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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
lines occupied by a nearly circular patch of close dark grey irrora- 
tion, extended as a narrow irregular fascia near second line to 
dorsum ; a blackish line on fold from middle of wing to tornus ; a 
rounded-trapezoidal golden-yellow blotch on costa towards apex, 
edged first with white and then with black; a wedgeshaped grey 
blackish-edged mark on subapical indentation; between second 
line and termen an irregular grey fascia on dorsal half of wing, 
followed by two blackish dots near middle of termen: cilia violet- 
gre} r -whitish with two dark grey lines, interrupted by a small 
whitish spot on subapical indentation, the whole submetallic. 
‘Hindwings grey; cilia pale greyish, a dark grey subbasal line. 
Fiji, Lautoka, June (if. Veitch ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Diptychophora equestris, n. p. 
<5 . 13 mm. Head, thorax pale ochreous, teguke dark fuscous 
except lateral edge. Labial palpi dark grey, an ochreous-whitish 
median band sprinkled grey. Maxillary palpi ochreous-grey- 
whitish, a dark fuscous median ring. Abdomen blackish, segments 
1-4 ochreous-white, 2-4 with black basal bands, anal tuft and 
genitalia ochreous-white, base black. Forewings termen rather 
more oblique than usual; chestnut-brown; first line ochreous- 
white, angulated above middle, broad on dorsal half, basal area as 
far as this blackish, dorsal edge ochreous-white; some blackish 
irroration on dorsum beyond first line; costal area between lines 
suffused orange-fulvous; second line strongly excurved from costa 
to fold, on upper half fulvous edged grey towards costa, on lower 
half obscurely whitish irregularly edged dark grey ; apical area 
orange enclosing a rhomboidal silvery-white blotch; three small 
closely approximated black spots on lower part of termen : cilia 
submetallic grey-whitish, with dark grey subbasal line and apical 
shade, interrupted by an ochreous-white spot on subapical indenta¬ 
tion. Hindwings 3-5 approximated near base ; ochreous-whitish ; 
cilia whitish, a faint greyish subbasal line round apex. 
Assam, Khasi Hills, April; 1 ex. Allied to tripunctata Moore, 
but specially distinguished by the curious black and white colouring 
of thorax and abdomen, and black basal patch of fore wings. 
Diptychophora rusticula, n. sp. 
<5 5 • 11-12 mm. Head white or whitish, face $ sometimes 
infuscated. Labial palpi dark grey, a median orange longitudinal 
blotch. Maxillary palpi dark grey, base whitish. Thorax white 
partly tinged yellowish and irregularly sprinkled grey. Abdomen 
white, S with basal segmental rings and segment 6 wholly dark 
fuscous, apex tinged' yellowish. Fore wings white irregularly 
sprinkled grey ; first line somewhat curved near costa, blackish, 
placed in a more or less distinct white band, preceded on dorsal half 
by a blotch varying from dark fuscous to yellowish, and on costa 
by grey or yellowish suffusion; a broad ill-defined postmedian band 
of grey irroration variably mixed yellow suffusion, with blotches 
