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DESCRIPTIONS OV INDIAN MICEO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY 



E. Meyrick. B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 

 XY. 



( C(>?itmue(l from paj/e 131 of this Volume.) 



Euco.SMiDy>;. 



Hermenias, u. g. 



Antennte in S ciliated, with excavated notch in stalk near base. Palpi 

 irtoderate, porrected, second joint with dense rough projecting scales 

 above and beneath, terminal joint moderate. Thorax without crest. 

 Forewings with 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex or termen. Hindwings with o 

 and 4 stalked or coincident, 5 closelj^ approximated at base. 6 and 7 closely 

 approximated towards base. 



Type epidola, Meyr. from Australia. 



Hermenias pachnitis, n. sp. 



d" $ . 14-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish mixed with white. 

 Antennal notch of J ^^ k- Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, without fold, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 sinuate, rather oblique ; 7 to termen ; grey or dark grey ribbed with 

 black ; costa more or less obscurely strigulated with white irroration ; an 

 irregular patch of confused white marbling or strigulation occupying most 

 of dorsal half from base to % and thence extended as a fascia to costa 

 before apex, including a more or less defined irregularly triangular spot of 

 ground colour on middle of dorsum ; a leaden-metallic whitish-edged erect 

 mark from tornus, and a leaden-metallic streak along lower f of termen : 

 cilia grey sprinkled with whitish, basal half white with three or four blackish 

 bars on upper half of termen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 coincident : 

 thinly scaled, semi-transparent, dark grey ; cilia dark grey, in S on 

 dorsum and tornus greatly elongated. 



Maskeliya and Patipola, Ceylon (Pole, Green, Alston) : in November, 

 December, April and May, four specimens. 



Hermenias implexa, n. sp. 



c? $. 14-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark fuscous, some- 

 times slightly whitish-sprinkled. Antennal notch of S close above base. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, in S with strong fold 

 reaching from base to near middle, apex obtuse, termen indented-sinuate, 

 rather oblique ; 7 to termen ; dark fuscous ; a broad irregular streak of 

 whitish irroration or suffusion along dorsum from base, occupying nearlj^ 

 half of wing, upper edge sinuate or angularly indented before middle. 



