126 Mr. H. T. Stainton on Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. 



" The perfect insects made their appearance on the 27th July, 

 1856; the insect when at rest erects its beautifully plumed hind 

 legs above its back, behind the head, and keeps constantly 

 vibrating its incrassated antennae." 



Collected near Calcutta, by Mr. Atkinson. 



25. Laverna ? Mimos(je, n. sp. 



Alis anticis brunneis, dorso anguste albo; alis posticis pur- 

 pureis. 



Exp. al. 6 — 8 lin. 



Though this insect has so much the appearance of Laverna 

 otra, it must really be generically distinct ; the form of the palpi is 

 quite unknown amongst the Elachistidce, reminding one most 

 strongly of the palpi of the male oi Anarsia ; for the second joint 

 is furnished with a dense projecting tuft of scales, and the terminal 

 joint is not perceptible. 



Head, face and palpi entirely dark brown ; antennae whitish. 



Anterior wings rich dark brown, with a narrow white edging 

 along the inner margin from the base to the apex ; the outline of 

 this edging is rather wavy ; on the hind margin are some yellow 

 scales ; cilia yellowish-brown, intersected by two or three faint 

 darker-brown lines. Posterior wings purple, sometimes edged 

 with whitish towards the apex ; cilia greyish-purple. 



I have before me five specimens, bred by Mr. Atkinson from 

 larvae feeding in the seeds o^ Mimosa Arahica ; the perfect insects 

 made their appearance in December, 1856. 



