﻿S20 Journ., Bom. Nat. Hiit. Soc.y VoL XVIII., iVo. 4'.. [Nov. 15, 1908. 



Acrocercops gemoniella, Sit. ♦' 



(Gracilaria gemoniella, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i (3rd sers.), 297, pi. x. 6.) 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March and April (Pole); N. Coorg. 3,500 feet, in Octo- 

 ber (Newcome). None of my specimens show the anterior prominence of the 

 dorsal streak mentioned by Stainton, but otherwise they agree precisely, and I 

 am unable to regard them as distinct. 



Acrocercops argyraspis, n. sp. 



^. 8 mm. Head white. Palpi white, lined with blackish. Antennae 



whitish-grey. Thorax shining white, sides ochreous-bronze. (Abdomen broken.) 



, 1 Legs white, banded with dark fuscous. Forewings very narrowly elongate- 



lanceolate; ochreous-bronze ; a moderate silvery-white stripe along dorsum from 

 base to tornus, a bright silvery-white apical blotch occupying more than ^ of 

 wing, narrowed towards costa, anterior edge rounded and edged with dark fus- 

 cous suffusion, enclosing a subtransverse black apical mark : cilia white, at apex 

 with a blackish median line, towards tornus grey. Hindwings dark grey ; 

 cilia grey. 



Khasi Hills, in March ; two specimens. 



Acrocercops galeopa, n, sp. 



9. 10— 11 mm. Head ochreoilS-whitish. Palpi whitish, apex of second 

 joint sometimes with a grey dot. Antennse whitish, faintly dotted with grey. 

 Thorax whitish, sides pale ochreous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, beneath 

 ochreous-whitish, Legs whitish, indistinctly banded with grey, Forewings. 

 very narrowly elongate, moderately pointed, apex slenderly produced, acute 

 ochreous-whitish, towards base more oohreous-tinged; a moderate undefined 

 pale ochreous spot on costa before middle, and another on dorsum beyond 

 middle, almost connected into an oblique fascia ; apical third of wing almost 

 wholly occupied by an ochreous-brown patch composed of several confluent 

 spots, sometimes with an undefined transverse bar of dark fuscous irroration at 

 f : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Khasi Hills, from July to September ; three specimens. 



Acrocercops ochronepliela, n. sp. 



^. 9 — 10 mm. Head shining whitish-ochreous, face more whitish. Palpi 

 whitish. Antennae whitish, spotted with grey. Thorax ochreous. Abdomen 

 grey, beneath whitish. Legs white, banded with dark fuscous. Forewings very 

 narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; yellow-ochreous, deeper and sometimes brownish- 

 tinged posteriorly ; two slender cloudy undefined whitish-ochreous transverse 

 fasciae at about § and | : cilia pale ochreous, above apex ochreous-whitish Hindr 

 wings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Khasi Hills, in December and March ; three specimens. 



Acrocercops sauropis, n. sp. 



^. 9 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi white, terminal joint sometimes 



spotted with grey. Antennae greyish. Thorax light greyish-bronze. Abdomen 



greyish, beneath white with lateral series of oblique fuscous stripes. Legs 



white, spotted with grey and blackish. Forewings very narrowly elongate, 



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