INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 733 



subterminal bands of purplish-leaden striae interspersed with irregular white 

 dots and scattered scales ; a larger white mark in disc beyond middle : cilia 

 purplish-leaden, mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; 

 cilia fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon ; in May and August, three specimens (de Mowbray, 

 Pole). 



Epiblema ancyrota, n. sp. 



$. 22-25 mm. Head and collar light brownish. Thorax grey-whitish, 

 shoulders spotted with black, two dark grey dorsal dots. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings very elongate, narrow, gradually dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen subsinuate, little oblique, rounded beneath, costal fold strong, 

 reaching from base to middle ; silvery-grey, closely irrorated with white, and 

 strewn with more or less distinct dark fuscous strigulse ; a broad dark brown 

 suffusion, mixed with purplish-leaden, extending over costal half of wing from 

 near base to f, then suddenly contracted and continued as a narrow and less 

 defined costal suffusion to apex ; posterior half of costa with pairs of short 

 whitish strigulse ; an irregular dark fuscous spot in disc at j, resting on edge 

 of dark costal suffusion ; a curved black linear mark from angle of costal 

 suffusion at f ; a series of six or seven short black linear marks before 

 termen ; a small dark fuscous apical spot : cilia grey, irrorated with white, 

 suffused with white towards base, on upper part of termen suffused with 

 brown towards tips. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; fuscous, becoming dark 

 fuscous posteriorly ; cilia fuscous, with pale basal line. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon ; in January, March, June, and August, five specimens 

 (Pole, de Mowbray), 



Cyclia porpota , n. sp. 



$ $. 13-15 mm. Head and palpi whitish-fuscous, second joint of palpi 

 tufted beneath, terminal very short. Thorax whitish, suffused with pale 

 fuscous, except posteriorly. Abdomen light fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, faintly 

 sinuate in middle, somewhat obliquely rounded beneath ; whitish ; costa 

 suffused with fuscous, and obliquely strigulated with dark ferruginous-brown 

 and whitish ; dorsum suffused with fuscous and strigulated with darker fuscous ; 

 some scattered fuscous or dark fuscous strigulse in disc anteriorly ; a small dark 

 fuscous spot beneath fold at £, indicating angle of basal patch ; a narrow, 

 undefined, fuscous and brown fascia from f of costa to before tornus, almost 

 interrupted beneath costa, broadest on lower half and somewhat marked with 

 black posteriorly ; a moderate round brown or fuscous spot towards apex, 

 marked with about 6 — 8 variable black dots ; a ferruginous-brown stria from 

 costa before apex to termen above tornus, preceded and followed by silvery- 

 leaden striae from costa ; a small ferruginous-brown apical spot : cilia fuscous, 

 irrorated with white, with a white tornal patch. Hindwings wit 13 and 4 long- 

 stalked ; grey ; cilia grey -whitish, with two grey shades. 



Mhow, in June , four specimens (Swinhoe). 



