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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
ELACHISTID.E. 
Phthinostoma inamoena Meyr. 
Java, Mt. Gede, bred February from larvae mining leaves of 
bamboo (Dr. L. G. E. Kalshoven). 
Phthinostoma crococrossa, n. sp. 
d . 5 mm. Head, thorax fuscous. Palpi whitish. Forewings 
grey irrorated dark fuscous, suffused brown in disc posteriorly, 
some irregular black scales towards costa about | : cilia grey, on 
outer half at apex a spot of light ochreous suffusion preceded by a 
short line of black scales. Hindwings blackish-grey; cilia grey. 
Hind tibiae with long hairs beneath suffused pale ochreous towards 
base. 
Bombay, Poona, bred November from fruits which were not 
identified (Mrs. M. L. Maxwell) ; 1 ex. 
Elachista heteroplaca, n. sp. 
6 . 6-7 mm. Head and thorax grey, forehead and face white. 
Palpi white, terminal joint with blackish median ring. Forewings 
blackish-grey irrorated whitish; a rather elongate suffused white 
spot on costa near base ; a trapezoidal or subtriangular suffused 
white blotch on costa before middle, beneath this a blackish tuft 
representing plical stigma, preceded by a suffused white spot ; 
opposite suffused white costal and tornal spots towards apex, 
separated by a line of black scales reaching apex: cilia greyish, 
two projecting black apical hooks, beneath these suffused whitish, 
above them speckled darker grey. Hindwings dark grey; cilia 
grey. 
Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, May (T. B. Fletcher ); 3 ex. Allied 
to nearcha. 
HETEROGENEID.E, 
Crothaema mormopis, n. sp. 
d 2 • 30-36 mm. Head, palpi rather dark fuscous, face d 
suffused whitish. Thorax brownish with irregular bar and posterior 
spots of white suffusion. Abdomen light yellow-brownish. Fore¬ 
wings pinky-whitish; from base to a line running from middle of 
costa to tornus costal half dark fuscous enclosing an exaggerated 
crescentic pinky-whitish blotch with points directed posteriorly, 
and small basal spot, dorsal half light brownish becoming darker 
upwards, and enclosing an oblique pinky-white spot on streak 
beneath middle of cell ; a dark fuscous subterminal fasciate blotch 
from costa reaching half across wing, expanded downwards and 
truncate; a fuscous terminal line interrupted on veins: cilia light 
grey. Hindwings pale yellowish ; cilia pale greyish. 
Belgian Congo, Kibati, lava plains beneath Birunga Yolcanoes, 
5000 feet, March (Mrs. T. A. Barns ) ; 1 ex- ; also 1 from Lulenga, 
Kivu, September (L. Burgeon), in Belg. Cong. Mus. 
