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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
prominent aboye middle, on dorsum with broad lobe extending to 
middle; central fascia broad, oblique, anterior edge somewhat 
prominent in disc ; costal spot moderate, hemispherical, with a more 
or less developed fasciate streak extending about | across wing: 
cilia brown. Hindwings grey, sometimes faintly darker-mottled 
towards apex ; cilia greyish, a dark grey subbasal line. 
Portuguese Guinea, Sao Thome I., February (T. A. Barns); 5 ex. 
Tortrix noseropis, n. sp. 
2 . ^5 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale whitish-ochreous. Fore¬ 
wings suboblong, costa anteriorly moderately arched, posteriorly 
straight; apex pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique; whitish- 
ochreous, slightly more ochreous on dorsal area; a few fuscous 
specks towards apex: cilia ochreous-whitish, slightly speckled grey 
opposite apex. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Bengal, Calcutta (Atkinson); 1 ex. 
Diactenis veligera, n. sp. 
3 2 . 8-9 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish. Forewings 
whitish, posteriorly tinged ochreous; a small blackish spot on 
costa beyond middle ; a cloudy rather oblique-transverse blotch of 
fuscous irroration in disc beneath this, connected with costal spot 
and dorsum by short slender streaks ; an angulated series of small 
faint dots of fuscous speckling from beyond costal spot to torn us: 
cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 
Andamans, Mt. Harriet, 1200 feet, April (Ferrar) ; Queensland, 
Cairns, October (Doclcl); 2 ex. The record of pteroneura from 
Australia is erroneous, and referred to this species. 
Diactenis deformata, n. sp. 
<$ . 10 mm. Head, palpi, thorax ochreous-whitish. Forewings 
apex pointed, termen slightly rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 
whitish, tinged ochreous in disc posteriorly ; an elongate fuscous 
spot on middle of costa ; four or five dots of fuscous irroration 
on dorsum, and two beneath fold towards base : cilia ochreous- 
whitish. Hindwings and cilia grey-whitish. 
Assam, Khasis ; 1 ex. 
Diactenis bidentifera, n. sp. 
S • 8 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi white, second joint 
fuscous except apex. Forewings termen slightly rounded, rather 
strongly oblique; white, on dorsal half and posteriorly slightly 
speckled and srrigulated pale ochreous-grey; markings light 
brownish mixed black specks ; a small spot on costa before middle, 
and four dots between this, and base; two short rather oblique 
parallel blackish streaks from middle of dorsum; a small irregular 
blackish spot on end of cell; a small erect brownish spot from 
tornus; a series of slight marks from costa at J to termen below 
