143 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY 

 E. MEYEICK, B.A., F.E.S., F.Z.S. 



XL 



(ECOPHORID.'E. 



• Macrobathra eque&tris, n. sp. 



9 . 18 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 rather obscurely lined with ochreous-whitish. Antennae white spotted with 

 blackish. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins mixed with ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; fuscous, towards base dark fuscous ; 

 a broad transverse yellow fascia extending from | to middle, edged with a few 

 black scales : cilia bi*ownish. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia fuscous. 



Khasis, in April ; one specimen. In every respect a characteristic member 

 of this distinct genus, which is largely developed in Australia, but has not 

 hitherto been recorded elsewhere. 



BorJchauseuia pseiulospretetta, Stt. 



Newera Eliya, Ceylon ; Khasis ; in April, May, and September. A domestic 

 pest. 



Borhliausenia obolcea, n. sp. 



9. 13h-14 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, slightly whitish-sprinkled. Palpi 

 yellow- whitish, second joint externally suffused with dark fuscous irroration 

 except more or less beneath and at apex. Antenna; fuscous. Abdomen grev. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extreme- 

 ly obliquely rounded ; fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged, irrorated with dark- 

 fuscous ; a small pale greyish-ochreous spot close above tornus : cilia grey, some- 

 what sprinkled with whitish. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Nilgiris, 3,500 feet (Andrewes), N. Coorg (Newcome) ; in May and Septem- 

 ber ; three specimens. 



Anchonoma, n. g. 



Head with loosely appressed scales ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. 

 Antenna) £, in $ moderately fasciculate-ciliated (l-£), basal joint moderately 

 elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened 

 with dense somewhat rough scales beneath, terminal joint as long as second, 

 slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. 

 Posterior tibia) clothed with rough hairs above. Forewings with 2 and 4 long- 

 stalked, 3 absent, 5 closely approximated at base, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex, 

 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia £ ; 3 and 4 stalked, 5-7 

 tolerably parallel. 



Belongs to the group of Eulechria, but specially distinguished by the peculiar 

 nervation of forewings. 



