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Laspeyresia stelocosma, n. sp. 
c? . 14 mm. Head, thorax light violet-grey, face dark fuscous,*" 
a dark fuscous spot on posterior extremity of thorax. Palpi 
ochreous-white. Porewings suboblong, termen slightly rounded, 
vertical; violet-grey (in certain lights strongly violet), posterioily 
becoming rather dark purple-fuscous; costal edge ochreous- whitish, 
obliquely strigulated blackish on posterior f ; an erect narrow daik 
bronzy-fuscous fascia from dorsum beyond middle reaching J across 
wing, anteriorly edged whitish ; a short very oblique pale blue- 
leaden-metallic striga from middle of costa, and two others poste¬ 
riorly, from first of which a blackish line runs to termen beneath 
apex : cilia light bluish-grey, a blackish basal shade. Hindwings 
dark fuscous; an obscure spot of lighter suffusion in disc above 
middle (on lower surface whitish); cilia blue-whitish, a dark 
fuscous basal shade. 
S. Khodesia, Mazoe, January; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Laspeyresia amphilecta, n. sp. 
2 . 11 mm. Head fuscous, pale-speckled. Palpi whitish- 
fuscous. Thorax fuscous, anterior half suffused dark fuscous. 
Forewings somewhat dilated, termen somewhat oblique ; fuscous, 
minutely pale-speckled, sprinkled dark fuscous ; costa dark fuscous, 
on posterior § 7 pairs of rather oblique strigulse of minute whitish 
speckling ; a very undefined subtriangular lighter median dorsal 
blotch, central fascia indicated by oblique darker suffusion from 
middle of costa to beyond this but not reaching dorsum: towards 
apex a short blackish linear mark, beneath this a transverse series 
of 4 less-defined smaller marks or dots of blackish irroration, beyond 
lower 3 an obscure leaden-tinged transverse streak before termen, 
and a small obscure spot beneath these, with some slight pale 
suffusion : cilia fuscous minutely speckled whitish, a darker basal 
line. Hindwings rather dark grey, somewhat lighter towards base; 
cilia light fuscous, pale-speckled, a fuscous subbasal line. 
Bengal, Pusa, bred July from larva boring shoot of Cordia myxa 
( Fletcher ) ; 1 ex. 
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Blastobasis ochromorpha, n. sp. 
3 . 12 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale ochreous, palpi stout, 
terminal joint as long as second and rather stouter, obtusely pointed. 
Antennae with subbasal notch. Forewings pointed ; pale ochreous, 
grey-speckled posteriorly ; second discal stigma small, dark fuscous : 
cilia wliitish-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia pale greyish. 
India, U.P., Dehra Dun, bred August from seeds Sliorea robusta 
(Forest Zoologist ) ; 1 ex. 
Blastobasis molinda, n. sp. _ 
2 . 14-15 mm. Head, thorax grey speckled whitish. Palpi 
dark grey speckled whitish. Forewings pointed ; grey speckled 
yol. hi.— January 1925. 
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