﻿August 15, 1909.] Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepiiloptcra. 418^ 



band ; a broad postmedian orange band narrowed downwards, margined by pal© 

 golden-metallic fasciae, first followed by a black dot above middle, second edged 

 anteriorly with some blackish scales and interrupted above middle by an orange 

 projection, whence proceeds a more or less slightly interrupted white line to 

 apex, sometimes partially marked with yellow. Hindwings dark fuscous. 



Maskeliya and Puttalam, Ceylon, in October, and from January to April 

 (Pole, Green); Nilgiris ( Andre wes); also from Kuching, Borneo (Hewitt); 

 described from Eastern Australia, and I have specimens from New Guirea. 

 I have briefly redescribed this species for convenience of comparison ; it is at 

 onoe known from its nearest allies by the dark apical joint of antennse. A_ 

 aimilar Australian species, C. macnda, Meyr„ which also has the dark tip, has 

 longer white median and subdorsal lines, and orange abdomen. 



Cosmopteryx vexillaris. n. sp. 



$. 10 mm. Head dark fuscous, crown with three fine white lines, face 

 bronzy-whitish. Palpi white lined with black. Antennae dark fuscous, towards 

 base lined with white, four apical segments white, then five dark, one white, one 

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

 dark grey, dorsally mixed with orange-ochreous suffusion. Posterior tibiae 

 blackish with white median, anteapical and apical rmgs. Forewmgs very 

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

 edge white towards base ; an oblique white subcostal line from near base, and 

 a silvery-white median line from base, confluent posteriorly and nearly 

 reaching | ; a white subdorsal line from near base to slightly beyond them ; 

 costal edge white for a short space before band ; a broad orange transverse 

 band somew^hat beyond middle, narrowed downwards, anteriorly margined by 

 a slightly oblique pale golden-metallic fascia followed by a black dot above 

 middle, and posteriorly by two golden-metallic spots edged anteriorly with two 

 or three black scales, lower rather anterior, between those is a short narrow 

 orange projection, whence a sinuate white line extends to apex : cilia dark 

 fuscous, with a white costal spot on posterior edge of band. Hindwingu^ dark 

 fuscous ; cilia rather dark fuscous. 



Khasis, in October ; one specimen. Specially distinguished by the peculiar 

 disposition of the anterior lines. 



Cosmopteryx latijica, n. sp. 



^$. 7-10 mm. Head bronzy, crown with three fine white lines, face 

 shining whitish. Palpi whitish lined with blackish. An tennse blackish, towards 

 base lined with wJiitish, three apical joints white, then five blackish, then one 

 or two white. Thorax bronzy with three fine white lines. Abdomen ochreous, 

 in 9 infuscated, apex whitish. Posterior tibias white, above grcyish-ochreons 

 except at middle and apex. Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex very 

 slenderly long-produced, caudate ; ochreous-bronzy ; costal edge white from 

 near base to f ; dorsal edge white towards base , a fine white subcostal slightly 

 oblique line from base to ^ ; a fine white median line from base to near 

 band ; a short fine white subdorsal dash beneath posterior extremity of this :. 



