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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Labdia gastroptila, n. sp. 
. 9 mm. Head, thorax whitish, shoulders grey. Palpi white, 
second joint dark fuscous except apex. Forewings ferruginous- 
brown ; costa slenderly rather dark grey on basal third; an oblique 
series of three white dashes (costal, supramedian, and subdorsal) 
about and some white scales towards end of fold; a blackish dot 
on tornus, above which is a short white streak, and followed by a 
silvery dot; from costa beyond middle a white oblique streak to disc, 
then gradually upcurved nearly to meet a streak along costa from 
same point with downcurved tip towards apex of wing; a white 
streak along upper part of termen, and blackish apical spot above 
this: cilia whitish, on costa white, a blackish basal line. Hind- 
wings grey ; cilia whitish-grey. Abdomen silvery-whitish, a small 
black dorsal tuft towards apex, anal tuft pale yellowish. 
Bombay, Surat, January ( R . M. Maxwell); 1 ex. 
Pyroderces dactyliota, n. sp. 
<5 5 • 8-10 mm. Head whitish, crown slightly mixed reddish- 
grey. Palpi whitish, second joint with two blackish bands, terminal 
joint with base and three indistinct rings blackish. Thorax 
whitish mixed light reddish and grey. Forewings light greyish- 
rosy ; a moderate somewhat oblique white fascia at anteriorly 
black-edged on upper half, posterior portion suffused and sprinkled 
black; a narrower more oblique sinuate white median fascia 
sprinkled black, including a black spot above middle, obliquely 
before and beneath which is a black tuft edged white anteriorly ; 
from end of this fascia a whitish costal streak to near apex, 
sprinkled black anteriorly and with a blackish spot beyond its 
middle; an upcurved whitish streak sprinkled black from tornus to 
middle of termen, apex of this and of costal streak joined by a 
direct black bar: cilia rosy-whitish, more rosy at apex, some slight 
black sprinkling beneath apex. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish- 
grey. 
Malaya, Sepang, bred Hay from decaying flowers of Cocos 
nucifera ((?. H. Corbett ); 2 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). Recognisable 
by the black prteapical bar of forewings. 
Pyroderce3 centropecta, n. sp. 
c3 2 • 10-11 mm. Head grey, face whitish. Palpi white, 
second joint blackish towards apex anteriorly, terminal joint with 
four grey rings. Forewings dark gre} T , extreme costal edge touched 
white; black dots beneath costa at before middle, and at |; an 
eval blackish apical spot including a short whitish longitudinal 
mark, and partly edged whitish anteriorly: cilia grey, an apical 
spot of whitish suffusion. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Malaya, Serdang, bred September from fruits of Elms guineensis 
(G. H. Corbett ); 3 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
