118 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MIOEO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY 



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

 XVIII. 



{Continued from page 781 of Volume XXII.) 



Stenomida?. 



Stenoma ichncsa, n. sp. 



c? $ . 22-25 mm. Head and thorax whitish-fuscous or pale fuscous, thorax 

 sometimes darker anteriorly. Palpi brownish-whitish. Antennal ciliations in 

 (5 3. Abdomen light ochreous-grey. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, little obliqtie ; whitish- 

 fuscous, on dorsal § more or less suffused with light fuscous and sprinkled 

 irregularly with dark fuscous ; a more or less developed fine dark fuscous 

 streak along fold towards base ; oblique dark fuscous spots on costa at J, 

 middle, and | ; stigmata small, dark fuscous, plical obliquely beyond first 

 discal ; a series of dark fuscous dots round apex and termen : cilia whitish- 

 fuscous, with faint fuscous median line. Hindwings pale fuscous ; cilia 

 whitish-fuscous, with faint darker subbasal shade. 



Anshi, Kanara, bred in January (Maxwell); six specimens. Larva green, 

 head brown, collar black, with lateral (spiracular) series of black spots, also 

 with black supraspiracular spots on 3, 4, and several of the posterior segments ; 

 feeding between spun leaves, or a broken portion spun on surface of a whole 

 leaf, on Sy^nplocos spicata : pupa very obese, making a constant clicking 

 sound when disturbed (Maxwell). 



Gracilabiad^. 



Lithocolletis triplex, n. sp. 



$ . 10 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish, ringed with dark 

 fuscous. Thorax reddish-ochreous, partly tinged with whitish. Abdo- 

 men grey. Forewings lanceolate ; bronzy-ochreous, tinged with reddish; 

 three shghtly inwards-oblique narrow white transverse fasciae, at \, middle, 

 and f , first two almost straight, third hardly angulated above middle, each 

 nearly preceded by a considerable spot of blackish irroration on costa, and 

 the second on dorsum also ; undefined patches of blackish irroration on costa 

 and termen near beyond third fascia, and a smaller one at apex : ciha pale 

 greyish, on termen with basal half bronzy-ochreous, with a patch of blackish 

 irroration above tornus. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Pykara, 7000 ft., Nilgiris, in April (Andrewes). Allied to conformis ; a 

 large and distinct species. 



Lithocolletis virgulata, n. sp. 



6 • 6 mm. Head and palpi whitish. Forewings narrow-lanceolate ; 

 <)chreous-che8tnut-brown ; an irregular whitish median basal streak to J, 

 irregularly irrorated with black, and connected with dorsum near base by 

 a mark of black irroration ; three somewhat inwardly oblique whitish 

 transverse fascise, angulated above middle, lower portion sometimes mostly 

 suffused with groundcolour, their margins marked with black irroration, 

 posterior margins strongest but interrupted above angle, posterior margin 

 of third running into apex : cilia whitish-ochreous, round apex irrorated 

 with black points. Hindwings grey ; ciha pale greyish-ochreous. 



Manchikeri, Kanara, bred in May, from cocoons found on a Ficus 

 (Maxwell) ; two specimens. It is exceptional for a Lithocolletis larva to 



