edged oblique 



transverse streak before apex : cilia white, towards tornus grey, beneath apex ._ 



with a bar of dark grey suffusion, above apex with three dark fuscous '^ ^ 



strigulsQ, before first of these bronzy. Hindwmgs rather dark grey ; cilia 



gi'ey. 



Khasi Hills, in November ; Pusa, Bengal, bred in April from larvae mining 

 leaves of Blumea lacera (Lefroy) ; four specimens. 



Acrocercops isodelta, n. sp. 



$. 8 mm. Head white, face fuscous-tinged. Palpi white, second joint 

 with upper edge and an apical band blackish, terminal joint with blackish 

 submedian ring. Antennas grey, in front whitish, basal joint white, beneath 

 blackish. Thorax white, sides bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen grey, beneath white. 

 Legs white, banded with dark fuscous and blackish, Forewings narrowly 

 elongate-lanceolate, bronzy-fuscous ; a moderately broad ochreous-white dorsal 

 streak from base, between } and | forming three broad triangular black-edged 

 blotches whose tips almost or quite coalesce with white black-edged dots on 

 costa, the angular indentations between these almost reaching dorsum • a fine 

 white black-edged oblique transverse streak before apex : cilia whitish, beneath 

 tornus greyish, beneath apex with a bronzy bar, above apex with three dark 

 fuscous strigulse. before first of these bronzy. Hindwings rather dark grey •. 

 cilia grey. 



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



Acrocercops lyrica n. sp. 



^. 8 mm. Head shining white. Palpi white, second joint with two dark 

 grey bands, apex of terminal joint dark grey. Antennae grey. Thorax white 

 sides bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft white, beneath white with 

 lateral series of oblique grey stripes. Legs white, banded with dark grey. Fore- 

 wings very narrowly lanceolate, gradually narrowed from near base ; bronzy 

 fuscous, becoming bronzy-ochreous on dorsal half ; a silvery-white stripe along 

 dorsum from base to tornus, its apex rather dilated into an irregular spot ; a 

 silvery white elongate patch along termen from above tornus almost to apex, 

 its anterior extremity emitting a projection which extends | across wing ; above 

 this patch beneath costa is a sinuate black longitudinal line terminating in a 

 transverse black apical mark : ciha white, towards tornus greyish, above apex 

 with a black median line, beneath apex with a blackish bar. Hindwings rather 

 dark grey ; cilia grey, 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March (Pole); one specimen, 



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