706 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY 

 E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



XIII. 



{Continued from page 462 of this Volume.) 



GELECHIADiE. 



Lecithocera, Hs. 



To this genus I would now also refer signifera, Feld. 



Lecithocera deltospila, n. sp. 



S . 21 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, tinged centrally with purplish. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish, second joint dark fuscous except apex. Antennse 1, 

 rather stout, whitish-ochreous, ciliations 1^. Thorax whitish-ochreous, 

 shoulders narrowly dark fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous. Posterior 

 tibise fuscous, apex ochreous-whitish, tarsi whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; whitish- 

 ochreous ; a blackish-fuscous streak along basal sixth of costa ; a flattened- 

 triangular blackish-fuscous blotch representing plical and first discal 

 stigmata, extending from near base to middle ; an inverted-triangular 

 blackish-fuscous blotch representing second discal stigma ; between these 

 blotches are two fuscous spots ; dorsum suffused with fuscous from near 

 base to tornus ; posterior | of wing dark fuscous suffuse dly irrorated with 

 ochreous-whitish, tending to form streaks on veins, and cut by a nearly 

 straight whitish-ochreous subterminal line parallel to termen, slightly in- 

 dented above middle : cilia whitish-ochreous with two fuscous shades. 

 Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with two faint fuscous shades. 



Khasis ; one specimen. Allied to trigonopis, but antennal ciliations 

 longer, termen of forewings more sinuate, more oblique. 



Onebala eremota, n. sp. 



<3 $ . 15-17 mm. Head pale ochreous or brownish-ochreous. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous, second joint greyish-ochreous except apex. Antenn» 

 whitish-ochreous, ciliations in S 1? fasciculated. Thorax greyish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen pale grey, anal tuft pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat 

 oblique ; 2 and 4 stalked, 3 absent, 7 absent, 8 and 9 stalked ; light glossy 

 bronzy-fuscous, veins slightly darker : cilia pale ochreous tinged with 

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



Matale, Ceylon (Pole) ; in April and August, two specimens. Closely 

 allied to myadelpha, but lighter-coloured, forewings less dilated posteriorly, 

 termen more rounded, stigmata wholly absent, in S without hair-pencil. 





