INDIAN MICRO-L£PIDOPTERA, 773 



fuscous ; base of wing in (S more or less sufl'used with dark-fuscous ; first 

 discal stigma blackish ; in c? a patch of dark-fuscous sufiusion along median 

 third of dorsum, anteriorly with an oblique extension across fold towards 

 base of costa, posteriorly emitting a sufl'used dark-fuscous streak across 

 wing towards costa at i, more or less obsolescent towards costa, second 

 discal stigma sometimes apparent as a darker mark on anterior edge of 

 this ; in 5 these markings are hardly traceable, but second discal stigma 

 is distinct ; a more or less developed streak of fuscous sufiusion along 

 termen, in $ faint: cilia light yellow- ochreous. Hindwings whitish- 

 ochreous, faintly fuscous-tinged towards apex and on termen ; a grey 

 discal dot on end of cell ; cilia pale whitish- ochreous. 



Pykara, ISilgiris, 6,600 — 7,000 feet, from March to May (Andrewes) ; 

 eight specimens. 



Hypelictis albiscvipta, u. sp. 



(5 . 14 mm. Head and thorax dark ashy-fuscous. Palpi with second 

 joint bronzy, broadly dilated with appressed scales, strongly compressed 

 laterally, terminal joint deep purple, considerably thickened with scales, 

 projecting posteriorly towards apex, appearing obtuse. Abdomen fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, bent 

 down, termen obliquely rounded ; 6 to apex, 8 absent ; dark-slaty- 

 fuscous, with violet reflections, veins sprinkled with blackish ; stigmata 

 small, whitish, plical beneath first discal ; a very fine interrupted whitish 

 line from J of costa to tornus, obtusely angulated above middle ; a pale 

 ochreous apical patch, anterior edge nearly straight, enclosing two or three 

 dark-grey longitudinal marks : cilia dark-ashy-grey, round apical patch with 

 basal half pale-ochreous barred with dark-grey. Hindwings light-bronzy 

 fuscous ; cilia paler, with a basal pale-ochreous dot at apex. 



Anshi, Kanara, bred in January (Maxwell) ; one specimen. Reared from 

 a pupa found between closely-spun leaves of Salix; some very young larvae 

 feeding between similarly spun leaves were probably the same species 

 (Maxwell). 



Pachnistis arens, n. sp. 



2 . 13 mm. Head and thorax pale-greyish ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish sprinkled with grey. Abdomen light-grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 

 pale-greyish ochreous irrorated with light fuscous ; discal stigmata moder- 

 ately large, fuscous, rather approximated, plical smaller, hardly before first 

 discal : cilia pale greyish ochreous sprinkled with pale-fuscous. Hindwings 

 ochreous-whitish slightly sprinkled with pale-grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Pusa, Bengal, in June (Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Pachnistis vionodryas, n. sp. 



$ $ . 24-27 mm. Head fuscous, sides of crown orange-ochreous, face 

 pale-ochreous. Palpi fuscous, posteriorly light-ochreous. Antennse whitish 

 ochreous. Thorax rather dark-purple fuscous. Abdomen pale fuscous. 

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

 rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, little oblique ; rather glossy ochreous- 

 fuscous, with a faint purple tinge : cilia brownish. Hindwings rather light- 

 fuscous ; cilia light-brownish, 



Nilgiris, 3,500 feet, in August and November (Andrewes) ; two specimens. 



Brachmia erypsilychna, n. sp. 



$ . 15 mm. Head ochreous, crown fuscous-tinged, collar dark-slaty- 

 fuscous. Palpi pale-ochreous, terminal joint sprinkled with dark -fuscous. 

 Antennse dark-fuscDus, serrate, ciliations |. Thorax dark-slaty-fuscous. 

 Posterior legs dark fuscous, with whitish-ochreous rings at apex of joints 

 and middle of tibige, Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 2 and 3 

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