DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 723 



Maskeliya and Madulsima, Ceylon (Pole, Alston, de Mowbray, Vaughan) ; 

 from November to January, and May to August, eleven specimens. 



Brachmia arotrcea, Meyr. 



Maskeliya and Ambulangoda, Ceylon ; Palni Hills, 6,000 feet ; N. Coorg, 

 3,500 feet ; Khasis ; Koni, Burma. 



Brachmia xerastis, Meyr. 



Mooltan, Punjab. 



Brachmia aruritis, n. sp. 



3 2 • H-13 mm. Head fuscous sprinkled with pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish irrorated with dark fuscous. Antennae |, dark fus- 

 cous, ciliations in S 1. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Posterior legs pale whitish-ochreous, externally mixed with 

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

 obtuse, termen rounded, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 apex ; rather dark purplish-fuscous, veins marked by lines of black irror- 

 ation, partially and variably edged with whitish-ochreous dashes and lines, 

 especially subcostal and plical lines towards base, and a subterminal series 

 of dashes ; stigmata obscure, blackish, partially edged with whitish- 

 ochreous, plical elongate, all tending to be merged in the dark streaks : cilia 

 dark fuscous with rows of whitish-ochreous points, base barred with whitish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Maskeliya, Matale, Puttalam, and Trincomali, Ceylon (Pole, de Mowbray, 

 Fletcher) ; in December and January and from April to August, nine 

 specimens. 



Brachmia ■percnobela, n. sp. 



$. 17-19 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark fuscous, anten- 

 nae i. Abdomen fuscous. Posterior tibiae light greyish-ochreous, externally 

 suffused with rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 

 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex : dark ashy -fuscous, veins 

 obscurely marked with blackish ; stigmata obscure, blackish, plical dash- 

 like, rather before first discal, which is also rather elongate : cilia dark 

 ashy -fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Nilgiris, 3,500 feet (Andrewes) ; in August, two specimens. Specially 

 characterised by the wholly dark fuscous palpi. 



Brachmia lochistis, n. sp. 



<5 $ • 12-13 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, face paler, margins of eyes 

 pale ochreous. Palpi pale whitish-ochreous, second joint sprinkled with 

 fuscous, anterior edge of terminal joint fuscous. Antennae |, rather dark 

 fuscous, ciliations in tfl. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft mixed with ochreous- 

 whitish. Posterior legs grey- whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique ; 2 and 3 



