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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPIERA. 
scales anteriorly towards apex, dark fuscous except apex. Fore¬ 
wings elongate, apex obtuse-pointed, termen obliquely rounded; 
2 and 3 short-stalked, 7 absent; pale ochreous, thinly scattered 
dark fuscous scales; some ochreous-whitish suffusion towards 
costa anteriorly, b tse of costal edge black ; discal stigmata small, 
black; some slight fuscous irroraraon towards termen: cilia pale 
ochreous, Hindwings 4 absent ; whitish-grey ; cilia whitish- 
ochreous. 
Ceylon, Maskeliya, January ( Pole )- 1 ex. A distinct form. 
LecithocQra stomohapta, n. sp. 
2 . 12-14 mm. Head fuscous, face and upper orbits whitish- 
oelireous. Palpi whitish-yellow, terminal joint fuscous except 
apex and sometimes base. Antennae fuscous, apex whitish. Thorax 
rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, apex obtuse-pointed, 
termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 
9 out of 7, 7 to termen ; rather dark fuscous, bases of scales pale 
or whitish ; stigmata forming suffused roundish dark fuscous spots, 
piieal somewhat before first discal, sometimes confluent with it, 
sometimes an additional 3pot beneath and confluent with second 
discal; an ochreous-whitish mark on costa at |, sometimes some¬ 
what extended along edge: cilia fuscous. Hindwings 3 and 4 
coincident; grey ; cilia light grey. 
Coorg, Dibidi, 3500 feet (Newcome) ; Bombay, Dharwar (Max¬ 
well)-, June, August, February, 5 ex. Perhaps allied to con- 
tracta. 
Lecitliocsra crocosema, n. sp. 
$ . 13-14 mm. Head violet-fuscous, face pale ochreous-yellowisk. 
Palpi normal, pale ochreous-yellowish, terminal joint anteriorly 
dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark violet-fuscous. 
Forewings elongate, termen straight, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 
8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex ; purple-fuscous irrorated dark fuscous 
and slightly sprinkled whitish; stigmata forming small obscure 
cloudy blackish spots, piieal .-slightly before first discal: an elongate 
suffused light ochreous-yellowish mark on costa at -i : cilia dark 
purplish-grey, lighter on tornns. Hindwings 3 and 4 coincident; 
grey, darker towards apex; cilia gre} T . 
B . 13-14 mm. Palpi much modified, straight, porrected or 
drooping, second joint thickened with scales, with lai'ge and very 
long expansible tuft of yellowish hairs from base beneath, but 
capable of spreading up above apex, and apical tuft of projecting 
expansible blackish scales a ove, terminal joint shorter, thickened, 
rough-scaled above except apex. Middle tibiae b neath with long 
expansible brush tuft of ochreous-yellowish hairscales ; posterior 
tibiae above with very long' expansible brush-tuft of ochreous- 
yellowish hairs. 
Andamaxs, Mt. Harriet, 1200 feet, May (Ferrar) ; 7 ex. (4 <$, 
3 2 )• Perhaps in no other species has the a more extensive 
assortment of large sceut-tufts. 
