﻿Augnd 15, 1909.] Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lex>i(loptera. --430^ 



at ^, short, second at |, oblique, reaching half across wing, third rather curved, 

 running to dorsum near tornus, fourth and fifth short, sixth violet-tinged 

 running to subapical indentation ; a violet-metallic sometimes interrupted line 

 almost on tsrmen from beneath this to near tornus, and a dot at tornus : cilia 

 bronzy-whitish with a blackish median line, interrupted with white on sub- 

 apical indentation. Hindwings dark grey, towards apex blackish-grey ; cilia 

 whitish-grey suffused with dark grey towards base 

 Khasis, in August and September ; two specimens. 

 Glyphipteryx hemipempta, n. sp. 

 ___ ^JL-£^ 7- 9 mm. Head and thorax bronzy. Palpi white, with four rings and _ 



anterior edge towards apex black. Antennje fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, h 



in 9 with expansible lateral tuft of scales before apex, and expansible scales ' 



at apex. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse, termsn somewhat sinuate, oblique ; 7 and 8 separate ; all scales bronzy- 

 yellowish with dark fuscous bases, appearing to form fine transverse striae, but 

 becoming bronzy-whitish towards base and on a broad discal patch above 

 tornus ; six bluish-leaden-metallic streaks rising from whitish marks on costa, 

 first before ^, somewhat oblique, reaching half across wing, second and third 

 direct, parallel, running to dorsum, fourth very short, fifth running to subapical 

 indentation, sixth close before apex ; three round adjacent black spots on lower 

 part of termen, each containing a golden-metallic dot ; veins on pale area above 

 these marked with fine black lines, and some short interneural black dashes pos- 

 teriorly : cilia whitish, basal third pale bronzy, indented with white beneath apex. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia pale grey, suffused with dark grey towards base. 

 N, Coorg, 3,500 feet, in October and April (Newcome) ; Maskeliya, Ceylon, 

 in January (Pole) ; seven specimens. 

 Glyphipteryx enclitica, n. sp. 



$ 9- 10-12 mm. Head, antennre. and thorax rather dark bronzy-fuscous. 

 Palpi fuscous; internally whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen rather 

 deeply sinuate beneath apex, oblique ; 7 and 8 separate ; golden-ochreous- 

 bronze ; straight thick converging violet-metallic streaks, edged with dark 

 fuscous, from costa at } and f to dorsum at i and f, and a similar transverse 

 streak from costa between these not reaching half across wing ; an irregular 

 subtriangular black blotch extending along lower portion of termen, its 

 anterior edge excavated, containing about sixteen violet-golden-metalhc 'dots 

 and specks ; area between this and costa crossed by fine black lines on veins 

 and less marked blackish interneural lines ; a violet-blue-metallic streak from 

 i of costa to subapical sinuation ; a white wedge-shaped marked on costa 

 before apex, becoming blue metallic at extremity : cilia bronzy, with a black 

 median line indented with white on subapical sinuation, outer half whitish- 

 grey, above apex fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey. 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in May, August and September (Newcome) • four 

 specimens. ' 



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