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moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, slightly curved,, 

 subascending, second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as 

 second, loosely scaled anteriorly, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled. Forewings with lb simple, 

 2 from before f of cell, 3 from angle, 3-5 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked, 



7 to termen, 11 from middle, stigmatium developed. Hindwings almost 1, 

 lanceolate, acute, cilia If ; 2 remote, 4 absent, 5 and 6 approximated. 



Allied to Argijresthia . 



Lycophantis chalcoleuca, n, sp. 



S 9 • 8-12 mm. Head and thorax white, face light fuscous. Palpi 

 ochreous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, narrow, acute ;. 

 glossy purplish-bronze, variably more or less suffused with shining brassy- 

 yellowish ; costa finely dotted with white on posterior half ; a broad snow- 

 white dorsal streak, at base nearly reaching costa, gradually narrowed to a 

 point at tornus, upper edge with a series of minute projections, towards 

 dorsum often with some fuscous specks or strigulse ; a fine blackish terminal 

 line marked with minute white dots : cilia light greyish-ochreous, on costa 

 brassy-bronze. Hindwings grey ; cilia light greyish-ochreous. 



Khasis ; from September to November, twelve specimens. 



Argyresthia semitrunca, n. sp. 



$ . 9-10 mm. Head white. Palpi white, with dark fuscous lateral line. 

 Thorax white, with dark fuscous lateral stripe. Abdomen grey, segmental 

 margins white. Forewings lanceolate, pointed ; 7 and 8 separate ; deep 

 fuscous-purple ; some white specks on costa ; a strong yellowish-white dorsal 

 streak from base to near middle, posteriorly truncate, followed by an 

 oblong blackish spot, whence a slender posteriorly oblique blackish fascia 

 runs to costa, blackish spots in disc at | and on middle of costa ; a slight 

 whitish mark above tornus, preceded by a blackish spot; an oblique white 

 mark on costa towards apex, preceded by blackish suffusion ; some white 

 terminal specks : cilia grey, round apex dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia 

 grey. 



Khasis, in October, five specimens. 



Argyresthia leuculias, n. sp. 



S $. 8-9 mm. Head and palpi white. Thorax white, shoulders pale 

 fuscous. Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings lanceolate, pointed ; 7 and 



8 separate ; light fuscous or whitish-fuscous, reticulated with dark fuscous, 

 dorsal area beneath fold whitish, with some scattered dark fuscous strigulse ; 

 small dark fuscous spots in disc at ■§ and |, and a dorsal spot between 

 these ; a white dash above tornus, edged anteriorly by an oblique dark 

 fuscous strigula ; a round blackish apical dot, partially edged with white : 

 cilia grey-whitish, round apex with three dark fuscous lines. Hindwings 

 grey, thinly scaled towards base ; cilia pale grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, from March to June (Pole, de Mowbray) ; six 

 specimens. 



Argyresthia dislooata, n. sp. 



S 2 ■ 8-9 mm. Head and palpi white. Thorax white, with a broad 

 light fuscous humeral stripe. Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings lance- 

 olate, round-pointed ; 7 and 8 separate ; white with violet or brassy 

 reflections, closely reticulated with dark fuscous except towards dorsum, 

 with several fuscous strigulse on dorsum before middle ; a small dark fuscous 

 spot on fold at ^ of wing, and one towards costa before middle ; a slender 

 oblique dark fuscous postmedian fascia dilated dorsally into a triangular 

 spot, sometimes narrowly interrupted beneath costa ; an oblique dark 

 fuscous striga above tornus : cilia light greyish, round apex with two dark 

 fuscous lines. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Khasis, in April, September, and November ; twelve specimens. 



