BSSCHIFTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 117 



triangular spot on dorsum before tornus : cilia dark fuscous, at apex with 

 a white patch divided into two triangular segments by a blackish hook, 

 on costa white with dark fuscoiTS bars. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Maskeliya and Patipola, Ceylon (de Mowbraj'^, Alston, Pole) ; in Septem- 

 ber and January, three specimens. 

 Tinea trierodes, n. sp. 



(5'.14mm. Head whitish, crown suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous. 

 Palpi white. Antennae whitish, infuscated. Thorax yellow-whitish, an- 

 teriorly suffused with fuscous. Abdomen greyish. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen slightly rounded, 

 extremely oblique ; dark purplish-fuscous, towards costa ochreous-bronzy : 

 markings shining whitish suffused with light ochreous-yellowish ; a patch 

 occupying basal % of wing, containing two or three small dark fuscous 

 spots, and marked on costa with indistinct oblique streaks of ground co- 

 lour ; seven oblique wedge-shaped streaks from costa between this and 

 apex ; an irregular blotch on dorsum before tornus, reaching half across 

 wing, cilia fuscous, base obscurely dotted with whitish on termen, on costa 

 bronzy-ochreous barred with whitish. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly : 

 cilia grey tinged with whitish. 



Palni Hills (Campbell) ; one specimen. 

 Tinea brachyclilora, Meyr. 



In the published description of this species the basal patch is stated (by 

 an error of printer) to occupy | of wing ; it should be |. The species is 

 very like camavota, but the ground-colour of forewings is dark fuscous, 

 markings pale yellow, subcostal projection of basal patch much less 

 prominent. 



Maskeliya, Patipola, and Hakgala, Ceylon ; five specimens. 

 Tinea scenatica, n. sp. 



5. 10 mm. Head fuscous, face white. Palpi white, second joint sprink- 

 led with dark fuscous externally. Antennae ochreous-whitish. Thorax 

 yellow-whitish, anteriorly suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably 

 pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous, becoming deep 

 bronzy towards costa ; a white antemedian fascia with an angular subcost- 

 al projection posteriorly, basal area as far as this fascia pale yellow; six 

 oblique white costal strigulse between this and apex ; a rather irregular 

 white line along termen : cilia white, beneath tornus dark fuscous, at apex 

 with two diverging dark fuscous bars, on costa barred with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



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

 hrachychhra, but much smaller, and without the large tornal patch. 

 Tinea camarota, n. sp. 

 S 2 12-15 mm. Head and palpi dark brown. AntenniB whitish- 



