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EXOTIC HICROEEPIDOPTERA 
Dichomeris ferruginosa Meyr. 
Java, bred August from larva on Sesbania grancliflora {Leguminosce) 
{ Dr . L. 0. E. Kalshoven ). 
Dichomeris allantopa, n. sp. 
c 3 2 • 7-8 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Antennae <4 strongly 
fasciculate-ciliated. Palpi white, second joint with rather short 
triangular tuft, dark fuscous except towards apical edge, terminal 
joint much longer than second. Thorax pale ochreous. Forewings 
elongate, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; pale ochreous, 
irregularly sprinkled grey, clearer towards anterior half of costa ; 
two oblique wedgeshaped blackish costal marks towards middle, and 
five or six oblique blackish strigulse between these and base ; some 
irregular undefined dark grey suffusion on dorsal half and apical 
area ; stigmata black, first discal forming a thick elongate mark or 
spot, plical linear, obliquely before this, second discal dotlike; 
a suffused dark grey blotch on costa at J’ ; a blackish attenuated 
terminal streak : cilia grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Madras, Amarampalam It., Nilambur, bred April, May from 
larvae defoliating Dcdbergia^issoides (.Leguminosce ) ( C . F. C. Beeson ); 
4 ex. 
Dichomeris petalodes, n. sp. 
<5 2 • 9-10 mm. Head, thorax whitish. Antennae S serrate, 
shortly ciliated. Palpi whitish, second joint with moderately long 
tuft, dark fuscous except apical third, terminal joint much longer 
than second, anterior edge dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, apex 
pointed, termen very short, oblique; ,pale ochreous suffusedly 
irrorated light fulvous, anterior half of costa more or less suffused 
whitish ; a slender blackish streak along basal fifth of costa ; three 
elongate rhomboidal dark fuscous spots on posterior half of costa ; 
discal stigmata round, black, second somewhat larger, faintly pale- 
ringed : cilia greyish-fulvous. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly ; 
cilia grey. 
Madras, Amarampalam E., Mlambur, bred April from larvae 
defoliating Bridelia retusa {Euphorbiacece ) ( G. F. C. Beeson) ; 5 ex. 
Gaesa microdoxa, Meyr. 
Java, Telawa, bred September from larvae feeding on leaves of 
Melochia indica {Sterculicicece) {Dr. L. G. E. Kcdshoven). 
Metzneria sanguinea, n. sp. 
2 . 22 mm. Head grey, face mixed whitish. Palpi dark grey, 
terminal joint white anteriorly. Thorax grey suffused crimson. 
Fore wings elongate-lanceolate; light yellow-ochreous, almost wholly 
suffused crimson, the crimson colour appearing posteriorly as irre¬ 
gular streaks on veins ; costa suffused dark fuscous except on median 
area, extreme costal edge whitish except towards base and apex ; 
some irregular dark fuscous suffusion in middle of disc, and beneath 
