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EXOTIC M1CROLEPID0PTERA. 
Cacoecia binigrata, n. sp. 
$ . 20-21 mm. Head, palpi, thorax violet-brown. Forewings 
moderate, somewhat dilated, costa anteriorly moderately arched, 
with broad fold narrowed to J-, posteriorly faintly sinuate, apex 
rather prominent, termen nearly vertical, sinuate, rounded beneath; 
dark violet; markings ferruginous-brown, edged . with a few 
scattered whitish scales; expansible hairtuft within costal fold 
light ochreous; an oblique fasciate blotch from dorsum at ^ 
reaching half across wing, apex irregular, darker; central fascia 
from beneath end of costal fold to dorsum before tornus, broad, 
almost pointed above, anterior edge nearly straight, posterior 
angulated-prominent in disc and towards dorsum, posterior half 
violet-suffused on dorsal half; a fascia extending on costa from 
about middle to T and narrowed gradually to termen above tornus, 
edges somewhat sinuate, crossed by two black dashes above middle, 
above these a small round violet-grey spot; an irregular streak 
along apical part of termen, separated from preceding b} 7 two partly 
confluent silvery-whitish strise, forming small whitish-yellow spots 
on costa: cilia violet-brown, becoming whitish-yellowish towards 
tornus, round apex tips blackish. Hindwings dark grey; apex 
suffused orange; cilia grey, round apex suffused orange. Hind- 
wings beneath with apical and costal areas pale orange sprinkled 
deeper and grey. 
Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, August, October ( kletcher ) ; 2 ex. 
Near solida , but recognisable by black dashes and prominent apex 
of forewings, and orange apex of hindwings. 
Cacoecia stenochorda, n. sp. 
. 18 mm. Head pale brownisk-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, 
minute terminal joint and apex of second pale ochreous. Antennae 
subdentate, ciliations 1. Thorax pale ochreous, a dark fuscous bar 
across front of dorsum and middle of tegulae. Fore wings moderate, 
dilated, costa moderately arched, with scaled fold on basal third, 
apex rounded, termen rounded, little oblique; light brownish- 
ockreous, strewn with small strigulae of dark fuscous irroration ; a 
blackish dot beneath costa near base, and one beyond this in disc; 
central fascia represented by a narrow dark fuscous hardly oblique 
transverse streak before middle, triangularl} T expanded on costa, on 
lower half followed by some grey suffusion ; a black dot in disc at 
; an inwards-oblique narrowed fasciate spot from costa towards 
apex reaching across wing, two fine dark fuscous striae from 
posterior edge of this to near tornus : cilia pale ochreous, a dark 
fuscous antemedian line. Hindwings iridescent-hyaline very closely 
irrorated dark grey, appearing iridescent-grey with paler veins; 
cilia pale greyish, a darker subbasal line, base pale ochreous. 
Philippines, Luzon, Mt. Makiling (Baker) : 1 ex. A very 
distinct form. 
Cacoecia difficilis, n. sp. 
<y . 21-22 mm. Head, thorax greyish-ochreous or light brown. 
Palpi brown. Antennal ciliations Forewings suboblong, slightly 
