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November 15, 1909.] Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. ■SBiT' 



reaching apex or tornus ; cilia pale ochreoua, on termen infuscated towards 

 tips. Hindwings pale whitish-fuscous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Maskeliya and Kelawewa, Ceylon, in May, July, September, and January 

 (Pole, Alston) ; four specimens. Very like the preceding, but with shorter 

 palpi, narrower forewings with costa less arched, discal streak terminated be- 

 tween two dots instead of above a spot, the striga before termen, and hind- 

 wings tinged with fuscous. These two species are quite distinct in appearance 

 from all those which follow. 

 Bactra metrincma, n. sp. 



,J9. 16-19 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi 3-3^, ochre- 

 ous-whitish, with broad oblique band of fuscous suffusion. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly hardly dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather strongly oblique • 

 light brownish-ochreous, posteriorly ferruginous-tinged, more or less irregularly 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous ; costa marked throughout with short strigul^ of 

 JblackishjiXQi'ation, alternatingjwith indistinct longer oblique whitish striguls_ 

 mixed with leaden-grey ; a rather ill-defined white longitudinal streak above 

 middle from base to apex, cut posteriorly by two or three dark veins, edged 

 above by a suffused streak of black irroration towards base, and beneath by a 

 short blackish streak in disc towards middle, terminated by a white projecting 

 tooth from lower edge on transverse vein, and by a line of black irroration 

 between this and apex ; beyond cell some dark lines on veins, and more or less 

 whitish suffusion between veins posteriorly ; dorsum dotted or marked with 

 blackish : cilia light brownish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, with rows 

 of whitish points. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal line. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, from August to November (Green, Pole) ; seven specie 

 mens. At first sight much like phenaclstis, but paler and more ochreous, and 

 readily distinguished by the longer palpi, more pointed forewings, and 

 more oblique termen. 

 Bactra copidotis, n. sp. 



(J 9- 16-20 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous tinged with brownish. 

 Palpi 2f , whitish-ochreous, more or less infuscated towards middle, base white 

 beneath. Abdomen pale greyish-ochi-eous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 especially in 9 , hardly dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 sinuate, oblique ; ferruginous-ochreous ; costa with numerous indistinct 

 ochreous-whitish oblique strigulse, alternating with short striguls of blackish 

 irroration ; a very undefied streak of ochreous-whitish suffusion above middle 

 from base to apex, cut by two or three dark veins posteriorly edged beneath 

 throughout with broad more or less marked suffusion of dark fuscous 

 irroration ; veins posteriorly beneath this more or less suffused with 

 dark fuscous ; dorsum dotted with dark fuscous : cilia ferruginous-ochreous 

 suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous, and sprinkled with whitish, above apex 

 and on costa white. Hindwings in ^ gi'ey, in 9 whitish-grey ; cilia 

 grey-whitish with two grey lines. 



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