DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 713 



1, ochreous-whitish ringed with dark fuscous, ciliations in $ 1. Abdomen 

 fuscous, beneath dark purplish-fuscous. Posterior tibise dark fuscous, apex 

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

 rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to termen, 

 8 and 9 out of 7 ; rather dark fuscous, faintly bronzy or purplish-tinged ;- 

 stigmata obscurely darker, plical rather beyond first discal, second discal 

 forming a transverse mark ; an ochreous-whitish dot on costa at f , whence 

 a very faint somewhat curved pale line runs to dorsum before tornus ; a 

 blackish terminal line : cilia rather dark fuscous. Hindwings rather dark 

 fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Madulsima, Haputale, and Haldamulla, Ceylon (Pole, Vau- 

 ghan, de Mowbray, Alston) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; Nilgiris, 3,500 

 feet (Andrews) ; Palni Hills (Campbell) ; from February to August, fifteen 

 specimens. 



Brachmia pellax, n. sp. 



S 5 . 16-20 mm. Head purplish-fuscous, sides of crown ochreous-y ellow . 

 Palpi dark fuscous, apex of second joint and base of terminal pale yellowish. 

 Antennee 1, pale yellowish faintly ringed with fuscous, ciliations in S 4. 

 Thorax dark purple-fuscous. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Posterior 

 tibise rather dark fuscous, apex yellow-whitish, tarsi yellow- whitish banded 

 with fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, rather oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 

 to apex, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; dark purplish-fuscous, stigmata, cloudy, blackish- 

 fuscous, plical beneath first discal, sometimes suffused with it into an unde- 

 fined cloudy blotch, second discal forming a transverse somewhat 8-shaped 

 mark ; a small cloudy ochreous-whitish spot on costa at i, whence a slightly 

 curved obscure ochreous-whitish line runs to dorsum before tornus : cilia 

 rather dark purplish-fuscous, base on termen pale ochreous. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



Khasis ; from June to September, three specimens. The unusually long 

 antennal ciliations are a noticeable feature. 



Brachmia laxata, n. sp. 



<S 5 . 18-22 mm. Head light violet-fuscous, sides suffused with ochre- 

 ous-yellowish. Palpi light yellowish, second joint suffused with fuscous 

 except towards apex, terminal joint sometimes variably sprinkled with 

 fuscous. Antennse 1, pale ochreous, ciliations in <$ f . Thorax rather dark 

 purplish-fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, beneath dark purple-fuscous, anal 

 tuft pale ochreous. Posterior tibiae dark fuscous, apex whitish-yellowish, 

 tarsi whitish-yellowish, basal joint thickened. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen concave, oblique ; 

 3 very short, out of 2 or absent, 4 out of 2, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 



