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pupate outside the mine. Mr. Maxwell writes " The noticeable thing was 

 the eitremely large size of the cocoon itself in proportion to the insect ; the 

 tree is a common one, hut I have never noticed the cocoons elsewhere." 

 The species is allied to conformis, but very distinct. 



Acrocercops civica, n. sp. 



c? 5 . 6 mm. Head whitish mixed with fuscous. Palpi with appressed 

 scales, white, with two bands on second joint and three on terminal dark 

 fuscous. Thorax brownish irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, 

 beneath white, sides irregularly barred with dark fuscous. Forewings 

 extremely narrow, elongate-lanceolate ; brownish, irrorated with dark 

 fuscous, costa suffused with dark fuscous, dorsum sometimes more or less 

 strigulated with white ; four transverse fasciae composed each of a pair of 

 white strise more or less connected in disc but separated with dark fuscous 

 at extremities, more widely on dorsum, first at ^, second beyond middle, 

 third at |, fourth at |, less well marked ; a slender white transverse bar 

 before apex, enlarged on costa and sometimes containing a dark fuscous 

 speck : cilia pale grey, round apex with two dark grey lines. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia light grey. 



Karwar, Kanara, bred in July (Maxwell) ; ten specimens. Larva bright 

 red, mining blotches in leaves of Cinnamon ( Cinnamomuvi zeylanicum), many 

 larvae in each leaf ; pupa orange, in external detached oval orange cocoon 

 (Maxwell). Allied to ordinatella. 



Acrocercops pentalocha, Meyr. 



Larva mining blotches in leaves of Mango (Mangifera indica) ; pupa in 

 external white flat oval cocoon (Maxwell). 



Acrocercops catJiedrcea, Meyr. 



Larva mining inconspicuous galleries in leaves of " Kungina " creeper. 



Acrocercops cylicota, n. sp. 



c5' . 7 mm. Head shining white, face grey. Palpi slender, whitish, 

 second joint suffused with dark grey towards apex, terminal joint with two 

 rings and apex dark fuscous. Thorax shining white, with lateral ochreous- 

 bronze stripes. Abdomen dark grey, beneath white, segmental edges dark 

 fuscous. Forewings very narrow, elongate-lanceolate ; ochreous-bronze ; 

 three shining white dorsal blotches edged with black, first antemedian, 

 triangular, reaching costa, on dorsum rather broadly extended to base, 

 second postmedian, rounded-triangular, not quite reaching costa, third 

 narrow-oblong, extending along termen to near apex ; a white apical dot : 

 cilia grey, with a white patch on terminal blotch. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



Karwar, Kanara, bred in June (Maxwell) ; one specimen. Larva mining 

 blotches in leaves of Colebroohea oppositifolia (Labiates) ; pupa in cocoon in 

 folded edge of leaf (Maxwell). 



Acrocercops isodelta, Meyr. 



One specimen sent by Mr. Maxwell as bred from the same plant with 

 A. cylicota, and not recognised as distinct ; the two species are generally 

 similar but certainly distinct, and as only one of each was sent, the identifi- 

 cation of the larva lacks precision, and needs further investigation. 



Acroce7'cops he.vachorda,'n. sp. 



$. 8 mm. Head and thorax whitish. Palpi slender, whitish, with 

 subapical ring of second joint, two rings of terminal, and apical edge ante- 

 riorly dark fuscous. Forewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; light 

 brownish-ochreous ; six slender obHque equidistant whitish fascise, edged with 

 a few blackish specks, first at J, sixth towards apex ; some blackish scales 

 transversely arranged midway between first and base, and some scattered 

 along dorsum : ciKa ochreous-whitish, with an oblique black line crossing 

 apex at base. Hindwings grey ; cilia light violet-grey. 



