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DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



By 



E. MeyRICK, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 

 II. 



Thanks to the energy of the Mioro-Lepidopterists of Ceylon, I have 

 now received a considerable quantity of material from that island, and 

 the present paper is mainly devoted to a selection from it. I am 

 indebted for these valuable contributions to Messrs. J. Pole, of Maske- 

 liya ; E. E. Grean, of Peradeniya ; G. B. de Mowbray, of Maskeliya ; 

 G. 0. Alston, of Maskeliya ; and W. Vaughan, of Madulsima. 



I- have had some instructions for collectors printed, and shall be 

 pleased to send a copy to any collector in the Indian region who will 

 send me his address. 



Seventeen genera and seventy-six species are here described as new, 

 and some other species are recorded from the region for the first time. 



ORNEODID/E. 



Omeodes toxopTiila, n. sp. 



$. 15—16 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi with appressed scales, white, 

 towards base sprinkled with fuscous. Antennas ochreous-whitish, basal joint 

 white. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings ochreous-whitish, crossed by 

 ill-defined light yellow-ochreous bands before and beyond middle, and a narrow 

 curved darker central fascia, sometimes partially speckled with dark fuscous 

 not reaching sixth segment, separated from them by fine lines of ground colour ; 

 sometimes a few fine blackish specks on segments ; sometimes a faint yellowish 

 subterminal line. Hindwings as forewings, but central fascia fuscous, sprinkled 

 with blackish, entire, dark specks on segments rather more numerous, subter- 

 minal line sometimes greyish towards dorsum. 



Four specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in April and June (de Mowbray). 



Omeodes sycqphanta, n. sp. 



6 9 . 15 —IS mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi smooth-scaled, white, apex 

 of basal and second joints and subapical ring of terminal joint dark fuscous. 

 Antennas stout, serrate, whitish-ochreous, basal joint white. Abdomen white, 

 segments 2 — 4 partially or wholly dark fuscous above (number of dark segments 

 variable). Forewings white ; first segment fuscous, with four blackish white- 

 edged spots, fourth apical ; second segment fuscous, with three dark fuscous 

 bands, limited by white spots edged with blackish-fuscous ; segments 3—6 

 crossed by two anterior series of undefined dark fuscous dots, and four posterior 

 pale greyish-ochreous fascias, edged with dark fuscous, but these vary much 

 in distinctness and are often partially obsolete ; usually a distinct blackish- 

 fuscous spot on middle of sixth segment. Hindwings white, with six transverse 

 g eries of pale ochreous spots, speckled with black. 



