﻿igio.] K. Meyrick: Indian Micro-Lepidopter a. 225 



dark fuscous blotch on costa somewhat beyond middle ; a trian- 

 gular dark fuscous tornal spot, and a dark fuscous apical blotch, 

 sometimes confluent on termen : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 grey; cilia pale grey. 



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

 dale) ; Khasi Hills, from August to October ; Coorg, 3,500 feet, in 

 May and September (Newcome) ; Nilgiris, 3,500 feet, in August 

 (Andrewes) ; Matale, Ceylon^ in August (Pole) ; eleven specimens. 



ELACHLSTIDAE. 



Elachista ithygrciuiiiia , n. sp. 



cf 9 . y-S mm. Head ochreous, sides broadh' whitish. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint with several whorls of pale ochreous whitish- 

 tipped scales. Thorax ochreous, with two white stripes, lateral 

 margin of patagia white. Abdomen grey, on sides and beneath 

 ochreous-uhitish. Forewings lanceolate, acute ; ochreous, with 

 four white longitudinal streaks, more or less sprinkled throughout 

 with grey ; first streak along costa from ^ to apex, second from 

 base above middle to or near termen beneath apex, third along 

 fold throughout, fourth along dorsum and termen throughout ; an 

 indistinct small blackish dot between second and third towards 

 termen ; a few blackish scales at apex : cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 base ochreous, round apex sprinkled with dark gre}^ points towards 

 base. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous tinged with 

 grey. 



Ouilon, Travancore coast, in November (Annandale); four 

 specimens. Apparently allied to E. thallophora from New Zealand. 



Elachista ncarcha, n. sp. 



cf 9 . 8-9 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white, palpi shorter 

 and straighter than usual. Abdomen light grey, segmental margins 

 whitish. Forewings lanceolate, acute ; white ; plical stigma repre- 

 sented by a thick elongate black mark, second discal by a short 

 fine black dash ; an oblique fascia of brownish irroration crossing 

 wing before second discal stigma, and a less marked inwardly 

 oblique fascia from costal extremity of this across plical stigma to 

 dorsum ; a more or less developed apical patch of brownish irrora- 

 tion : cilia white, round apex sprinkled with brownish towards 

 base, and with a median line of dark fuscous points Hindwings 

 rather dark grey; cilia pale grey. 



Puri, Orissa, in October, at light (Annandale); Calcutta, in 

 April ; two specimens. 



SCHENDYLOTIS, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae 

 I, basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderate, slender, smooth-scaled, slightly curved, porrected, 



