Species of Indian 3Iicro-Lepidoptera. 117 



Larva bright-green ; the head and second segment black; feeds 

 on the castor-oil ^\ani {Ricinus communis) in September, rolling up 

 the edges of the leaves. 



Collected by Mr. Atkinson near Calcutta. 



8. Gdechial Hibisci, Atkinson, in litt. 



Alis anticis griseis, linea humerali, macula magna dorsali, 

 macula parva disci pone medium, apiceque saturate rufo- 

 brunneis. 



Exp. al. 5 — 6 lin. 



By the palpi and hind win^s a Gelechia, but aberrant by the 

 produced apex and concave hind margin of the anterior wings ; 

 the dark blotch on the inner margin reminds one of an Anchy- 

 lopera. 



Head and face grey. Palpi, second joint grey, terminal joint 

 brownish-ochreous, with a paler ring in the middle and pale tip. 

 Antennae grey, with pale ochreous annulations. 



Anterior wings grey, with some clouds and dashes of ochreous, 

 and with a short red-brown streak from the base along the sub- 

 costal nervure ; on the inner margin is a large semi-circular 

 chocolate-brown blotch edged with pale ochreous ; beyond it is 

 a small, nearly round spot of the same colour on the disc, edged 

 and intersected with pale ochreous ; beyond the middle of the 

 costa a slender whitish-ochreous line goes obliquely to the hind 

 margin just above the anal angle; the apical portion of the wing 

 beyond it is entirely chocolate-brown, but intersected longitu- 

 dinally by three ochreous lines ; the apex of the wing is produced 

 and slightly hooked ; cilia ochreous, except the tips of the cilia 

 at the actual apex, which are brown. Posterior wings greyish- 

 brown, with paler cilia. 



Larva small, green, with the head black ; it feeds on the tops of 

 the yellow Hibiscus. The perfect insects appeared in July, 185G. 



Collected by Mr. Atkinson near Calcutta, 



9. Gelechia ? pubescentella, n. sp. 



Alis anticis lucidis dilute griseo-fuscis, puncto saturatiore disci 



pone medium subobsoleto ; antennis (^ ) distincte ciliatis. 

 Exp. al. A\ lin. 



This would seem to be related to the CinereL'a group of the 

 genus Gelechia, both in the form of the anterior and the posterior 

 wings, but the strongly ciliated antennae would appear almost to 

 require its being separated generically. 



