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EXOTIC MICROLRPIDOPTERA. 
COPROMORPHID 2 E. 
Copromorpha cryptochlora, n. sp. 
J. 14 mm. Head, thorax whitish-ochreous, forehead mixed 
fuscous. Palpi second joint fuscous with blackish ring beneath 
white tip, terminal joint white with blackish median band. Antennae 
lamellate. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa hardly arched 
except at extremities, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, little 
oblique; violet-grey, irregularly suffused whitish in disc, with 
transverse series of golden-bronze tufts, some in disc dark coppery- 
grey posteriorly, on costa some spots of indigo-blue and coppery 
scales between these, apex partly suffused bronzy-ochreous : cilia 
grey. Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish, veins finely grey, terminal 
edge suffused grey ; cilia pale grey. 
Comoro Is., Grand Comoro ( Humblot ) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Paravieini). 
Allied to aeruginea. 
Copromorpha niesobactris, n. sp. 
<3 18 mm., $ 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax fuscous. Antennae 
lamellate. Forewings rather elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; 
rather dark fuscous, irregularly strewn with small tufts bronzy- 
purplish-metallic posteriorly, some towards termen forming irre¬ 
gular transverse strigae; a short slender whitish-ochreous longi¬ 
tudinal streak in middle of disc, <3 interrupted: cilia grey. Hind- 
wings 3 and 4 separate; grey; cilia light grey. 
Comoro Is., Mayotte, June; 1 <5. Also 1 $ in Coll. Paravieini 
from Reunion (Roussel). 
Copromorpha myrmecias, n. sp. 
5 . 16-18 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sometimes partially 
tinged grey on crown. Palpi whitish, second joint dark grey 
except tip, terminal joint with dark grey median ring. Thorax 
ochreous-whitish, more or less speckled dark grey. Forewings 
moderate, slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 
termen slightly rounded, little oblique ; whitish-grey, tips of scales 
dark grey, forming a fine transverse striolation; costa closely 
strigulated dark fuscous irroration, sometimes narrowly suffused 
whitish or pale brownish-ochreous; about 16 scattered round tufts 
in disc, whitish or pale ochreous anteriorly, violet-metallic posteriorly, 
of two large ones beyond cell upper slightly anterior; a series of 
several smaller similar tufts from near costa at to below middle 
of termen, and another from disc before this to tornus : cilia greyish, 
base pale. Hindwings 3 and 4 connate ; grey or light grey ; cilia 
whitish, a faint greyish subbasal shade. 
Bihar, Pusa, bred July, September, October from larvae boring 
top-shoots of Ficus bengalensis (Fletcher) ; 4 ex. Pupa stout, smooth, 
without spines. Very similar to metallitis and efflorescens from 
Ceylon, but distinct. This is the first discovery of the larval habits 
of any species of this interesting genus. 
