INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 415 



Pyrosela xanthomima, n. sp. 



$ 9- 19-22 mm. Head deep yellow, sides of face crimson, collar deep 

 crimson. Palpi yellow, more or less suffused with crimson except towards apex. 

 Antennae deep crimson, bssal joint yellow. Thorax deep yellow, anterior and 

 lateral margins deep crimson. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, term en straight, oblique ; bright deep yellow, 

 markings deep crimson ; an irregular streak along dorsum from base to tornus 

 curved upwards between middle and f so as to le,ave a semioval dorsal spot of 

 ground colour, on tornus with a short upward projection ; a thick inwardly 

 oblique spot from apical extremity of costa, reaching half across wing ; besides 

 these, in $ costal dots at base and £, a subcostal dot before middle, an 

 inwardly oblique mark in disc about J, and a discal dot at §, in 9 a suffused 

 streak along basai fourth of costa, another from dorsal streak at A to costa 

 before middle, a discal spot at § connected with upward loop of dorsal streak, 

 and s >metimes some additional variable suffusion connecting these markings 

 in an irregular network : cilia yellow, more or less crimson-tinged towards 

 base, especially in 9 , above apex and beneath tornus deep;; crimson. Hind- 

 wings and cilia pale whitish-ochreous, in 9 somewhat crimson-tinged towards 

 apex and tornus. 



Seven specimens (4 $,'i 9), Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February, May, and 

 November (Pole). This and the following species are closely allied to san- 

 guinicornis, and as the general markings are similar and variable, and also differ 

 more in the sexes than in the species, they are somewhat confusing ; the three 

 species are however readily separated by the colour of the hindwings. 



Pyroz"la erythromima, n. sp. 



$ 9- 14-18 mm. Head and thorax crimson, in $ suffusedly spotted with 

 deep yellow. Palpi yellow, sprinkled or suffused with crimson. Antennae 

 crimson, basal joint usually mostly yellow. Abdomen pale crimson. Fore- 

 wings elongate, somewhat narrowed anteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse 

 termen nearly straight, oblique ; in $ bright yellow, with a network formed 

 by four irregular very oblique crimson fascia? (first almost dorsal, fourth not 

 reaching costa or termen) intersecting with a streak on basal fourth of costa 

 and three very inwardly oblique fascia) (^thus usually leaving about eleven 

 spots of ground colour) ; in 9 with similar markings, but the whole almost 

 obscured by general crimson suffusion of ground colour, except that the dorsal 

 and subdorsal spots are lighter or sometimes clear yellow : cilia crimson. Hind- 

 wings crimson, thinly scaled anteriorly ; cilia crimson. 



Nine specimens (5 $, 4 9 ), Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January, March, May. 

 August, and October (de Mowbray, Pole). Smaller and narrower- winged than 

 the other two species. 



Comocritis pieria, n. sp. 



$ 9. 14-19 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae white. Thorax white, with 

 a grey dorsal patch and posterior spot. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, apex 

 white. Posterior tibiae clothed with long fine hairs. Forewings elongate costa 



