TORTKICIDiE. 
605 
Bihar, Pusa, bred December, January, March from larvae boring 
twigs of Bauhinia purpurea (Leguminosce) (Fletcher) ; 4 ex. Allied 
to stirpicola and amphilecta. 
Laspeyresia spumans, n. sp. 
g. 12 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark grey, whitish-speckled. 
Fore wings rather elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex 
obtuse, termen slightly sinuate beneath apex, slightly oblique; 
dark grey, tips of scales pale or whitish ; costa blackish-mixed, with 
6 or 7 pairs of whitish striguise posteriorly, from which lighter 
violet-grey streaks converge to above ocellus ; a somewhat oblique 
fasciate blotch of four irregular subconfluent whitish strigse from 
dorsum beyond middle reaching more than half across wing; ocellus 
edged by an irregular angulated whitish striga anteriorly, and a 
straight silvery line posteriorly preceded by three transversely placed 
black dots surrounded by whitish irroration ; an irregular-edged 
hemispherical blotch of whitish suffusion resting partly on ocellus 
and partly on dorsal blotch : cilia fuscous, a dark fuscous whitish- 
edged subbasal line. Hindwings dark fuscous, lighter and thinly 
scaled towards base, dorsal third on both surfaces suffused with 
black scales; cilia grey, a dark grey subbasal line, base whitish. 
Cameroons, Johann-Albrechts Hohe Station ( Conradt ) ; 1 ex. 
(Coll. Paravicini). Allied to aplirospila. 
Laspeyresia aeolornis, n. sp. 
2 . 14-15 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish. Thorax 
light greyish-Gchreous, shoulders whitish-ochreous. Forewings 
moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen sinuate beneath apex, then somewhat obliquely rounded ; 
grey, anteriorly suffused whitish-grey-ochreous, posteriorly irregu¬ 
larly mottled pale greyish-ochreous; two oblique pale greyish- 
ochreous streaks from dorsum beyond middle reaching half across 
wiug; costa except towards base ochreous-whitish obliquely 
strigulated dark fuscous : apex ochreous ; a very oblique blue- 
leaden striga from costa at | to a whitish dot on subapical sinuation, 
preceded by three slight blackish longitudinal marks ; three black 
sometimes elongate dots before lower part of termen, surrounded 
by pale ochreous: cilia pale grey with whitish reflections, a black 
basal line, interrupted whitish on subapical dot. Hindwings grey, 
darker posteriorly ; cilia light grey, a dark grey basal line. 
Bismarce Is., Squally I., August ( Eichhorn ); Solomon Is,, 
Guadalcanar (Meek); 2 ex. 
TORTRICIDJE. 
Homona capiiobathra, n. sp. 
<y . 28 mm. Head, palpi, thorax light brownish-ochreous, palpi 
rather infuscated. Antennal ciliations 1. Forewings rather 
broad, suboblong, costa without fold, "anteriorly [rather strongly. 
