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Leucoptera splienograpta Meyr. 
Examples sent from Dehra Dun, similarly bred January from 
Dalbergia sissu , have the yellow markings of forewings less 
developed, a semioval spot of grey suffusion on median area of 
dorsum, and a smaller one towards tornus ; I take them only for 
a climatic or seasonal form. 
Lyoiietia niyura, n. sp. 
<y . 7 mm. Head, palpi silvery-whitish, crown smooth. Thorax 
light grey. Forewings narrow-lanceolate, apex long-linear- 
caudate ( = 5 of wing); light grey passing suffusedly into orange 
on posterior half (exclusive of filament); a moderate black prm- 
apical fascia, preceded by small white costal and dorsal spots, and 
preceding a small white apical spot (exclusive of apical filament, 
which is also white); a blackish-grey spot on dorsum before middle 
of whole wing : cilia grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Peru, Iquitos, March ( Parish ); 1 ex. 
Lyoiietia retrofiexa, n. sp. 
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<$ . 10 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax silvery-white, crown 
smooth. Forewings white ; apical ^ bronzy-orange, its anterior 
edge convex, margined dark fuscous in disc ; apex strongly reflexed, 
a bilobed black apical spot in cilia : cilia whitish-grey, round apex 
dark grey, forming three projecting hooks. Hindwings grey; 
cilia light grey. 
Peru, Jurimaguas, March ( Parish ); 1 ex. Allied to zapyropis. 
Bedellia spectrodes, n. sp. 
cf . 9 mm. Head whitish, sidetufts of crown light brownish. 
Palpi whitish. Antennae grey-whitish or pale greyish, faintly 
ringed grey. Thorax grey-whitish. Forewings ochreous-grey- 
whitish, slightly greyish-sprinkled towards apex : cilia grey-whitish. 
Hindwings light grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 
Bihar, Pusa, February (Z). P. Singh)’, 2 ex. The most uniformly 
coloured species of the genus. 
Buccnlatrix ruficoina, n. sp. 
<5 $ . 6 mm. Head ferruginous-brown, darker on forehead. 
Thorax light oehreous-brown. Forewings brown, lighter and 
ochreous-tinged anteriorly, with two or three black scales, 
irrorated dark fuscous posteriorly ; plical stigma forming a rather 
large black tuft: cilia grey, some rows of black points. Hind¬ 
wings and cilia grey. 
Uganda, Kampala, bred August from sweet potato ( Ipomoea 
batatas ) (H . Hargreaves) ; 3 ex. (type Brit Mus.). A distinct 
species, economically interesting ; cocoons sent, of the usual ribbed 
type. The larva is called a leaf-miner, but perhaps in final stage 
feeds exposed as usual. 
