INDIAN MICRO-LEFIDOPTERA. 85;^ 



dorsal edge dotted with dark fuscous, separated from ocellus by a triangular- 

 tornal spot of ground colour ; ocellus margined by two thick leaden- 

 metallic streaks confluent beneath, sometimes whitish-irrorated, contain- 

 ing several irregular and variable black dots or short dashes ; some oblique' 

 violet-leaden strigse from costa posteriorly, rising from short obscur© 

 whitish strigulfie : cilia fuscous, with two or three series of white points. 

 Hindwings with iS and 4 coincident ; grey, thinly scaled, veins dark 

 fuscous, termen suftused with dark fuscous, more broadly towards apex ;■ 

 cilia light fuscous, with darker subbasal shade, tips whitish-tinged, in (5 

 elongated on tornus and dorsum. 



Namunakuli and Patipola, Ceylon (Grreen) ; fx-om February to May, eight 

 specimens. 



Hermenias jjcdmicola, n. sp. 



S $ . 11-12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous. Autennal notch 

 of S close above base. Forewings elongate, narrow, somewhat contracted 

 posteriorly, costa gently arched, in S with strong fold I'eaching from base- 

 to beyond middle, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate-indented 

 beneath apex, rather oblique ; 7 to termen ; dark fuscous ; dorsal half 

 mostly covered with suftused transverse strigse of whitish irroration ; a 

 pale leaden-grey erect striga from tornus, and a streak along termen ; 

 some oblique obscure purplish-leaden strigse from costa posteriorly, rising 

 from short strigulse of whitish irroration ; between these and terminal 

 leaden streak is a narrow patch of fine scattered whitish hairscales ; a 

 small distinct white mark on costa before apex : cilia fuscous irrorated 

 with whitish and somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings with. 

 .3 and 4 coincident ; thinly scaled, semitransparent, grey ; veins dark 

 fuscous ; termen suffused with dark fuscous, more broadly towards apex ; 

 cilia fuscous sprinkled with whitish, in S elongated on tornus and dorsum. 



Trincomali, Puttalam, and Batticaloa, Ceylon (Green, Fletcher, Pole) ; 

 in May, June and October, three specimens. Very like imflexa, but 

 smaller, without the defined triangular dark spot before tornus, and 

 structurally distinct by the longer costal fold ; it is a low-country species, 

 whilst implexa occurs at high elevations only. 



Spilonota, Steph. 



This generic name supersedes Tmetocera, Led. and Strepsicrates, Meyr. 

 I have described three Indian species, 'S'. rhothia, which also occurs in 

 Mauritius, S. ccdeata and *S'. melanacta, the antennal structure in the last- 

 named having been overlooked ; and now add four more. 



Spilonota meleanocopa, n. sp. 



S 2 • 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark grey sprinkled with 

 white. Antennal notch of S at \. Forewings elongate in S , rather 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, in S faintly sinuate beyond middle, with, 

 broad fold extending from base to beyond middle, apex obtuse, termen 



