INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 861 



eaden-metallic strigse, two of these enclosing a narrow ocellus marked 

 with black, and preceded by a triangular blackish preetornal spot : cilia 

 olive-oreenish with some obscure dark fuscous and whitish bars, above apex 

 blackish. Hindwinga with 3 and 4 stalked ; grey with prismatic-violet 

 iridescence, thinly scaled ; cilia whitish-grey, on dorsum and tornus much 

 elongated to form a dense projecting pale ochreous hair pencil. 

 Khasis ; in November, two specimens. 



Anci/lis car2)alima, n. sp. 



(S $ . 11-15 mm. Head whitish, more or less ochreous-tinged on crown. 

 Palpi fuscous, terminal joint and long hairs of second white. Thorax 

 brownish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex falcate, termen semi-circularly excavated beneath it ; ferruginous- 

 brownish or ferruginous-ochreous, vai'iably mixed or obscurely streaked 

 longitudinally with whitish : costa obliquely strigulated with blackish and 

 whitish ; dorsum dotted with dark fuscous ; a more or less marked suffused 

 whitish line along submedian fold, dorsal area within this sometimes suf- 

 fused with dark brown; a more or less marked very oblique dark brown streak 

 from middle of costa, costal area beyond this sometimes suffused with dark 

 brown ; a variably developed longitudinal patch of brown suffusion streaked 

 with dark fuscous from middle of disc to near termen, and sometimes 

 posterior area much suffused with dark brown ; apical projection dark brown 

 or ferruginous, edged anteriorly and beneath with white : cilia brown, 

 variably sprinkled or largely suffused with white. Hindwings with 3 

 absent, tornus in c? rather prominent ; rather dark grey, somewhat thinly 

 scaled in disc; cilia grey or whitish-grey, round apex tinged with ochreous 

 or fuscous. 



Kandy, Ceylon (Green) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; Khasis ; from 

 August to November, ten specimens. Also occurs in Queenslaad, Australia. 

 The markings are variable and confused ; the dark brown colouring is more 

 developed in specimens from Coorg and Ceylon than in those from the 

 Khasis and Australia, but there is no constant difference. 



Ancylis scatebrosa, n. sp, 



2 . 13-14 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, forehead somewhat mixed with 

 brownish. Palpi with long hairs, ochreous-whitish, second joint with spot 

 of dark fuscous suffusion towards apex. Thorax ochreous-whitish marked 

 with ferruginous-brown. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated poste- 

 riorly, costa gently arched, apex falcate, termen concave ; ochreous-whitish 

 crossed throughout hj irregularly anastomosing brownish-ochreous striee, 

 suffused with dark fuscous ; posterior half of costa dark fuscous strigulated 

 with white, subcostal space beneath this light ochreous, traversed by a very 

 oblique leaden-metallic striga ; a fine black terminal line : ciUa light 

 brownish-ochreous, with a blackish subbasal dot beneath apex, and more 

 or less marked blackish subbasal shade on lower half of termen. Hindwing 



