﻿August 15, 1909.] Descriptions of Indian Micro- Lcpidoptera. Aifi ^ 



orange. Posterior tibia) black with white median and apical rings, and a silvery 

 wrongly divided metallic ring between these. Forewings very narrowly lanceo- 

 late, apex narrowly long-produced, caudate ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; dorsal edge 

 silvery-white near base ; a transverse series of three very short silvery-white 

 dashes before :|^, subcostal oblique ; a broad orange transverse postmedian band, 

 margined anteriorly by a vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia, and posteriorly 

 by two violet-golden-metallic transverse spots edged anteriorly with a few black 

 scales, lower spot wholly anterior to upper, so that if produced it would cross 

 wing without touching it, between these an irregular projection of the orange 



colou r ext ends round lower spot to dorsum; a shoi;t silvery- metalljc dash midway 



between band and apex : cilia dark fuscous, with a snow-white dot at apex, 

 marked also on undersurface, and a white costal spot on posterior margin of 

 band. Hind wings dark fuscous ; cilia rather dark fuscous. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon, from December to March (Green) ; nine specimens. 

 Specially characterized by the snow-white dot in apical ciha, instead of the 

 spot or line shown by allied species. 

 Cosmopteryx belonacma, n. sp. 



^. 9 — 10 mm. Head dark shining bronze, crown with three fine white 

 lines, face lighter bronze. Palpi white, lined with black. Antennte blackish, 

 dotted and towards base lined with white, four apical joints white, then five 

 blackish, one white, one blackish, one white. Thorax dark shining bronze, 

 with three fine white lines. Abdomen bronzy-fuscous, dorsally partially 

 BufEused with orange. Posterior tibife black with white median and apical 

 rings, and a silvery-metallic ring between these. Forewings narrowly lanceo- 

 late, widest near base, apex narrowly long-produced ; blackish ; dorsal edge 

 white near base ; a transverse series of three short white dashes not reaching |, 

 subcostal rather oblique, longest, subdorsal shortest ; a broad orange transverse 

 postmedian band, margined anteriorly by a vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia 

 and posteriorly by two violet-golden-metallic vertical-transverse spots edged 

 anteriorly with black, lower spot wholly anterior to upper and not meeting it 

 if produced ; between these a short acute-triangular orange projection not 

 reaching beyond upper spot ; a short pale violet-golden-metallic dash midway 

 between this and apex, and another at apex, with a white dash in apical cilia : 

 ciha dark fuscous, with a costal white spot on posterior edge of band. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous ; cilia rather dark fuscous. 



Khaais, from March to May ; three specimens. Larger than cathamcma 

 with the subcostal line longer, the orange colour not surrounding lower metalHc 

 spot, a metallic dash in apex, and a white dash in cilia instead of 

 the dot, 



Cosmopteryx basilisca, n. sp. 



^. 8 mm. Head dark shining bronze, crown with three fine white lines, 

 fase lighter bronze. Palpi white lined with black. Antennae blackish, dotted 

 and towards base lined with white, four apical joints white, then five blackish, 

 one white one blackish, two white. Thorax dark bronze, with three fine white 



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