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EXOTIC M1CEOLEPIDOPTERA. 
Brachyacma trychota, n. sp. 
$ . 10 mm. Head, antenna, thorax white. Palpi white, second 
joint dark fuscous except apex. Forewings rather narrow, apex 
pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; pale ochreous slightly 
sprinkled fuscous, costal area broadly suffused white from base to 
beyond middle; stigmata rather large, elongate, formed of blackish 
irroration, first discal beyond middle, plical very obliquely before 
first discal, a similar mark on tornus ; some blackish scales at apex : 
cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey. 
Bombay , Dharwar, March ( Mcixiuell ); 1 ex. 
Diehomeris melanortha, n. sp. 
2 • 12 mm. Head grey. Palpi dark grey, apical edge of second 
joint speckled whitish, tuft long, pointed, terminal joint whitish, 
anterior edge dark fuscous. Thorax grey, tegulae pale greyish- 
ochreous. shoulders dark fuscous. Fore wings apex pointed, termen 
very obliquely rounded ; dark grey, somewhat sprinkled blackish 
and whitish, especially on veins posteriorly ; costal edge from base 
to beyond middle blackish, with about 8 oblique cloudy whitish 
strigulse; a blackish streak along fold from near base to middle of 
wing, and another from before middle of disc to apex : cilia grey- 
whitish, base slightly sprinkled blackish. Hindwings grey, sub¬ 
hyaline and tinged violet-blue in disc and towards base ; cilia 
light grey. 
Bombay, Poona, November ( Maxwell ); 1 ex. 
Diehomeris resignata, n. sp. 
cf 2 • 10-11 mm. Head, thorax oohreous-whitish, in a short 
strong ochreous-whitish hairpencil from beneath shoulder directed 
along side of thorax. Palpi whitish, second joint dark fuscous 
except apical margin, tuft very long, pointed (easily abraded, only 
perfect in one specimen), anterior edge of terminal joint dark 
fuscous. Forewings termen obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, 
some slight fuscous speckling on dorsal area; a very few minute 
black specks on costa, and two small dark fuscous marks or dots 
bejmnd middle ; stigmata small, dark fuscous or blackish, plical 
rather obliquely before first discal, sometimes an additional dot 
midway between first discal and base ; a marginal series of blackish 
dots round apex and termen : cilia pale yellow-ochreous, yellower 
towards base. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 
New Hebrides, Espiritii Santo, August ( Buxton ); 4 ex. (type 
Brit. Mus.). 
Diehomeris renascens Wals. 
Texas, Forestburg, Fort Davis, Alpine, 5000-7000 feet; July, 
August, October, November ; 4 ex. Described from Mexico. 
Gaesa explicata, n. sp. 
S . 17 mm. Head, thorax greyish-ochreous. Palpi second 
joint dark fuscous, tuft moderate, triangular, apical margin whitish, 
