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EXOTIC M1CROLEPID© PTERA. 
foodplants should therefore be all cancelled. The true octopunctata 
is Australian, and I have one of Dr. Turner’s original specimens, 
with characters as follows : 12 mm., head clear white, face fuscous, 
sharply defined (not whitish, as described by Turner); palpi white, 
subapical ring and extreme apex of second joint, and fine submedian 
and subapical rings and extreme base of terminal joint dark fuscous; 
forewings markings pale yellow, apex of second dorsal spot much 
nearer first costal than second ; anterior and middle tarsi white, a 
narrow fuscous apical ring on basal joint, extreme tips of joints 
blackish. The larval habits of this species are apparently still 
unknown. 
Gracilaria tetratypa, n. sp. 
9 . 11-12 mm. Head white, lower part of face and sides of 
crown fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint white with 
basal, submedian, and subapical dark fuscous rings. Thorax rather 
dark fuscous. Anterior and middle tarsi white, apical J of basal 
joint dark fuscous, extreme tips of joints black. Forewings rather 
dark fuscous ; markings yellowish-white edged black scales ; some¬ 
what oblique rather irregular streaks from costa at | and first 
reaching half across wing, second |; two subtriangular spots on 
dorsum, first at |, narrowly produced dorsally to near base, second 
erect, much nearer first costal streak than second ; apex sprinkled 
black : cilia dark grey, several blackish lines. Hind wings and cilia 
dark grey. 
Indian Central Provinces, Dehra Dun, bred November from 
larvae defoliating Sapium sebiferum (Euphorbiacece ) (Beeson ) ; 2 ex. 
Gracilaria cirrhocrotala, n. sp. 
9 . 10 mm. Head pale yellow, face and sides of crown dark 
fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint whitish with basal, 
submedian, and subapical incomplete dark fuscous rings. Thorax 
dark fuscous. Anterior and middle tarsi white, apical third of 
basal joint dark fuscous, extreme tips of other joints fuscous.' 
Forewings dark fuscous ; markings light yellow, edged black scales ; 
somewhat oblique rather irregular streaks from costa at | and i, 
first reaching somewhat more than half across wing, second |; two 
triangular spots on dorsum, first about |, slightly produced on 
dorsum anteriorly, second much nearer first costal streak than 
second ; apex sprinkled blackish : cilia fuscous, several blackish 
lines. Hindwings and cilia rather dark grey. 
Bihar, Pusa, bred August from D'albergia sissu (Leguminoscie) 
(Maxwell- Lefroy); 1 ex. Larva yellowish-green, head pale, 2 dotted 
black; rolling small leaves, or joining several leaves into a small 
dry mass (Fletcher). 
Gracilaria isograpta, n. sp. 
(S 9 • 8-9 mm. Head shining glossy grey. Palpi grey irrorated 
dark fuscous, apex of second joint and base and apex of terminal 
joint whitish. Thorax dark violet-grey. Anterior and middle tarsi 
