GELECHTAD J£.—-MICROPTERYGIDiE. 
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Apethistis purificata, n. sp. 
$ . 13 mm. Head, palpi, thorax yellow-whitish. Forewings 
rather elongate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen slightly 
rounded, oblique; yellow-whitish ; discal stigmata black, second 
somewhat transverse, plical minute, somewhat before first discal; a 
praemarginal angulated series of minute blackish dots round posterior 
fourth of costa and termen, and one on dorsum before second discal: 
cilia yellow-whitish. Hindwings and cilia grey-whitish. 
Sikkim, Kalimpong ( Lindgren ) ; 1 ex. Allied to dolosa. 
Antosticha ansata, n. sp. 
6 $ . 15-16 mm. Head grey-whitish, sides of crown greyer. 
Palpi whitish, second joint dark fuscous except apex. Thorax 
whitish-grey. Fore wings rather narrow, slightly dilated, costa 
gently arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; light 
greyish-ochreous, slightly sprinkled fuscous ; a suffused dark fuscous 
dot at base of costa ; stigmata dark fuscous, plical rather obliquely 
before first discal; some dark fuscous irroration along median third 
of costa ; transverse spots of brownish suffusion and dark fuscous 
irroration from costa and dorsum rather beyond second discal stigma ; 
a marginal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots round apex and termen : 
cilia light greyish-ochreous, tips whitish. Hindwings light grey ; 
cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 
Madras, Palnis, Kodaikanal, 7000 feet, August (T . B. Fletcher) ; 
3 ex. Nearest relcixata. 
(xelechia melitophanes, n. sp. 
<d 5 . 17 mm. Head, thorax yellow-whitish, shoulder dark 
fuscous. Fore wings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, 
termen slightly sinuate, oblique; whitish-yellow, markings dark 
brown or dark fuscous ; a spot on base of costa; a moderate some¬ 
what oblique fascia from costa before middle, in one example 
marked with two costal dots of groundcolour, and another broader 
and more irregular from costa at f, these united beneath by a 
broad dorsal band continued along termen to costa : cilia purplish- 
grey, a blackish median shade. Hindwings termen rather sinuate ; 
rather dank grey ; cilia grey. 
Palestine, Mt. Carmel, May (S. Tajpuhhi) ; 2 ex. (type Brit. 
Mus.). Allied to the Indian blandulella. 
MlCROPTERYGIDiE. 
Neopseustis calliglanca Meyr. 
Four specimens taken by Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher near Shil¬ 
long, 5000 feet (3 in May, the other in July) ; apparently extremely 
local. From these I find that the middle tibiae have two apical 
spurs instead of one only, a very important character, which 
discriminates the genus from the Eriocrania group, and constitutes 
it a separate group of equivalent value ; the superficial characters 
