HETEROGRAPHIS. 69 



4327. Heterographis pygmaeella, n. sp. 



Head white; thorax -white and rufous ; abdomen grey. Pore wing 

 pale brown, with a broad white costal fascia, narrowing at middle 

 of cell, where there is a black spot ; a large pink patch on inner 

 area before middle, followed by a V-shaped white mark on vein 1 ; 

 a sinuous white submarginal line with diffused fuscous inside it. 

 Hind wing semihyaline white, the apical area, a marginal line, and 

 a line through the cilia brownish. 



Hob. Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 12 millim. Type in B. M. 



4328. Heterographis mysorella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 29 ; id. Mon. 



Phyc. pi. xxviii, fig. 22 ; C. fy S. no. 4602. 



Brownish ochreous. Fore wing with a white costal fascia 

 expanding at middle and not reaching the apex : the antemedial 

 line represented by a spot on vein 1 ; the postmedial line fine and 

 very indistinct ; two discocellular dark spots and a marginal series. 

 Hind wing yellowish grey. 



Hob. S. India. Exp. 15 millim. 



4329. Heterographis verrucicola, n. sp. 



Dark red-brown suffused with fuscous. Fore wing with white 

 costal fascia from near base to near apex ; a very indistinct 



irregular antemedial dark 

 line oblique towards costa; 

 a black speck at upper angle 

 of cell ; an indistinct mi- 

 nutely dentate submarginal 

 dark line ; a marginal series 

 of black specks. Hind 

 wing hyaline white ; the 

 Fig. 46.— Heterographis verrucicola, J . f . ve i n g 5 a marginal line, and a 



line through the cilia brown. 



Larva. Uniform dark purplish brown ; a few fine colourless 

 bristles scattered over the body ; a well-marked lateral fold ; each 

 segment with one or more deep transverse furrows. Inhabits wart- 

 like excrescences in the stem and branches of Trema orientalis, 

 forming galleries in the diseased wood, and pupating in slight 

 whitish cocoons. It is uncertain if the larvae are the primary 

 cause of the excrescences, but the galleries, after being deserted by 

 the moths, usually contain colonies of the mealy bug Dactylopius 

 adonidum, and these in their turn attract a species of ant which 

 builds a covering over them, the foundation of large nests which 

 gradually increase in size and obstruct the growth of the tree( Green). 



Hah. Naga Hills (Dolierty) ; Pundaloya, Ceylon (Green). Exp. 

 14-18 millim. Type in B. M. 



4330. Heterographis rubripictella, n. sp. 



2 . Head white ; thorax brownish ochreous ; abdomen white, 

 with an ochreous tinge on dorsum. Fore w r ing brownish ochreous, 



