DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 445 



fuscous. Abdomen light fuscous, anal tuft ochreous-yellowish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique; 

 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; brownish, irrorated with dark fuscous ; 

 stigmata very cloudy, dark fuscous, plical hardly marked, second discal 

 sometimes forming a transverse mark : cilia light brownish, with two indis- 

 tinct darker fuscous shades, base pale. Hindwings light fuscous ; cilia 

 whitish-fuscous . 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; Ceylon (without further record) ; from 

 June to September, nine specimens. 



Lecithocera semirupta, n. sp. 



5 . 16 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi yellowish-fuscous. 

 Antennae yellowish spotted with dark fuscous, towards base thickened and 

 suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa 

 slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather strong- 

 ly oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; rather dark ashy-fuscous ; 

 stigmata dark fuscous, plical beneath first discal, second discal connected 

 with dorsum by a dark fuscous bar : cilia rather dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia light grey. 



Khasis, in October ; one specimen. 



Lecithocera omphacias, n. sp. 



S- 12 mm. Head purplish-grey, sides of crown whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint except apex, and anterior edge of terminal joint 

 dark fuscous. Antennae ochreous-whitish, indistinctly spotted with grey. 

 Thorax and abdomen grey mixed with darker, anal tuft greyish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; grey, irrorated with 

 dark fuscous ; second discal stigma represented by a cloudy dark fuscous 

 transverse mark : cilia grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Madulsima, Ceylon, in May (Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Lecithocera mazina, n. sp. 



<$ . 14 mm. Head brownish-ochreous, sides of crown paler and yellowish- 

 tinged. Palpi pale ochreous-yellowish, second joint tinged with fuscous 

 anterior edge of terminal joint fuscous. Antennae whitish-ochreous spotted 

 with fuscous. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen light fuscous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen somewhat rounded, oblique ; 2 and 3 short-stalked, 7 absent, 8 and 

 9 stalked ; light greyish-ochreous closely irrorated with fuscous : cilia light 

 greyish-ochreous mixed with fuscous. Hindwings pale fuscous ; cilia grey- 

 whitish. 



Simla, in July ; one specimen. 



Lecithocera ichor odes, n. sp. 



6 . 15 mm. Head fuscous, sides of crown ochreous-yellow. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, terminal joint ochreous-whitish except anterior edge. Antennae 



