400 E. Meyrick : New Micro-lepidoptera. [Voi,. II, 1908.] 



Melasma apracta, sp. nov. 



$ . 15-18 mm. Head with appressed hairs, pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Palpi moderate, rather curved, pointed, pale greyish- 

 ochreous, second joint sometimes infuscated. Antennge pale grey- 

 ish-ochreous. Thorax pale greyish-ochreous suffused with fuscous 

 anteriorl}^ Abdomen pale ochreous, more yellowish posteriorly, 

 with large anal tuft of long hairs. Fore wings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; pale gre^dsh-ochreous, sometimes 

 yellowish-tinged, suffusedly irrorated throughout with fuscous ; 

 a cloudy spot of darker fuscous suffusion in disc at f : cilia 

 ochreous-grey- whitish sprinkled with fuscous. Hind wings light 

 greyish ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Mandalay, in March ; two specimens. 



