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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
grey supramedian bands. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; whitish, tips of 
scales very minutely infuscated; stigmata blackish-grey, plical 
slightly before first discal; a small spot of brown speckling on 
middle of costa; blackish dots and some brown speckling on posterior 
third of costa, and small blackish dots on termen : cilia whitish-grey. 
Hind wings grey ; cilia light grey. 
Madagascar ; 2 ex. (type Vienna Mus.). 
Cryptolechia zeloxantha, n. sp. 
c 3 $. 10-12 mm. Head, thorax orange-yellow, shoulders dark 
fuscous. Palpi second joint orange-yellow, tip dark fuscous, terminal 
joint whitish. Fore wings elongate-oblong, costa moderately arched, 
apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; 2 remote, 7 to apex ; 
dark fuscous ; a suffused orange basal blotch, not reaching costa or 
dorsum ; a broad oblique orange median fascia, slightly sprinkled 
dark fuscous, stigmata placed on margins of this, small, blackish, 
plical rather obliquely beyond first discal; a similar triangular 
blotch on costa towards apex, reaching more than half across wing : 
cilia fuscous, a darker subbasal shade. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
W. China, Mt. Omei, 4000 feet, July (Fraud r); 3 ex, Hear 
facunda Meyr. 
Cryptolechia phaeocausta, n. sp. 
£. 18 mm. Head grey, sidetufts suffused ochreous. Palpi 
grey, tips of second and terminal joints whitish. Thorax dark grey, 
faintly purplish-tinged. Forewings elongate, rather dilated, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, oblique ; 2 and 3 
stalked, 7 to apex ; dark grey with faint; purplish tinge ; extreme 
costal edge touched whitish from about ^ to J; an indistinct 
transverse mark of blackish-grey scales on end of cell: cilia grey, 
darker on basal half, outer half grey-whitish on termen. Hindwings 
rather dark grey ; cilia light grey, darker on basal third. 
JiPAN, Totigiken-Yumoto, June (Prof. S. Issiki) ; 1 ex. 
Cryptolechia achlyphanes, n. sp. 
5 . 15 mm. Head, thorax ochreous with violet gloss. Palpi 
pale ochreous, second joint fuscous except apex. Forewings 
elongate, slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 
obliquely rounded; 2 remote from 3, 7 to apex; ochreous with 
violet gloss ; some minute fuscous speckling, especially along costa 
and on posterior fourth of wing, an indistinct lighter slightly curved 
shade from 4 of costa to tornus ; discal stigmata blackish, first 
well-marked, second very slightly indicated : cilia light ochreous, 
an indistinct grey median shade. Hindwings pale grey irrorated 
grey ; cilia pale greyish. 
Japan, Tokyo, July (Prof. S. IssiJci) ; 1 ex. 
