INDIAN MICRO-LEFIDOPTERA. 869 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet ( Newcome ) ; in August, two specimens. Very 

 similar superficially to helota, but distinguished by the sexual characters, 

 especially the absence of the costal fold, which in helota is long ; a third 

 very similar species is brachyptycha (described from Australia, but occurring 

 also in Ceylon) which has a short costal fold. 



Lohesia yenictlis, n. sp. 



S . 12 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, face suft'used with white, crown with 

 two blackish spots. Palpi pale ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint, apex of second, and base white. Thorax ochreous mixed 

 with whitish and transversely barred with blackish. Abdomen elongate, 

 ochreous, anal segment with two black basal dots. Posterior tibiiB and 

 basal joint of tarsi clothed with rough whitish scales above. Forewings- 

 elongate, narrow at base, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa almost 

 straight, with elongate glandular swelling beyond middle, apex obtuse, 

 termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; light brownish-ochreous mixed 

 with leaden-grey and white, with fine scattered black scales ; basal patch 

 irregularly marked with deeper ochreous and black, outer edge very 

 obtusely angulated in middle ; space between this and central fascia 

 suffused with grey on dorsal half; central fascia ochreous-brown, direct, 

 posterior edge with strong acute-triangular projection in middle, marked 

 with a curved black streak along costal half ; a small blackish spot on 

 posterior portion of costal gland ; a triangular dorsal spot between central 

 fascia and tornus irrorated with dark grey and blackish ; four pairs of 

 whitish strigulse on j)osterior half of costa, last giving rise to a circularly 

 curved white line which cuts off a brown apical spot centred with blackish ; 

 a brownish blotch before middle of tornus, above convex and limited by a 

 white line running to termen above middle, beneath undefined : cilia light 

 ochreous suffused with whitish except round apex. Hindwings with 

 termen deeply excavated so as to form an elongate narrow apical lobe or 

 projection and broader rounded dorsal lobe; white, apical lobe rather dark 

 grey ; cilia whitish, round apex grey. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon (Green); in January, one specimen. 



Polychrosis cellifera, n. sp. 



(5 5- 14-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous mixed with 

 brownish and dark fuscous. Posterior tibiee in J clothed with whitish 

 hairs above, basal joint of tarsi with long projecting brush of whitish hairs. 

 Forewings suboblong, rather narrowed anteriorly, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen rounded, little obliqiie ; pale ochreous mixed with 

 brownish-ochreous and grey ; basal patch strigulated with blackish, outer 

 edge only defined by a small dark spot on costa and a slight angulated 

 mark in disc ; central fascia irregular, brown, reaching from costa % across 

 wing, strongly marked with black from costa to near middle of wing ; costa 

 posteriorly dark fuscous with four pairs of grey-whitish strigulee, beneath 



