GRACILARIADiE. 
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white, more than apical half of basal joint and a band on fourth 
and part of third joints dark fuscous. Forewings dark violet-grey ; 
markings whitish-yellow, edged black scales; fasciate streaks from 
costa about ^ and f, reaching more than half across wing, first 
oblique, second nearly direct; a semioval or triangular spot on 
dorsum about |, narrowly produced on dorsum towards base ; a 
somewhat oblique-triangular spot from dorsum reaching half across 
wing, its apex midway between costal streaks : cilia grey, several 
dark fuscous lines. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Bihar, Pusa, bred August from larvae rolling leaves of Polygonum 
glabrum ( Polygonacece) {Fletcher) ; Coorg, Dibidi, 3000 feet, August 
( Newcome ) ; Assam, Khasis, August, September; 6 ex. With 
examples bred at Pusa was also bred what seems to be a melanic 
variety of the same species; the markings of forewings are totally 
absent, not indicated even by the black outline; the palpi are also 
wholly dark, and the anterior and middle tarsi except the basal area 
of second joint. 
Gracilaria thyxnophanes, n. sp. 
(5 J. 10-12 mm. Head violet-brown, face whitish. Palpi 
whitish, terminal joint with faint fuscous subbasal and subapical 
rings. Thorax brownish. Abdomen grey, beneath whitish-yellow. 
Forewings very narrow, light yellow ; costa with about 12 small 
black dots from near base to |; dorsal third suffused light coppery- 
purple becoming obsolete near base, along termen rather wider and 
mixed with dark fuscous scales shot deep purple-blue ; a small 
spot of blackish-grey irroration in disc just beyond middle, some¬ 
times little marked or obsolete : cilia light grey, round apex three 
lines of black speckling. Hindwings grey : cilia light grey. 
Bihar, Pusa, bred November from larvae mining and subse¬ 
quently rolling leaves of Odina wodier ( Anacardiacece ) ( Fletcher ) ; 
3 ex. Between chalcanthes and recitata. 
Gracilaria eurycryptis, n. sp. 
<$. 9 mm. Head white, crown suffusedly mixed grey. Palpi 
rough-scaled anteriorly, white, apical band of second joint and 
median band of terminal dark fuscous. Thorax white, somewhat 
sprinkled dark grey. Forewings white ; a broad somewhat irre¬ 
gular-edged blackish-fuscous band occupying wing from to middle, 
slightly sprinkled grey, a white spot in middle of its costal edge; 
two narrow irregular approximated grey fascise irrorated blackish 
about |; a blackish horseshoe-shaped mark at apex: cilia white, 
tips speckled light grey, on tornal area wholly light grey. Hind¬ 
wings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Andamans, Port Blair, October (Ferrar) ; 1 ex. 
Gracilaria leptophanes, n. sp. 
c? 10 mm. Head metallic pale bronzj T -grey. Palpi, thorax dark 
purplish-fuscous. Forewings dark iridescent purple; five slender 
shining whitish-yellow transverse fasciae, first towards base, irregular, 
