﻿224 Records of the Indian Musetifn. [Voi,. V, 



OECOPHORIDAE. 



Scythris expolita, n. sp. 



cf 9 . II mm. Head, palpi, antennae and thorax dark fus- 

 cous-bronze, palpi moderate!}^ long, rising above vertex; antennal 

 ciliations in cf f , Abdomen rather dark fuscous, beneath with 

 last four segments and half preceding one suffused with whitish- 

 ochreous, in a* somewhat less strongly. Forewings lanceolate, 

 acute, neuration normal; shining dark bronzy-fuscous, hardly 

 perceptibly purplish-tinged towards apex: cilia concolorous. Hind- 

 wings ^, cilia 3; 5 absent; rather dark fuscous: cilia fuscous. 



Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in July (Annandale) ; 

 Ukhral, Manipur, 6,400 feet, in August (Pettigrew) ; two speci- 

 mens. 



Endrosis lacteella, Schift". 



Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in July (Annandale); 

 Darjiling, 7,000 feet, in August (Paiva). 



Borkhausenia psendosprdclla , Stt. 

 Darjiling, 7,000 feet, in August (Paiva). 



Periacma (?) mnemonica, n. sp. 



9 . 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purplish- 

 fuscous. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, ternien rounded, rather strongl}'- 

 oblique ; 7 to costa ; dark purplish- fuscous ; a large pale whitish- 

 ochreous oblique transverse blotch rather before middle, reaching 

 costa but not dorsum ; a small cloud}' ochreous-whitish spot on 

 costa before f : cilia dark purplish-fuscous. Hindwings dark 

 bronzy-fuscous ; cilia bronzy-fuscous. 



Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in September (Annan- 

 dale) ; Khasi Hills, in August ; two specimens. In the absence of 

 the (f the generic position is not fully assured, but is probably 

 correct. 



Cryptolechia siomota, n. sp. 



cf 9 . 11-12 mm. Head pale ochreous or whitish-ochreous, 

 sometimes somewhat marked with fuscous suffusion. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, second joint with appressed scales, sprinkled with 

 blackish, terminal joint with blackish median band. Antennae 

 whitish-ochreous ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax pale ochreous 

 somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous, shoulders dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen greyish, anal tuft of o' whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; 7 to costa ; pale ochreous sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous blotch on base of costa ; stig- 

 mata dark fuscous, plical obliquely before first discal ; a semioval 



