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elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly rounded, little oblique ; light bluish-green ; costa shortly 

 and indistinctly strigulated with blackish ; basal patch yellow-green, 

 edge obtusely angulated in disc, its dorsal margin suflused with blackish ; 

 central fascia moderate, oblique, yellow-green, narrowed at extremities, 

 posterior edge somewhat irregular, slightly marked with blackish and 

 towards middle edged with white ; wing beyond this wholly light-dull 

 purple marbled with leaden-bluish, with some broken dark fuscous strigse 

 partially edged with whitish, and an irregularly triangular blackish-fuscous 

 partially whitish-edged blotch with one angle resting on middle of termen : 

 cilia bluish-fuscous, base dark fuscous ; with subbasal and apical series of 

 minute white specks. Hindwings dark-fuscous ; cilia fuscous becoming 

 light-bluish-grey towards apex, with darker basal line. 



Ganesh Gudi, Kanara, in May (Maxwell) , one specimen. 



Laspeyresia torodetta, n. sp. 



c? $ . 9-10 mm. Head light greyish-ochreous. Palpi very pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Thorax-light bronzy greyish-ochreous. Abdomen dark-grey. 

 Forewings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen nearly straight, slightly oblique ; purplish-grey or purplish- 

 fuscous, irregularly mixed or marked with dark-fuscous suffusion in disc 

 and towards dorsum ; costa marked with obliqvie whitish strigulte, with 

 several longer dark-fuscous strigse between these, one from % of costa 

 running to termen above middle ; a triangular ochreous-white blotch on 

 middle of dorsum, its apex somewhat produced a little obliquely posteriorly; 

 ocellus margined laterally by obscure violet-leaden-grey streaks, and 

 containing about four black dots or short linear marks : cilia fuscous 

 sprinkled with whitish specks, with dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings 

 dark-fuscous ; cilia whitish, with dark-fuscous basal shade. 



Ooimbatore, and in Malabar, bred in December and January (Fletcher) ; 

 eight specimens, larva pale-green, head reddish ; burrows into the growing 

 tips of stem of Dolichos lahlab (Lerjuminomh), causing it to droop and die ; 

 pupation within the burrow (Fletcher). 



Lasi^eyresia pycnota,n.. sp. 



2 . 10 mm. Head fuscous, face whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint 

 loosely rough-scaled. Thorax and abdomen rather dark-fuscous. Fore- 

 wings sub-oblong, costa gently arched, slightly bent in middle, apex obtuse, 

 termen almost straight, rather oblique ; dark-fuscous, crossed by thick 

 dark-leaden lines angulated in disc, on posterior half of costa rising from 

 four pairs of whitish strigulse, first of these running to ocellus, others 

 confusedly to termen ; ocellus indicated by leaden-metallic lateral approxi- 

 mated streaks, without dots : cilia fuscous, with blackish subbasal line. 

 Hindwings rather dark-fuscous ; cilia light-fuscous, with dark-fuscous 

 subbasal line. 



Yellapur, Kanara, in October (Maxwell), two specimens. 



Gelechiad^e. 

 Frisilia verticosa, n. sp. 



6 2 • 23-24 mm. Head and thorax pale-yellow-ochreous, thorax some- 

 times tinged with brownish. Palpi in S ochreous-yellowish, base and 

 apex infuscated, in $ with second joint yellowish, basal § infuscated, 

 terminal joint whitish-ochreous with anterior edge dark-fuscous. Antennae 

 whitish-ochreous, more or less infuscated towards base. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, especially in $ , posteriorly 

 rather dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, 

 rather oblique ; 3 and 4 out of 2, 7 and 9 stalked, 8 absent, yellow-ochreous, 

 sometimes partially tinged with brownish, more or less sprinkled with dark- 



