DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO- LEPIDOPT ERA, 163 



oblique ; 7 to apex ; dark purplish-fuscous, sprinkled with blackish ; stigmata 

 large, cloudy, blackish, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal, second discal 

 transverse ; sometimes a suffused whitish-ochreous spot on costa at £ : cilia 

 dark purplish-fuscous, with an interrupted whitish-ochreous basal line. Hind- 

 wings in fi whitish-ochreous more or less suffused with grey towards termen, 

 in 9 grey, paler towards base and suffused with whitish-ochreous along costa 

 anteriorly ; cilia whitish-ochreous with grey subbasal shade. 



Khasis ; in September, eight specimens. 



Cryptolechia ccrana, n. sp. 



$ $. 9-11 mm. Head dark fuscous, face pale ochreous, sides of crown 

 mixed with yellow-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, externally dark fuscous 

 except towards apex of second joint. Antennae dark fuscous, beneath pale 

 ochreous. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 dilated posteriorly, costa anteriorly slightly arched, posteriorly rather bent, 

 apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique ; 7 to termen ; dark pur- 

 plish-fuscous, sprinkled with blackish ; some ochreous-yellow scales towards 

 costa anteriorly ; a more or less developed rather broad undefined median 

 fascia of ochreous-yellow irroration, broader towards costa : some irregular 

 scattered ochreous-yellow scales posteriorly : cilia dark fuscous, with more or 

 less developed basal series of small ochreous-yellow spots. Hindwings and 

 cilia dark fuscous. 



Khasis ; from July to October, five specimens. 



Cryptulechia arvalia, n. sp. 



$9. 15-17 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous-yellowish, longitudinally 

 streaked with ferruginous suffusion. Palpi whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with 

 ferruginous and dark fuscous, second joint with scales roughly expanded 

 towards apex above, terminaljoint with a blackish submedian ring. Antennae 

 pale yellowish, indistinctly dotted with fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft 

 pale yellowish. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently 

 arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen slightly sinuate, oblique ; 7 to termen ; 

 ferruginous more or less sprinkled with black, costa and all veins marked with 

 suffused pale ochreous-yellowish streaks : cilia light ochreous-yellowish, on 

 basal half and on tornus throughout barred with ferruginous suffusion sprinkled 

 with black. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia light grey, becoming whitish-ochreous 

 round apex. 



Karwar (Maxwell) ; Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in July and December, 

 seven specimens. 



Cryptolechia iridias, n. sp. 



$9. 17-21 mm. Head golden ochreous, face and sides of crown more 

 or less suffused with dark purple-bronzy. Palpi ochreous-yellow, second joint 

 more or less bronzy towards base. Antennae light ochreous, towards base 

 suffused with dark purplish-fuscous. Thorax yellow-ochreous, suffused 

 anteriorly with dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen light ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 



