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shining bronzy-whitish subquadrate spots on dorsum near base and 
beyond middle: cilia bronzy-fuscous. Hindwings rather dark 
bronzy-grey ; cilia grey. 
Japan, Nagasaki ( K. Tanaka ) ; 1 ex. Allied to resplendella ; the 
specimen is in damaged condition, but I venture to describe it as 
geographically interesting. 
Microplitis metadesmia, n. sp. 
d 2 • 4-5 mm. Head, thorax leaden-metallic. Antennae 
blackish, apex white. Fore wings black; three narrow direct 
shining silver-metallic fasciae, at about middle, and j, variably 
connected by a silver-metallic streak on dorsum (sometimes differing 
much on opposite sides of the same specimen), and a silver-metallic 
apical spot, also varying from coalescence with third fascia almost 
to obsolescence : cilia dark grey. Hindwings blackish-grey ; cilia 
rather dark grey. 
Java, Mt. Grede, 2650 feet, bred April from larvae mining leaves 
of Impatiens (Balsaminacece ) {Dr. L. G. E. Kalshoven ) ; 6 ex. 
I am not aware that any species of Microlepidoptera has previously 
been bred from the Balsaminacece. 
NEPTICULIDiE. 
Nepticula hoplometalla, n. sp. 
d . 3 mm. Head pale orange-ochreous, back of occipital tuft 
blackish, eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings blackish; basal 
third shining metallic-bronze, limited by a rather oblique somewhat 
irregular pale golden-metallic antemedian fascia ; at | a rather 
narrow pale golden-metallic direct fascia : cilia grey, basal half 
irrorated blackish, round apex outer half whitish beyond a blackish 
line. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Bombay, Salsette I., bred May from larvae “mining in February 
a tiny wandering gallery in leaf of Butea frondosa (Leyuminosce ) ; 
larva brownish, on emergence wanders and burrows in earth, where 
it spins a minute cocoon ; much parasitised ” {Mrs. M. L. Maxwell) ; 
1 ex. Allied to heteranthes and argyrodoxci Meyr. 
Nepticula elachistarcha, n. sp. 
d . 3 mm. Head orange, eyecaps whitish. Forewings blackish- 
grey, apical area beyond fascia blackish; at about j| a rather 
narrow irregular-edged direct pale metallic-golden fascia, slightly 
constricted in middle : cilia dark grey, round apex with outer half 
whitish beyond a blackish line. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish- 
grey. 
Bombay, Salsette I., bred February from larva “mining in 
January in leaf of Zizyphus rugosa (Bhamnacece ), mine a narrow 
wandering gallery under upper cuticle with a line of excrement in 
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