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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
very long whitish hairs near dorsal edge towards base spreading 
upwards over whole of cell, partially covered by expanded area of 
hind wings. 
Dutch New Guinea, Upper Setekwa R., Snow Mts., 2500 feet, 
September (Meek) ; 1 ex, (Coll. Paravicini). 
Sarisophora praecentrix, n. sp. 
(S • 13 mm. Head, thorax ochreous-yellow, shoulders fuscous. 
Palpi normal, ochreous-yellow, a dark fuscous lateral streak on 
second joint. Antennae pale yellowish, dotted fuscous above, with 
basal and apical dark fuscous bands. Porewings elongate, slightly 
dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, 
oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; orange-yellow, some 
scattered dark fuscous specks ; a short streak of dark fuscous suffu¬ 
sion on base of costa; an incurved streak of dark fuscous irroration 
from costa at | to dorsum at | : cilia orange-yellow. Hindwings 
and cilia light ochreous-yellow. 
British New Guinea, Hydrographer Mts., 2500 feet, January, 
February ( Eichhorn ) ; 2 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). Allied to tcimiodes. 
Sarisophora agorastis, n. sp. 
3 . 22 mm. Head pale greyish-violet, sidetufts ochreous- 
yellowish. Palpi pale yellowish, second joint light greyish-violet 
except tip. Antennae pale greyish. Thorax fuscous. Porewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, some¬ 
what oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; light 
fuscous, veins marked very fine dark lines ; stigmata cloudy, dark 
fuscous, plical rather obliquely before first discal, second discal 
transverse; minute dark fuscous dots on ends of veins: cilia light 
brownish-ochreous. Hindwings pale greyish-ochreous, somewhat 
greyer towards apex ; cilia pale grey-yellowish. 
Sikkim, Gangtok, 6000 feet. May (Colonel F. M. Bailey ); 1 ex. 
Lecithocera zopheropis, n. sp. 
5 . 16 mm. Head light glossy grey, face and sides of crown 
whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennae whitish- 
ochreous ringed grey. Thorax grey. Porewings elongate, costa 
slightly arched, apex obtuse,, termen very obliquely rounded; 2 and 
3 short-stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex ; grey suffusedly irro- 
rated dark purplish-fuscous ; discal stigmata represented by cloudy 
spots of darker suffusion : cilia greyish. Hindwings 3 and 4 co¬ 
incident ; grey ; cilia pale greyish. 
Sikkim, Gangtok, 6000 feet, May (Colonel F. M. Bailey ); 1 ex. 
Allied to contrada. 
Lecithocera niphomitra, n. sp. 
2 . 17-18 mm. Head light brownish, forehead and antennae 
snow-white. Palpi second joint pale greyish-ochreous, terminal 
