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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
4 and 5 approximated at origin, 6 and 7 stalked, 6 to termen; 
frenulum apparently simple in both sexes. 
A peculiar form of dubious affinity. 
Stasiphron cryptomorplia, n. sp. 
c? $ . 7-8 mm. Head, thorax grey, face tinged whitish, thorax 
sometimes partly sprinkled whitish. Palpi grey, tips of joints 
white. Porewings rather broad-lanceolate, widest near base, 
pointed; dark bronzy-grey, sometimes slightly whitish-sprinkled ; 
a fine blackish median line from base to edged beneath with 
some whitish suffusion ; a very oblique whitish streak crossing fold 
before middle of wing, obscurely edged blackish beneath ; some¬ 
times some whitish scales in an irregular series from beneath 
middle of disc to beneath apex, with elongate patches of blackish 
suffusion beneath it anteriorly and above it posteriorly, but these 
markings sometimes hardly indicated : cilia light grey. Hindwings 
grey ; cilia light grey. 
Bihar, Pusa, bred May-July from larvae feeding on leaflets of 
Acacia catechu (Rangi ) ; 5 ex. Variable, and ail markings appa¬ 
rently sometimes nearly obsolete. 
Hyponomenta refrigerata, n. sp. 
<J . 22 mm. Head, palpi, thorax white, a black dot on shoulder, 
one on tegula near base, and one on each side of back. Porewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 
rounded; glossy white ; extreme costal edge dark grey anteriorly ; 
about 40 small black dots, viz. 5 beneath costa on basal third, 6-8 
in a series beneath this from | to |, about 10-12 irregularly 
scattered in disc from middle to near termen, mostly posteriorly, 
8-9 above fold throughout, and 8 beneath fold throughout: cilia 
white. Hindwings dark grey ; an elongate hyaline spot beneath 
cell at base ; cilia grey, round apex outer •§- white. 
Japan, Sapporo, July (Ohuni) ; 1 ex. Closely related to minuella 
and polysticta, but distinct from both. 
Hyponomenta elementaris, n. sp. 
<5 . 15 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish-grey, a black dot on 
each tegula near base. Porewings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; pale 
glossy grey ; about 14 black dots, viz. 3 subcostal between base 
and middle, 3 supramedian on median third, 5 above fold between 
base and -§-, and 3 below fold from 4 to middle; a few grey scales 
in a transverse series in- disc towards termen: cilia pale grey. 
Hindwings and cilia light grey; an elongate-oval hyaline space 
beneath cell at base. 
Japan, Gifu, July (A". Nagano) ; 1 ex. Xearest melanaster. 
Hyponomenta trachydelta, n. sp. 
cJ . 23 mm. Headlight grey, face white. Palpi white sprinkled 
dark grey. Thorax whitish-grey. Porewings rather narrow, costa 
