DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 721 



minutely ciliated. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish- 

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

 dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 

 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; dark purplish-fuscous ; stigmata cloudy, blackish, 

 plical slightly beyond first discal ; a small pale ochreous spot on costa at -|, 

 and a minute dot on dorsum before tornus : cilia fuscous, with darker 

 subbasal shade. Hindwings light fuscous ; cilia fuscous-whitish, with two 

 light fuscous shades. 



Haputale, Ceylon (Fletcher) ; in August, one specimen. 



Brachmia citrostrota, n. sp. 



rj § . 15-17 mm. Head dark purplish-fuscous, face and sides of crown 

 ochreous-yellowish. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, second joint sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous, terminal joint with a suffused dark fuscous streak on each 

 side. Antennae 1, ochreous-yellowish, suffusedly spotted with dark fuscous, 

 in <$ simple. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous, with an ochreous-yellowish line 

 on each side of back. Abdomen rather dark fuscous, in S with margins of 

 segments towards apex spotted with pale yellowish, anal tuft light 

 yellowish. Posterior tibiae dark fuscous with basal, median, and apical 

 pale yellowish marks, tarsi pale yellowish more or less variably sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly 

 arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique ; 2 

 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen ; rather dark fuscous mixed 

 with blackish, faintly purplish-tinged; undefined longitudinal streaks of 

 ochreous-yellowish suffusion or irroration above and below middle, confluent 

 posteriorly into a moderately broad irregular subterminal transverse fascia ; 

 Ave small pale yellowish spots on posterior half of costa ; stigmata repre- 

 sented by round spots of blackish suffusion, plical rather obliquely beyond 

 first discal : cilia purplish-fuscous mixed with darker, on termen with basal 

 and apical pale yellowish lines, basal third narrowly barred with pale 

 yellowish. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey with basal and apical 

 ochreous-whitish lines. 



Khasis ; in May, eighteen specimens. 



Brachmia cenchritis, n. sp. 



6 $ ■ 16 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-yellowish sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous except on face. Palpi whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Antennae 1, whitish-ochreous, sprinkled or spotted with dark fus- 

 cous, in c? simple. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous 

 on sides. Posterior legs ochreous-whitish suffusedly sprinkled with dark 

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

 sinuate in middle, apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 

 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; ochreous-whitish, irregularly strewn 



