INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, . 875 



lone, porrected, pale ochreous-yellowish, with a dark violet-fuscous oblique 

 apical bar. Forewings subtriangular, costa posteriorly moderately arched; 

 apex very obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate beneath apex, vertical ; 7 to 

 termen : dark purplish-fuscous, slightly sprinkled with whitish points, with 

 some irregular indistinct broken darker transverse strise ; a nearly straight 

 blackish stria from costa beyond middle to termen beneath apex ; several 

 blackish dots close before termen between this and tornus : cilia purplish- 

 leaden-fuscous, with blackish basal line. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; 

 dark fuscous, basal half suffused with purple-blackish, termen somewhat 

 paler-suffused ; cilia fuscous. Undersurface of forewings with a blackish 

 patch in middle of disc. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in March, five specimens. 



Laspeyveda prolopha, n. sp. 



S $ . 11-1:^ mm. Head and thorax grey with bluish iridescence, thorax 

 obscurely barred transversely with darker. Palpi grey mixed with whitish, 

 violet-iridescent. Abdomen dark fuscous, in S ochreous-whitish beneath and 

 on lateral patches before apex. Forewings suboblong, costa gently arched, 

 bent in middle, with a projection of rough scales on bend, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly sinuate, vertical ; dark purplish-fuscous, mostly overlaid 

 with bluish-leaden-metallic suffusion, which covers most of basal and costal 

 area anteriorly, a patch on middle of dorsum and two patches enclosing- 

 ocellus; two very oblique series of short black dashes crossing costal area 

 posteriorly, with a blue leaden striga between them ; some short whitish 

 strigulse on posterior half of costa, a pale ochreous dot in disc at § : cilia pur- 

 plish-fuscous, with blackish subbasal line. Hindwings with 6 and 7 somewhat 

 approximated towards base ; dark fuscous, a suffused whitish-fuscous discal 

 patch ; cilia white, towards tornus violet-iridescent, with dark fuscous sub- 

 basal line. Undersurface of forewings with a whitish streak beneath cell ; 

 of hindwings with a whitish subdorsal streak, in S surrounded with black- 

 ish suffusion, and a whitish patch in disc. 



Khasis ; in June and July, eight specimens. 



Laspeyresia optica, n. sp. 



S ■ 16 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi fuscous suffusedly irrorat- 

 ed with whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, 

 vertical ; dark prismatic-fuscous, with strong green reflections, finely irro- 

 rated with pale ochreous-tinged points ; costa very shortly and obscurely 

 strigulated with blackish and whitish ; three blue-metallic oblique strigge 

 from posterior half of costa, second short, beneath it an oblique series of two 

 or three indistinct short blackish dashes ; ocellus forming a bluish-leaden- 

 metallic transverse patch, anterior angle touching first striga, its upper 

 portion suffused with ground colour and finely striated longitudinally with 

 blackish ; a short distinct ochreous-white blue-tipped costal strigula before 



