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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Lecithocera crossophaea, n. sp. 
2 . 13 mm. Head, thorax ochreous-whitish. Palpi "whitish, 
second joint fuscous except apex. Antennae 1-h, whitish, incom¬ 
pletely ringed fuscous beneath. Forewings elongate, slightly 
dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen hardly 
sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 
7 to termen ; ochreous-whitish, tinged yellowish posteriorly, thinly 
speckled fuscous; discal stigmata black, beneath second an erect 
spot of grey suffusion from dorsum not reaching it; apical and 
terminal edge dark fuscous : cilia pale ochreous, on termen suffused 
fuscous with a dark fuscous median line. Hindwings 3 and 4 
coincident; light grey ; cilia pale greyish. 
Sikkim, Kalimpong ( Lindgren ); I ex. Allied to aulias and 
metacciusta. 
Lecithocera monobyrsa, n. sp. 
B. 18 mm. Head, palpi, antennae light ochreous. Thorax 
fuscous. Posterior tibiae yellow-ochreous, basal half dark fuscous. 
Fore wings elongate, rather dilated, termen faintly sinuate, rather 
oblique; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex ; light 
brownish-ochreous : cilia concolorous. Hindwings and cilia greyish- 
ochreous. 
Uganda, Madi, May ( G. D. H. Carpenter ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Lecithocera corythaeola, n. sp. 
d. 18 mm. Head shining bronze, face golden-bronze. Palpi 
orange, terminal joint much longer than second, fuscous anteriorly. 
Antennae orange, becoming white on apical half. Thorax grey- 
purple. Fore wings elongate, costa slightly arched, faintly sinuate 
in middle, apex obtuse-pointed, termen straight, oblique ; 2 and 
3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to just above apex; dull purple, 
dorsal f- suffused grey : cilia light greyish-ochreous, a broad median 
shade and some basal bars on termen light bluish-grey. Hind¬ 
wings 3 and 4 connate ; dark grey; cilia light greyish, a darker 
subbasal shade. 
Uganda, Bwamba Valley, bred February from larva feeding 
“between joined leaves of Coffea , on surface tissue” ( H . Har¬ 
greaves j ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). Perhaps allied to ccanthocosma , but 
narrower-winged. 
Lecithocera ianthodes, n. sp. 
<5*. 12 mm. Head purple-bronzy-fuscous, sides of crown 
ochreous-yellowish. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, anterior edge of 
terminal joint fuscous. Antennae light ochreous-yellowish. Thorax 
lilac-fulvous. Abdomen light greyish, anal tuft light ochreous- 
yellowish. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique; 2 and 3 
short-stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex; light fuscous irrorated 
dark fuscous; discal stigmata dark fuscous, second forming a 
