INDIAN MICR0-LEP1D0PTERA. HI 



basal ochreous-orange spot ; stigmata and a small praetornal spot very 

 obscurely darker, plical obliquely before first discal ; a triangular ochreous- 

 orange blotch extending on costa from 5 to rather near apex, and reaching 

 more than half across wing : cilia pale ochreous, at apex and tornus -with 

 patches of dark fuscous suffusion. Hind wings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Four specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February and October (Pole, de 

 Mowbray). 



Epicmiia authcema, n. sp. 



£ 9. 12 — 13 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, mixed with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint irrorated or suffused with dark 

 fuscous except at apex, terminal joint somewhat shorter than second, with 

 dark fuscous median band sometimes extended nearly to base. Antennae 

 whitish-fuscous or whitish-ochreous 'tinged with fuscous, obscurely ringed 

 with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous, irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous : 

 stigmata rather large, dark fuscous, plical nearly beneath first discal ; a small 

 dark fuscous praetornal spot ; an almost marginal series of dark fuscous dots 

 along posterior half of costa and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, basal half 

 yellowish, with a median line of dark fuscous points, apical half with faint 

 whitish-fuscous irroration, on costa sometimes barred with dark fuscous in ora- 

 tion. Hindwings grey, darker in 9 ; cilia pale g re y> sometimes suffused with 

 whitish-ochreous towards base. 



Four specimens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, in February (three bred) (Green). 

 Larva constructs heliciform cases on surface of moss-covered rocks (Green) ; 

 cases sent seem to consist of a gradually dilated gallery coiled in a flat rounded 

 spiral, and are composed of silk closely covered with grains of sand and frag- 

 ments of lichens. This species is extremely close to E. cJiernetis, and both 

 appear to vary in small details ; auihccma is smaller, with the forewings obviously 

 narrower and with more strongly oblique termen, and the terminal joint of palpi 

 relatively shorter ; the larval habits are distinct. 



Epicania cherne(is,n. sp. 



$ 9- 13—17 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous 

 and dark fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint irrorated with dark 

 fuscous except at apex, terminal joint as long as second, with dark fuscous 

 median band. Antennae whitish-ochreous ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 fuscous, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen almost straight, rather oblique : whitish-ochreous, tinged 

 with fuscous and irrorated with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous dot on base of 

 costa, followed by an undefined whitish-ochreous dot ; stigmata dark fuscous, 

 sometimes rather large, plical somewhat before first discal ; a small prsetornal 

 spot of dark fuscous suffusion ; an almost marginal row of di.rk fuscous or 

 blackish dots along posterior portion of co3ta and termen : cilia whitish-ochreor.s, 

 more yellowish towards base, with basal dots and a median line of dark fuscous 



