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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Punjab, Simla, 7500 feet, in jungle, June ( Fletcher ); 1 ex. 
Between callisphena and torodelta , but very distinct. 
Laspeyresia pycnochra Meyr. 
Described from $ bred from seeds of Sesbania. Of 4 specimens 
bred from seeds of Abrus precatorius, Saharanpur (Indian Forest 
Entomologist), the 2 appears identical with preceding; J has 
forewings much suffused whitish, hindwings light grey tinged 
whitish towards base, undersurface whitish with black irroration 
along costa from base to beyond middle, abdomen coarsely irrorated 
black except towards apex. 
Laspeyresia trasias, n. sp. 
6 2 • 13-14 mm. Head, thorax dark fuscous, with strong 
prismatic-blue reflections. Palpi dark blue-fuscous, posteriorly 
whitish. Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen somewhat oblique, rounded, slightly sinuate beneath 
apex ; dark fuscous, with strong iridescent-blue reflections; apical 
area beyond an irregular line from beyond middle of costa to 
tornus bronzy-greyish-ochreous, marked on anterior half with dark 
fuscous streaks on veins, beyond this with short black interneural 
dashes on upper part of wing and three black dots before lower 
part of termen ; five pairs of pale ochreous costal strigulae on light 
area, first emitting a short oblique leaden-blue striga, third another 
running beyond the black dashes to termen beneath apex, fifth 
somewhat larger and emitting a short blue mark; a short blue- 
leaden striga along termen opposite the black dots: cilia grey, a 
blackish subbasal line, beneath terminal sinuation some white 
scales. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia whitish ; in <5 above a sub¬ 
dorsal groove containing some long dark grey hairs. 
China, Peking, bred (Dr. J. G. Needham), details not sent but 
will be published by captor ; 3 ex. Allied to chelias. 
Laspeyresia reflectrix, n. sp. 
5 . 15 mm. Head, thorax grey (somewhat injured). Palpi 
yellowish-white. Forewings moderate, somewhat dilated, costa 
gently arched, termen hardly sinuate beneath obtuse apex, vertical; 
pale iridescent violet-grey ; extreme costal edge white with minute 
blackish strigulae ; a narrow erect reddish-brown fascia from dorsum 
just beyond middle, reaching | across wing, pointed at apex, edged 
anteriorly by a white line, its apex meeting an acutely angulated 
dark brownish-grey striga from a blackish mark on costa before 
middle ; remainder of wing beyond this deep purple, costal area 
obliquely streaked dark fuscous and blue-leaden, costal edge 
ochreous-white between these, no terminal dots : cilia glossy grey, 
a blackish basal line, tips whitish on upper part of termen. Hind¬ 
wings dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly, a streak of white suffusion 
along lower edge of cell: cilia violet-white, a dark fuscous basal 
line. 
Nyasaland, Zomba (Barlow) ; 1 ex. Allied to excisa Wals. 
