DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 715 



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

 brown, sprinkled with dark fuscous, with a strong purplish gloss ; costal 

 edge ochreous-orange ; plical and first discal stigmata indicated by two 

 very obscure somewhat lighter ochreous-brown spots, second discal by 

 a similar 8-shaped spot centered with two dark fuscous dots ; an obscure 

 ochreous-brown subterminal line, central third somewhat curved outwards ; 

 an interrupted blackish terminal line : cilia brownish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia greyish, base pale ochreous. 



Khasis ; in June, July and October, four specimens. 



Brachmia ancylota, Meyr. 



Fort Stedman, Burma ; Khasis. 



Brachmia parallactic, Meyr. 



Mone, Burma. 



Brachmia characteris, Meyr. 



Koni, Burma. 



Brachmia spilotella Walk, (tripustulata, Wals.) 



Peradeniya, Diyatalawa, and Galle, Ceylon. 



Brachmia typhlopis, n. sp. 



S $ • 22-30 mm. Head and thorax dark purplish-fuscous, sides of head 

 ochreous-yellowish. Palpi whitish-ochreous, basal half of second joint 

 dark fuscous. Antennse |, whitish-ochreous, ciliations in <S f . Abdomen 

 fuscous. Posterior tibise fuscous, apex whitish-ochreous, tarsi dark fuscous 

 with whitish-ochreous rings at apex of joints. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 rounded, almost vertical ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to apex, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 

 glossy dark purplish-fuscous ; stigmata represented by black spots, first 

 discal small, round, confluent with large trapezoidal plical beneath it, 

 second discal moderate, transverse : cilia fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, 

 in 2 rather darker ; cilia fuscous. 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in February and September, two 

 specimens. Very near spilotela, but antennal ciliations much shorter 

 (in spilotella 2), ground colour of forewings darker, and immediately 

 separated by absence of black sub-costal dot near base. 



Brachmia syrphetodes, Meyr. 



Maskeliya and Namunukuli, Ceylon. 



Brachmia artiasta, n. sp. 



2 ■ 22 mm. Head and thorax rather dark purplish-fuscous, sides of 

 crown ochreous- whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint fuscous 

 except apex, terminal joint mixed with fuscous except towards extremities. 

 Antennae f , ochreous-whitish. (Abdomen broken.) Posterior tibise purplish- 

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

 somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, faintly sinuate in 



