INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 149 



Lecithocera cholopis, n. sp. 



$ . 16-17 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous, face and antenna) 

 ochreous-white. Palpi ochreous-white, towards base fuscous. Abdomen 

 greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen almost straight, oblique ; 9 out o£ 7 ; rather dark fuscous : cilia fuscous. 

 Hindwings whitish-grey, greyer posteriorly ; cilia whitish-grey, becoming greyer 

 round apex. 



Two specimens, Koni, Burma, in September (Manders). Erroneously record- 

 ed by m3 formerly as luticomella, Zell., from which it differs by the neuration 

 and white face. 



Psammoris, n. g. 



Head smooth ; tongue developed. Antenna; 1, in $ rather thick, simple, 

 basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, 

 second joint thickened with scales, shortly projecting beneath towards apex- 

 terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Posterior tibiaa with hairs 

 appressed above, projecting beneath. Forewings with 2 and 3 stalked from 

 angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 absent, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings 

 1, trapezoidal, termen sinuate, cilia 1 ; 4 absent, 3 and 5 connate or short-stalked, 

 6 and 7 stalked. 



Belongs to the Macrotona group. 



Psammoris carpcea, n. sp. 



$ . 13-14 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreouo tinged with 

 yellow. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, second joint externally dark fuscous except 

 extreme base and apex. Antennas yellowish, apex suffused with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; ochreous-yellow, with some fine scattered black scales ; a 

 very small blackish spot on base of costa ; a rather curved outwardly oblique 

 thick black mark in disc about §, and a small round black discal spot before %-: 

 cilia pale ochreous-yellowish, with a fine grey postmedian line. Hindwings 

 light grey, paler and whitish -tinged towards base ; cilia whitish-yellowish. 



Two specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January and July (Pole). 



Antiochtha stellulata, n. sp. 



$. 22 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellowish, slightly fuscous-tinged. Palpi 

 with second joint rather dark fuscous, suffused with pale ochreous-yellowish 

 towards apex, terminal joint longer than second, blackish, anterior and posterior 

 edges pale yellowish. Antenna; pale ochreous-yellowish. Thorax rather dark 

 purplish-fuscous, somewhat mixed with pale ochreous. Abdomen light 

 ochreous-yellowish. Posterior tarsi with basal joint rough-scaled above. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen concave, oblique ; 2 and 4 connate or short-stalked, 

 5 closely approximated, 7 to apex ; pale fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 with strong purplish reflections ; markings pale whitish-ochreous, yellower on 

 costal edge ; transverse marks from costa beyond ^ and §, first narrow, irreg- 

 ular, second rather broader ; a dot on fold before middle ; two minute dots 



