DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 447 



Khasis, from October to March; eight specimens. 



Lecithocera aulias, n. sp. 



S 2 ■ 12-14 mm. Head yellow-ochreous, crown in 5 centrally tinged 

 with purple-fuscous. Palpi yellow-ochreous, terminal joint whitish-ochre- 

 ous with dark fuscous anterior edge. Antennas ochreous-yellowish spotted 

 with dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous, shoulders suffused with dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen pale ochreous. Fore wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen straight, rather strongly oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 9 approximated or connate or out of 7 near base ; in tf whitish- 

 ochreous, thinly sprinkled with dark fuscous, costal edge ochreous-yellow, in 

 5 ochreous-yellowish, more strongly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous; 

 costa suffused with dark fuscous towards base ; discal stigmata black, 

 second connected with dorsum by a transverse variable patch of dark 

 fuscous suffusion : cilia ochreous-yellowish. Hindwmgs with 3 absent 

 (coincident with 4) ; light grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Khasis, in March and from July to October ; four specimens. 



Lecithocera hemichrysa, n. sp. 



d 1 $ . 19-20 mm. Head dark shining purple-bronze, sides of crown 

 ochreous-yellowish. Palpi in S with second joint rather short, terminal 

 joint twice as long, flatly dilated and somewhat hollowed internally on 

 upper half, obtuse, fuscous, internally pale yellowish ; in $ normal, 

 yellowish-fuscous, terminal joint pale yellowish with anterior edge dark 

 fuscous. Antennae and thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, rather oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 

 stalked ; pale ochreous-yellowish, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous ; 

 costal edge suffused with dark fuscous from base to § ; discal stigmata 

 represented by small dark fuscous spots, second lying on an oblique trans- 

 verse line of dark fuscous suffusion forming triangular suffused spots on 

 margins ; beyond this all veins marked with strong dark fuscous lines ; a 

 strong black line round apex and termen : cilia deep ochreous-yellow, outer 

 half metallic golden-bronze. Hindwings grey, tinged with pale yellowish 

 towards apex, veins darker grey ; cilia pale ochreous-yellowish, deeper, 

 towards base. 



Khasis, in April; two specimens. This distinct species has a superficial 

 resemblance to some forms of Timyra, and the modification of the palpi in $ 

 also suggests relationship ; it is however a true Lecithocera, but may really 

 indicate the genetic origin of Timyra. 



Lecithocera crebrata, n. sp. 



6 $ . 18 mm. Head glossy dark purple-fuscous, sides of crown 

 ochreous-yellow, face more or less whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 

 second joint sprinkled with blackish, anterior edge of terminal joint 

 blackish. Antennas dark fuscous, beneath pale ochreous-yellowish. 



