DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 719 



Brachmia epomia, Meyr. 



Maskeliya and Patipola, Ceylon. 



Brachmia capnaula, n. sp. 



$ 5 . 20-22 mm. Head pale ochreous, face brownish-tinged. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish, second joint dark fuscous except apex, with scales rather 

 roughly expanded above towards apex, terminal joint with subapical band 

 of dark fuscous suffusion. Antennae f , fuscous, ciliations in S §• Thorax 

 purplish-fuscous, shoulders darker fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochre- 

 ous. Posterior legs ochreous-whitish, tibise externally suffused with dark 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa slightly 

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

 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; brownish, variable in depth, veins usually more 

 or less marked with irregular streaks of coarse dark fuscous irroration ; 

 stigmata dark fuscous, plical beneath first discal, second discal larger, 

 transverse-oval, but these are sometimes merged in more or less developed 

 thick cloudy dark fuscous longitudinal streaks through middle of disc and 

 along fold ; a pale cloudy subterminal line formed by interruption of dark 

 streaks on veins, somewhat indented above middle, terminal area beyond 

 this often suffused with dark fuscous : cilia light greyish-ochreous, with 

 two dark fuscous shades. Hindwings grey ; cilia as in forewings. 



Patipola, Newera Eliya, Maskeliya, and Haputale, Ceylon (Pole, Green, 

 Alston) ; from February to April, eleven specimens. The structure of the 

 palpi is peculiar, but in all other respects the species clearly belongs here 

 and cannot be separated. 



Brachmia fornacalis, n. sp. 



<$ 2 • 17-19 mm. Head bronzy-fuscous, more or less suffused with 

 whitish-ochreous on sides. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint suffused 

 with dark fuscous except towards apex, terminal joint with subapical band 

 of dark fuscous suffusion. Antennae almost 1, dark fuscous, in <5 simple. 

 Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Posterior legs whitish- 

 ochreous, tibiae externally suffused with dark fuscous, tarsi banded with 

 dark fuscous suffusion. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa 

 slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 

 istalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen ; rather dark purplish-fuscous, in 

 o* lighter in disc ; stigmata represented by blackish-fuscous spots, first 

 (discal small, roundish, plical beneath it, larger, irregular, these two edged 

 with whitish-ochreous posteriorly and sometimes confluent, second discal 

 represented by two small transversely placed spots, connected and upper 

 edged laterally with whitish-ochreous ; in J a distinct whitish-ochreous 

 slightly curved transverse line at \, dilated on costa, indented above middle, 

 in $ represented by costal spot only : cilia fuscous, in S with whitish- 

 Jchreous basal line on termen. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



