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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOTTEItA. 
“ mining an irregular blotch under upper cuticle of leaf of Greioia 
tiliaefolia ( Tilicicece ) in garden, pupa within mine, rod-shaped ’’ 
(Mrs. M. L. Maxwell ) ; 4 ex. 
Bucculatrix centroptila, n. sp. 
B . 5-6 mm. Head white, hairs of crown tinged ochreous with 
a bla.ck spot in centre. Thorax white partly tinged and sprinkled 
ochreous. Forewings whitish-ochreous, tinged whiter towards base 
aud gradually suffused brownish-ochreous posteriorly, with some 
very minute scattered darker and a few black specks ; a conspicuous 
black tuft on fold in middle of wing (plical stigma) ; a sinuate 
line of whitish suffusion from middle of costa through disc to 
beneath apex, preceded and followed on costa by obscure blotches of 
brownish suffusion, a small black dot on its lower edge at (second 
discal stigma) : cilia ochreous-whitish, more ochreous round apex 
with some minute black specks. Hind wings grey ; cilia whitish- 
grey. 
Bombay, Salsette I., bred January from larvae “ feeding on 
Sterculia colorata under light webs on either surface of leaf (along 
with larvae of Picrotechna apliiodora , but less numerous) ; there are 
many fine short galleries in the leaves, and from these a tiny larva 
emerges with segments like tiny yellow beads, it spins a fine web 
and lies under it curved like a horse-shoe ; I did not clear up 
whether this is the earl} T stage of the Bucculatrix or the Picrotechna , 
but I think the former; cocoon external in a grooved spindle lying 
flat on leaf ” (Mrs. M. L. Maxwell) ; 3 ex. The South Australian 
B. xenaula was also bred from a Sterculia , but is very different from 
the present distinct species, which is allied rather to zizyphella. 
Bucculatrix epibatlira, n. sp. 
B . 5 mm. Head fuscous on crown, darker in centre of tuft, 
face whitish. Thorax fuscous. Forewings whitish speckled fuscous 
and dark fuscous, suffused brownish posteriorly ; markings brown 
speckled black ; a basal patch occupying | of wing, edge rather 
inwards-oblique from costa, a suboblique spot on costa before 
middle, and an elongate blotch beyond middle ; a larger semicircular 
blotch on dorsum beyond middle, carrying a black tuft on anterior 
edge (plical stigma) ; a less marked elongate spot in disc posteriorly, 
and an irregular suffused indistinct apical spot : cilia grey, round 
apex brownish with some black specks. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Bombay, Bombay City, bred January from larvae “feeding 
externally (in the same way as B. centroptila) on leaves of Grewici 
tiliaefolia (Tiliacece) in garden ; cocoon spindle-shaped, straw- 
coloured, surface grooved ” (Mrs. M. L. Maxwell) ; 1 ex. Allied 
species are oncota and cleroiheta. 
Opogona chrysophthalma, n. sp. 
B . 12 mm. Head, thorax metallic purplish-bronze, fillet 
silvery, face and palpi white. Abdomen dark grey, beneath white. 
