﻿iQio.] E. Meyrick: Indian Micro-Lepidoptcra. 229 



AjCYolepia nitrodes, n. sp. 



cf . 11 mm. Head and thorax brownish mixed with black. 

 Palpi brownish, suffusedly banded with dark fuscous irroration. 

 Antennae fuscous ringed with black. Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa anteriorly moderatel}'-, posteriorly slightly 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen almost straight, very oblique ; 

 light brownish, with a faint violet tinge, irregularly mixed and 

 strigulated with black ; costa marked with longer black strigulae ; 

 a dorsal patch of three white strigulae before middle ; a whitish 

 line from f of costa to tornus, margined anteriorly by a blackish- 

 fuscous patch on upper half ; three white strigulae from costa 

 between this and apex ; a small blackish spot towards termen in 

 middle : ciHa whitish-grey, with two blackish-grey lines. Hind- 

 wings ovate-lanceolate, pale grey, suffused with dark grey towards 

 termen and apex ; cilia gre3\ 



Parasnath, W. Bengal, 4,300 feet, in April (Annandale) ; one 

 specimen. Allied to the European py^maeaiia, but I have a Ceylon 

 species still more like the European form, though certainly 

 distinct. 



Pliitella inacuHpennis , Curt. 



Purneah district and Rajmahal (Annandale), Bengal. 



TINEIDAE. 



Nepticula oritis, n. sp. 



cf . 5 mm. Head and eyecaps pale whitish- yellow, antennae 

 and thorax dark leaden-fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings lanceolate : blackish ; a rather broad little oblique shining 

 white fascia beyond middle : cilia grey. Hindwings and cilia gre^^ 



Phagu, Simla Hills, 9,000 feet, in May (Annandale) : one 

 specimen, in fine condition. 



Orostaga chalcophylla, n. sp. 



cf $ . 7-10 mm. Head and eyecaps shining whitish, some- 

 times ochreous-tinged, antennae ochreous-grey. Thorax shining 

 bronze. Abdomen dark gre3^ Forewings rather broad-lanceolate : 

 shining bronze, with greenish or purplish reflections, variable in 

 depth of colouring : cilia pale bronzy-ochreous. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey or dark grey. 



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

 dale) ; Khasi Hills : six specimens. 



CLADARODES, n. g. 



Head smooth, with rough frontal tuft ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 absent. Antennae ^, in cf simple, basal joint dilated into a large 

 oblong eyecap. Labial palpi moderate, filiform, drooping, Maxil- 

 lary palpi rather long, several-jointed, filiform. Posterior tibiae 



