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cilia towards tormis whitish-ochreous, on costa with blackish apical 
hook, beneath this a line of black points. Hindwings grey. 
Japan, Kurashiki, bred September from larvae mining in bark of 
pear-tree ( Pyrus communis ); mine (sent) resembles the leaf-mine 
of a Lithocolletis ; pupation within the mine ; “ the species does 
considerable damage at times ” ( C . Harukawa). 
Acrocercops lilhochalca, n 0 sp. 
d'. 11 mm. Head, thorax shining bronze. Palpi smooth, 
whitish, a dark grey lateral line. Forewings bright shining 
brassy-bronze ; markings shining violet-white, blackish-edged; 
oblique streaks from costa at ^ and |, reaching half across wing, 
two longer ones before and beyond |, and two dots near apex; 
a short very oblique streak from dorsum beyond first costal, some 
irregular irroration on dorsal half between second and third costal 
streaks, and a dot at tornus ; a small round black apical spot, edged 
at each end by minute violet-white dots : cilia grey, on costa 
blackish, shining white bars on costal and terminal markings, and 
a blackish apical hook. (Hindwings missing.) 
Sikkim, Gangtok, 6000 feet, May ( Colonel F. M. Bailey ). A 
brilliant and very distinct species, related to the Australian eumetalla 
and its allies. 
Acrocercops astiopa, n. sp. 
2 . 5-6 mm. Head silvery-whitish, face beneath a dark fuscous 
bar infuscated. Palpi white, tip of second joint fuscous. Thorax 
brownish, posterior half white. Forewings rather dark brown ; 
five narrow slightly oblique parallel white fascise edged dark fuscous, 
first almost basal, finely attenuated costalljq second at third 
beyond middle, fourth very slender, interrupted in middle, fifth 
practically apical, extended into cilia, leaving a minute blackish 
apical dot: cilia grey, on costa mixed darker. Hindwings grey ; 
cilia light grey. 
Bihar, Pusa, bred July from larvae mining leaves of Polyalthia 
longifolia ( Anonacece ) ( Haq ) ; 2 ex. Most like zygonoma. 
Acrocercops crypsigrapha, n. sp. 
S . 7 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi white, second joint with 
projecting scales at apex beneath, apex of second joint and an 
indistinct median ring of terminal joint tinged grey. Forewings 
pale brownish, darker-speckled ; base narrowly white ; broad white 
hardly oblique fasciae at J and beyond middle, edges slightly black- 
specxled, second slightly narrower towards costa ; an oblique 
transverse irregular white line at |, upper half finely edged black 
posteriorly ; a white apical blotch edged anteriorly by a very fine 
straight black line thickened on costa : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, 
white bars on upper and lower ends of apical blotch, a dark grey 
line at apex before tips. Hindwings grey ; cilia light greyish. 
Burma, Thaton, March ( Fletcher ); 1 ex. Nearest calycophthalmci. 
