INDIAN MICRO-LEPIBOPTERA. 781 



tinged with dark-fuscous towards apex. Thorax whitish, sometimes 

 greyish-tinged. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, poste- 

 riorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen sinuate^ 

 rather oblique ; whitish, sometimes partially suffused with very pale 

 greyish-ochreous, with irregularly scattered blackish scales ; a blackish 

 transverse mark on base of costa, and a short suffused blackish streak along 

 base of dorsum ; stigmata black, plical obliquely beyond first discal ; a cur- 

 ved series of four large blackish dots in disc at 4, and one on dorsum below 

 second discal ; a series of blackish dots round posterior part of costa and 

 termen : cilia ochreous whitish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 long-stalked ; pale 

 greyish-ochreous ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Pykara, Nilgiris, 7,000 feet, in April (Andrewes) ; two specimens. 

 Odites splienidiaSj n. sp. 



(S . -16 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi whitish, lower half of second 

 joint dark- fuscous, terminal joint with extreme base dark-fuscous, and 

 somewhat suffused with dark-fuscous towards apex. Antennal ciliations 3.. 

 Thorax ochreous-whitish, posterior extremity blackish. Forewing elongate^, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ;, 

 ochreous-whitish ; a black dot on base of costa, one at base in middle, one^ 

 towards costa at \, and one beneath fold below this ; stigmata black, first 

 discal large, subtriangular plical obliquely beyond first discal ; a small 

 triangular blackish spot on middle of costa ; a strongly curved series of 

 rather large cloudy blackish dots from f of costa to dorsum before termen, 

 interrupted towards dorsum ; a series of blackish dots round posterior 

 part of costa and termen, two on costa about | enlarged and suffused 

 beneath with fuscous : cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings and cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. 



Khasis, in October ; one specimen. 



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