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Nepticula sporadopa, n. sp. 



S . o mm. Head brown. AntennEe pale greyish-ochreous, eyecaps 

 < )chreoiis-whitisli slightly speckled with dark fuscous. Thorax whitish mix- 

 ed with grey and dark fuscous. Abdomen greyish. Forewings lanceolate ; 

 whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous, with a slight purple gloss ; a 

 small undefined spot of black irroration in disc beyond middle : cilia on 

 basal half whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, outer half whitish. 

 Hindwings and cilia pale grey. 



Trincomali, Ceylon (Fletcher), in June ; one specimen. 



Opostega epistolaris, n. sp. 



(3. 8-9 mm. Head, antennse, and thorax white. Abdomen pale pris- 

 matic grey. Forewings lanceolate ; white ; a semi-oval dark fuscous spot on 

 middle of dorsum ; a minute black dot at apex : cilia pale ochreous, towards 

 tornus whitish, on costa with two or three oblique fuscotis lines at and near 

 base from J to apex. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish-grey, 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in May (Newcome) ; two specimens. 



Crobylophora siglias, n. sp. 



5 . 8 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, occipital tuft small. 

 Antennae whitish, eyecap white. Forewings lanceolate, apex caudulate ; 

 shining white ; three dark fuscous strigulse from posterior half of costa, 

 faintly edged posteriorly with pale yellowish ; a round raised bronzy- 

 leaden-metallic spot on tornus, marked anteriorly with a small black dot, 

 and surrounded by some pale ochreous-yellowish suft'usion : cilia white, on 

 costa ochreous- whitish with an oblique dark fuscous subbasal line terminat- 

 ing at apex and a shorter fuscous line above this towards apex, on termen 

 with a patch of light ochreous-yellow suffusion. Hindwings and cilia white. 



Khasis, in April ; one specimen. 



Leucoptera sphenograpta, n. sp. 



c? 5 . 6-7 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white. AntenniB grey, basal 

 joint white. Forewings lanceolate, apex caudulate ; shining white ; an 

 oblique dark grey strigula from middle of costa terminating in an oblique 

 elongate light ochreous-yellow anteriorly grey-edged spot which extends 

 from near costa to disc at f ; a light ochreous-yellow triangular spot on 

 costa at f , preceded by a dark grey oblique strigula ; a light ochreous- 

 yellow patch extending along termen ; a round black apical dot : cilia 

 white, on costa with two short direct grey bars, round apex whitish- 

 ochreous beyond a short blackish subbasal line, with two diverging grey 

 bars, on termen yellowish at base within a fine subbasal line of grey 

 irroration. Hindwings and cilia white. 



Mooltan (Manders), Pusa (Lefroy), in April and May ; seven specimens. 

 Ered from larvse mining blotches in leaves of BaVoergia sissti (Lefroy). 



Lyonetia melanochalca, n. sp. 



S $ • 8-11 mm. Head silvei-y- white, crown sHvery-grey, apparently 



