DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 711 



and on basal half suffused with dark fuscous, anterior edge of terminal joint 

 dark fuscous. Antennas dark fuscous, dotted with whitish, ciliations in J f . 

 Abdomen rather dark fuscous, tinged with ochreous, beneath yellow- 

 whitish except anal segment. Posterior tibise ochreous-whitish, basal % 

 dark fuscous, tarsi dark fuscous, ringed with whitish. Forewings elongate 

 rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse,' 

 termen sinuate, rather oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out 

 of 7 ; rather dark purplish-fuscous ; second discal stigma obscurely darker ; 

 ochreous-white wedge-shaped strigulse on costa at f and dorsum before 

 tornus, connected by a faint sinuate whitish line : cilia bronzy-fuscous, 

 base on termen white followed by a dark grey shade. Hindwings rather 

 dark grey ; cilia pale grey, on upper part of termen with base ochreous- 

 whitish. 



Khasis ; in May and September, three specimens. 



Braehmia deleastra, n. sp. 



$ . 15-17mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous, face paler or 

 whitish-tinged. Palpi whitish, second joint fuscous except apex, with a 

 dark fuscous subapical ring, anterior and posterior edges of terminal joint 

 blackish. Antennse 1, ochreous-white ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 fuscous. Posterior tibise dark fuscous, apex yellowish-white, tarsi 

 yellowish-white spotted with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen concave, rather oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out 

 of 7 ; moderately dark purple-fuscous ; stigmata obscurely darker, plical, 

 hardly beyond first discal, second discal forming a transverse mark ; a 

 somewhat oblique ochreous-whitish mark on costa at §, whence a 

 faintly indicated very obtusely angulated pale line runs to dorsum before 

 tornus ; a dark terminal line : cilia rather dark purplish-fuscous, with pale 

 basal line. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



Kandy and Arawa, Ceylon (Green, Pole, Fletcher) ; in August and 

 December, three specimens. 



Braehmia store&tis, n. sp. 



t$ . 10 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous, centre of crown pale fuscous. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint suffused with dark fuscous except 

 towards apex. Antennee almost 1, ochreous-whitish, serrulate, simple. 

 Thorax rather dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, beneath dark fuscous, anal 

 tuft pale whitish-ochreous. Posterior tibise rather dark fuscous, apex 

 whitish, with an expansible pencil of yellow-whitish hairs from base above, 

 tarsi ochreous-white. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to 

 apex, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; dark fuscous ; stigmata represented by small cloudy 

 blackish spots, plical elongate, rather before first discal ; a small oblique 



