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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Heteroderces paeta, n. sp. 
3 . 8 mm. Head, thorax white. Antennae white, a narrow 
fuscous subapical band. Palpi white, sprinkled grey anteriorly. 
Forewings elongate, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely 
rounded; white, faintly irrorated greyish, some minute scattered 
black specks ; costal edge black at base ; discal stigmata black, 
first small, second rather large, round, a rather large black dot 
below and rather obliquely before it: cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 
Ceylon, Trincomali, June ( Fletcher ); 1 ex. 
Lscithocera cratophanes, n. sp. 
$ . 21 mm. Head shining purple-fuscous, face and sides of 
crown whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-yellow, terminal joint 
dark fuscous anteriorly. Antennae ochreous-yellow ringed dark 
fuscous. Thorax fuscous, shoulders whitish-ochreous. Abdomen 
rather dark grey, apex light yellowish. Forewmgs elongate, 
slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen faintly 
sinuate, hardly oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 
termen ; dark fuscous, irrorated ochreous-whitish ; a short suffused 
whitish-ochreous streak from base beneath costa; discal stigmata 
cloudy, dark fuscous ; costal edge tinged ochreous-yellow from ^ to 
near apex : cilia purplish-fuscous, base oehreous-yellowish within 
a fulvous antemedian shade. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia 
purplish-grey, base light oehreous-yellowish. 
Cochin-China, Cape St. Jacques; 1 ex. (Coll. Joannis). 
Lecithocera carcinopis, n. sp. 
3 . 11 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 
second joint fuscous except apex. Antennae ochreous-whitish 
ringed fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous sprinkled fuscous. Fore¬ 
wings elongate, apex pointed, termen very 7 obliquely rounded ; 
2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen ; whitish-ochreous 
irrorated fuscous and dark fuscous; first discal stigma formed of 
one or two dark fuscous specks, second forming a small irregular 
blackish spot, a similar spot on dorsum beneath it: cilia ochreous- 
whitish, base sprinkled dark fuscous, a grey antemedian and fainter 
postmedian shade. Hindwings 4 absent; pale grey; cilia grey- 
whitish. 
Kanaka, Sirsi, February ( Maxwell ) ; 1 ex. Allied to omphcicias. 
Lecithocera goniometra, n. sp. 
3 . 15 mm. Head, antennae, thorax whitish-ochreous, orbits 
fuscous except above. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint light 
fuscous except apex. Forewings elongate, dilated, costa moderately 
arched posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen straight, rather oblique; 
2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to below apex; whitish- 
ochreous ; a short dark fuscous streak on base of costa ; discal 
