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August 15, 1909.] Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. 432" 



pale shining bronzy, with a blackish median line indented with white beneatli 

 apex, outer half whitish. Hindwiugs blackish-fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey, 

 sufEused with dark grey towards base. 



Khasis, in May ; seven specimens. 



Glyphipterijx sj,7iarma, n. sp. 



(J. 12 mm. Differs from carenota only as follows : forewings with first 

 costal and dorsal alternating streaks replaced by a straight light blue-metallic 

 entire transverse line, longitudinal whitish streaks more defined. 



Khasis, in October ; two specimens ; not in good order, but the species 

 seems to^ be certainly distinct^___ 



Glyphipteryx croialotis, n, sp. (f'^'^L, 



9. 16 mm. Head, antennee, thorax, and abdomen dark purplish -fuscous. 

 Palpi white, with three black rings and towards apex lined with black, second 

 joint with rough projecting hairs beneath, Forewings elongate, postenorly 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate beneath apex, 

 oblique ; 7 and 8 separate ; dark fuscous, slightly tinged with bronzy-purplish ; 

 a slender direct pearl-white fascia at i ; a slightly oblique pearl-white 

 streak from dorsum beyond middle, reaching fold ; six fine short oblique violet- 

 metallic, streaks from costa, white on costa, first before middle, third rather 

 longer ; violet-metallic dots beneath tips of first and third ; a small oblique 

 violet-metallic mark before tornus ; two violet-metallic dots before lower 

 portion of termen, one on subapical indentation, and one or two specks in 

 disc before these: cilia fuscous, with a dark fuscous median shade, rather 

 sinuate on subapical indentation. Hindwings blackish, fuscous ; cilia fuscous, 

 with dark-fuscous subbasal shade. 



Khasis, in July ; one specimen. 



Glyphipteryx sclerodes, u. sp. 



<J 9. 10-14 mm. Head, antennee, thorax, and abdomen dark bronzy- 

 fuscous. Palpi white, with four rings and anterior edge towards apex black. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow at base, posteriorly dilated, costa shghtly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, rather oblique ; 7 and 8 

 separate ; dark fuscous-bronze, veins in disc streaked with blackish ; two strong 

 slightly curved white-streaks from dorsum at ^ and beyond middle, reaching 

 fold ; seven fine violet-golden-metallic black-edged lines from costa, becoming 

 white towards costa, first five straight, oblique, first at ^, third and fourth 

 longest, reaching about half across wing, sixth and seventh less oblique curved, 

 seventh running to anteapical sinuation ; two violet-golden-metallic dots in diso 

 beneath third and fourth ; two erect violet-golden-metallic streaks from before 

 and beyond tornus, not reaching half across wing : cilia white, basal third 

 bronzy limited by a black line indented on subapical sinuation, at apex with a 

 black hook. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, suffused with dark fuscous 

 towards base. 



Maskeliya, Patipola, and Horton Plains, Ceylon, in December, January, 

 March, July, and September (Pole, Alston, Fletcher); six specimens. Those 



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