DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 451 



a small blackish spot on base of costa ; a rounded-transverse blackish-fuscous 

 blotch extending on dorsum from \ to § and reaching § across wing, par- 

 tially whitish-edged ; an oblique blackish mark on costa before middle, 

 edged with ochreous-whitish ; a curved-transverse blackish-fuscous mark on 

 transverse vein, edged with ochreous-whitish ; a moderate blackish-fuscous 

 fascia adjacent to this posteriorly, edged posteriorly by an ochreous-whitish 

 line from | of costa to tornus ; a black marginal line round apex : cilia 

 whitish-fuscous, base before a broad fuscous shade whitish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Kandy and Maskeliya, Ceylon (Green, Alston) ; from July to October, 

 four specimens. 



Onebala causidica, n. sp. 



2 . 20 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous-bronzy, with a white line 

 above eyes, shoulders fuscous. Palpi ochreous-fuscous, apex of second joint 

 and base of terminal suffused with whitish, terminal joint longer than 

 second, anterior edge dark fuscous. Antenme white, basal § lined or par- 

 tially spotted with blackish, apical third wholly white. Abdomen fuscous, 

 apex ochreous-yellowish. Middle tibise white with dark fuscous basal and 

 supramedian rings, posterior tibiee dark fuscous with white apical and 

 subapical rings. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen concave, rather oblique ; 3 

 absent, 4 and 5 connate, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; fuscous sprinkled with whitish, 

 basal and costal areas more or less wholly suffused with whitish-ochreous ; 

 a blackish-fuscous spot on base of costa ; two large trapezoidal blackish- 

 fuscous blotches edged with whitish, first extending on dorsum from } to 

 middle, one angle almost reaching costa at ^, the other on submedian fold, 

 second blotch with its anterior angles adjacent to a curved blackish-fuscous 

 whitish-edged spot on transverse vein, posterior angles resting on costa at 

 f and dorsum before tornus : cilia whitish-ochreous, with a fuscous shade. 

 Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia light greyish-ochreous, with grey sub- 

 basal shade. 



Khasis, in April ; two specimens. 



Onebala ocreata, n. sp. 



$ . 22 mm. Head and thorax light bronzy-fuscous, sides of crown 

 whitish-ochreous, shoulders purplish-fuscous . Palpi fuscous, apex of second 

 joint ochreous, terminal joint longer than second, dark fuscous, posteriorly 

 ochreous-whitish. Antennse white, spotted with dark fuscous, basal joint 

 lined with dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, apex ochreous-yellow. Middle 

 tibise ochreous-white, base dark fuscous, posterior tibiae dark fuscous, 

 apex ochreous-white. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly 

 slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen concave, 

 rather oblique ; 2 and 3 long-stalked, 4 and 5 connate, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 

 fuscous sprinkled with whitish ; costal edge whitish-ochreous, on basal 



