INDIAN MICR0-LEP1D0PTERA. 745 



other scattered variable short marks of blackish irroration beween veins : cilia 

 pale ochreous-grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Puttalaui, Ceylon, from November to February ; six specimens (Pole). 

 Limnoecia proclina, n. sp. 



$. 14-15 mm. Head dark bronzy-fuscous, face more or less mixed with 

 whitish ochreous. Palpi whitish, second joint with four, terminal joint with 

 three longitudinal blackish lines. Antennas whitish, ringed and lined with 

 blackish. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, more or less mixed with whitish. 

 Abdomen rather dark grey mixed with whitish -ochreous and whitish. Forewiugs 

 lanceolate ; dark bronzy-fuscous or blackish ; a moderate oblique whitish fascia 

 partly suffused with ochreons-yellowish about \, dilated on dorsum ; an ochre- 

 ou3-whitish dot on middle of costa, a small spot on dorsum a little beyond it, 

 and a small spot on costa at ±, more yellowish on margin ; some minute white 

 marginal dots round apex : cilia light grey sprinkled with blackish, with a large 

 whitish-ochreous tornal patch. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February, March, June and October ; five specimens 

 (Pole). 



Plutellidae. 

 I propose to transfer the groups of Gracilaria and Zelleria to this family, 

 reserving discussion for the present. 

 Gracilaria thriambica, n. sp. 



$. 13 mm. Crown of head yellow, face white, each with a transverse 

 crimson band. Palpi crimson, terminal joint of labial white, becoming ochre- 

 ous-yellow towards apex. Antennas ochreous-grey, basal joint yellow, above it 

 a crinson ring. Thorax crimson, posterior half white. Abdomen light grey, 

 beneath white with dark grey rings. Legs ochreous-whitish ringed with dark 

 grey, anterior and middle femora and tibiae yellow banded with crimson. 

 Forewings elongate, very narrow, parallel-sided, short-pointed ; crimson ; 

 markings bright yellow, partially edged with black ; an oblique fascia near base, 

 a curved oblique mark from costa before ^, four approximated oblique wedge- 

 shaped marks from costa between ■§ and f , a rounded spot on dorsum about 

 middle, and another more trapezoidal on tornus ; a black longitudinal streak 

 in disc from beyond middle to | ; a transverse series of three yellow-ochreous 

 dots towards apex, costal preceded and followed by white marks, median 

 followed by a round black praeapical spot : cilia pale grey, round apex 

 yellow with basal third crimson. Hindwing grey ; cilia light grey. 

 Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January ; one specimen (Pole). 

 Coriscium hieranthes, n. sp. 



$ 9. 10-11 mm. Head white, crown yellowish-tinged, collar pale crimson. 

 Palpi pale crimson, terminal joint of labial yellowish-white. Antennae light 

 ochreous, basal joint yellowish-white. Thorax crimson, posterior third white. 

 Abdomen gfey. Legs yellowish ringed with dark grey. Forewings sublinear, 

 slightly narrowed posteriorly, shortly round-pointed ; crimson ; markings 

 pale yellow, finely edged with blackish ; a dot on costa near base, a curved 



