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EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTERA. 
similar streak pointed at both ends in disc from above apex of this 
to beyond middle; a semioval spot of blackish irroration on costa 
before middle, two small cloud}’ spots before this and two more 
distant beyond it; some irregular suffusion of black irroration 
beneath middle of disc, and extending from end of cell towards 
apex : cilia grey, towards base speckled dark grey and whitish. 
Hindwings and cilia grey. Forewings beneath with black sub¬ 
costal streak from base to near middle. Hindwings beneath with 
elongate black patch along basal third of costa cut by pale vein 8. 
India, Dehra Dun, bred October from larva feeding on flowers 
of Acacia gageana (Forest Zoologist). 
Chelaria lecticata, n. sp. 
<5. 15 mm. Head white speckled grey. Palpi dark fuscous 
speckled white, second joint with long rather broad compact pro¬ 
jecting tuft beneath, terminal joint equally thickened throughout 
with dense scales posteriorly except extreme apex. Thorax dark 
grey speckled whitish. Fore wings 6 separate ; light grey suffusedly 
irrorated white; a small blackish spot on base of costa ; a blackish 
dot in disc near base; a small raised cloudy dark grey spot on 
costa at l, a semioval black spot before middle, and 3 or 4 small 
cloudy dark grey spots posteriorly; a grey oblong patch irrorated 
dark fuscous extending along dorsum from ^ to near tornus and 
reaching more than half across wing, preceded by whiter tufts 
and edged by a larger transverse tuft posteriorly, and connected 
with base by a streak along dorsum in which is a black streak; 
some irregular darker suffusion and raised scales posteriorly, and 
several short black linear marks near margin round apex : cilia 
grey speckled whitish. Hindwings grey, darker towards apex and 
termen, an iridescent-blue-hyaline streak beneath cell; cilia grey. 
Traxsvaal, Pilgrims Rest, December (/ST-eu); 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Chelaria haligramma, n. sp. 
<S. 10-11 mm. Head, thorax grey-whitish. Palpi grey-whitish, 
second joint beneath with even tuft of long rough projecting hairs 
throughout, scales of joint whorled, white-tipped, on basal half 
black, on rest grey, terminal joint slender, white with four very 
fine oblique black rings. Forewings 7 and 8 out of 6; grey, 
whitish-speckled ; a very oblique black rhomboidal blotch from 
middle of costa, closely preceded by two black strigulae finely 
separated with white speckling and margined posteriorly with fine 
white speckling; a narrow semioval black spot on costa towards 
apex, preceded by a black strigula separated by fine white speck¬ 
ling, between this and preceding the groundcolour tinged ochreous 
and becoming clear brownish-ochreous beneath it to apex ; a black 
white-edged dash beneath apex ; a fine marginal line of black and 
white speckling round apex and termen : cilia pale grey speckled 
white towards tips, round apex grey with black speckling, base 
dark grey dotted whitish. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and 
subhyaline anteriorly ; cilia light grey. 
