GRACIL ARIA DiE. 
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edged black anteriorly, at beyond middle, jt, and just before 
apex: cilia grey-whitish, subbasal and postmedian black lines. 
Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey. 
Bombay, Karwar, bred September, October ( Maxwell ); 6 ex. 
Larva tapering posteriorly, segments with very distinct red bands; 
mines a blotch under upper cuticle of young red leaves of Ixora 
coccinea ( Rubiacece)\ cocoon external, yellowish (Maxwell). 
Acrocercops syrista, n. sp. 
5 $ . 6-7 mm. Head, thorax fuscous. Palpi whitish, a sub- 
apical ring of second joint and two rings of terminal dark fuscous. 
Basal joint of antennae with strong acute anterior tuft. Forewings 
fuscous irrorated dark fuscous, costa suffused dark fuscous, with 
slight purple tinge ; five slender rather irregular somewhat oblique 
transverse white lines edged scattered dark fuscous scales, first 
from costa at second slightly more oblique, third from fourth 
and fifth interrupted in disc; a white dot on costa towards apex, 
and speck on termen opposite : cilia whitish-grey, at apex a white 
spot bepond a median dark grey line. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Bombay, Karwar, bred September ( Maxwell ); 4 ex. Larva 
yellowish-green, dorsal canal darker green, head retractile, 2-4 
enlarged, especially 3 ; becomes greenish-yellow with a reddish 
ring on each segment, and finally crimson : at first mines an irre¬ 
gular gallery along veins under upper cuticle of leaves of Mallotus 
philippensis (Euphorbiacece ), excrement liquid, forming a fine black 
central line; later mining under a web spun over upper surface of 
veins, eating on either side of vein through to under cuticle but 
leaving the red dotted glands characteristic of the leaf untouched 
as red specks in the transparent mine, excrement solid grouped 
along edge of mine ; cocoon external, flat, oval, cream-coloured 
with inner cocoon showing reddish, and two large bubbles on sur¬ 
face, marking ends of inner cocoon (Maxwell). Near hexachorda. 
Acrocercops calycophthalma, n. sp. 
6 $ . 7 mm. Head, thorax white, a small brownish spot on 
shoulder. Palpi white, second joint with fuscous subapical ring. 
Forewings narrow, acute-pointed ; brown ; markings snow-white, 
finely edged black scales ; a narrow irregular basal fascia, enclosing 
a small brown spot on base of costa; a broad nearly direct fascia 
at slightly wider downwards ; sometimes a cloudy dot on costa 
beyond this ; a moderate somewhat oblique fascia beyond middle, 
suddenly dilated posteriorly on dorsal half; an oblique strigula 
from costa at |; a moderate rather oblique fascia just before apex, 
edged anteriorly by a strong black streak : cilia brownish becoming 
greyish towards tornus, with two whitish bars on termen, towards 
tips whitish with a subapical series of black points. Hindwings 
grey ; cilia brownish-grey. 
Bombay, Karwar, bred July (Maxwell)', 6 ex. Larva with 
anterior segments much dilated, mandibles large, porrected; mines 
