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August 15, 1909.] Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidopiera. 4 1 4- 



Cosmopferyx erethista, n. sp. 



^ 9- 8-9 mm. Head dark shining bronze, with a white line above each 

 eye, face bronzy-whitish. Palpi whitish lined with blackish. Antennsa 

 blackish, towards base lined with whitish, fourth and tenth joints whitish. 

 Thorax dark shining bronze, with three fine white lines. Abdomen dark 

 fuscsou. Posterior tibiiB black with white median and apical rings. Fore wings 

 very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long-produced, caudate ; blackish ; 

 dorsal edge white towards base ; a transverse series of three very short 

 silvery-white dashes about rj, subcostal rather oblique and somewhat anterior 

 to the other two ; a broad orange postmedian transverse band irregularly 

 ^2inkled^r_mixedwith blackish^ e dged by tv yo strong violet-golden- metallic 

 fasciae, anterior vertical, blackish-edged posteriorly, posterior slightly oblique, 

 blackish-edged anteriorly ; a very short white dash midway between band 

 and apex ; a small white spot in apical cilia, marked also on undersurface : 

 cilia blackish, with a white costal spot on posterior fascia. HindwingS and 

 cilia dark fuscous. 



Khasis, in November ; two specimens. Characterised by the absence of the 

 usual white apical band of antennas, black admixture of the orange band, entire 

 posterior metallic fascia, and very short basal streaks, 



Cosmopteryx holophracta, n. sp. 



^ 5. 10-11 mm. Head dark bronze, with a white line above each eye, 

 face silvery. Palpi white lined with blackish. Antennae black, dotted and lined 

 with white, three apical joints white, then five black, one white, one black, 

 cue white. Thorax dark bronze, with three fine white lines. Abdomen dark 

 fuscous. Posterior tibiae black with white median and apical rings, and a 

 silvery ring between these, Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly 

 long-produced, caudate ; blackish ; dorsal edge silvery-white towards base • 

 a short fine silvery subcostal dash about i ; a very fine silvery-white median 

 line from base to about ^ ; a short fine silvery-white dash beneath posterior 

 portion of this ; a broad orange postmedian transverse band, edged anteriorly 

 by a vertical vioJet-golden-metallic fascia black-edged posteriorly, and poste- 

 riorly by a rather oblique violet-golden-metallic fascia black-edged anteriorly ; 

 a pale violet-golden-metallic streak extending from before middle of apical 

 area to apex ; a small white spot in apical cilia, marked also on undersurface : 

 cilia blackish-grey, with a costal white spot on posterior fascia. Hindwings 

 and cilia dark fuscous. 



Khasis, in May and August ; two specimens. Distinguished from all the 

 orange-banded species of the region by the combination of white arex of 

 antennae and entire posterior fascia. 



Cosmopteryx licnura, n, sp. 



^ 9. 9-11 mm. Head dark bronze, with a white line above each eye, face 

 silvery. Palpi white lined with blackish. Antennae black, dotted and lined 

 with white, three apical joints white, then five black, one white, one black, 

 two white. Thorax dark bronze, with three fine white lines. Abdomen dark 

 fuscous, in ^ with very large whitish-ochreous anal valves, as long as thorax. 



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