^^* 3.] Original Communicattons, etc. 107 



colouring of the forewings. There will probably be found to be 

 some variation in the ground-colour of these in both sexes. 



TlNEINA. 



TiNEID/E. 



Ereunetis, Meyr. 

 2, Ereunetis ? seminivora* Wlsm., sp. n. 



Antennae (f) somewhat stout ; whitish ochreous. Palpi some- 

 what thickly clothed above and beneath so as to appear triangular • 

 dark chocolate-brown : apical joint very short, depressed, ochreous. 

 Head whitish ochreous above, face dark chocolate-brown. Thorax 

 whitish ochreous above, tegulae and a narrow band across the front 

 dark chocolate-brown. Forewings narrow, elongate, acuminate, some- 

 what widened at the middle ; dark chocolate-brown, rather shining; 

 a narrow whitish ochreous dorsal line from base to apex reverting 

 a little around the apex at the base of the dark brown costal cilia, 

 the upper edge of this line is somewhat irregular and throws up 

 a small dentate excrescence at two-thirds from the base ; terminal 

 and dorsal cilia pale ochreous. Exp. al. i6mm. Hindwings 

 narrower than the forewings, acuminate, the base of the costa 

 ciliate, the dorsum evenly rounded ; bronzy purplish, cilia very 

 pale ochreous. Abdomen brownish ochreous. [Hindlegs missing.] 

 Type $ Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. India. — Hooghly. Larva in pods of Cassia occidentalis 

 Linn. (1895), moths emerged 2nd January 1895. 



This appears to approach Meyrick's Australian genus Ereunetis^ 

 but until I have a series of specimens before me, including males, 

 I am unable to make a satisfactory structural examination. I have 

 described it for the convenience of the authorities of the Calcutta 

 Museum, as I understand they desire to refer to it in connection 

 with some economic report. Further specimens would be accept- 

 able. 



• This species is described from specimens reared in the Museum in January 1895, from 

 pods of Cissia occidentalis, Linn., collected injHooghly by the Entomological Artist, Indian 

 Museum, E. B. 



