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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
towards tips, on costa a white basal line followed by a blackish 
line, beneath apex a short tnft of white scales from termen projecting 
over cilia. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Java, Telawa, bred September from larvse feeding on leaves of 
Feronia elephcintum ( Rutcicece) {Dr. L. G. Kcilshoven ); 2 ex. 
DESMOPHYLAX, n. g. 
Characters of Dichomeris, but forewings 8 absent. 
Desmopbylax barymochla, n. sp. 
<5 $ . 9 mm. Head, thorax dark grey speckled whitish, face 
tinged whitish. Palpi grey, tuft of second joint broad, rough, 
terminal joint whitish, a grey subapical ring. Forewings elongate, 
parallel-sided, costa arched towards extremities, apex obtuse, termen 
very obliquely rounded; dark fuscous speckled whitish, forming a 
fine transverse striolation; a thick blackish costal streak from base 
to 4- ; two or three black interneural streaks towards apex: cilia dark 
grey speckled white, on costa an oblique white subbasal line between 
two blackish lines, upper forming a short apical hook. Hindwings 
dark grey; cilia grey. 
Madras, Nilambur, Amarampalam RaDge, bred April from larvae 
feeding on leaves of Helicteres isora ( Sterculiaceoe ) ( C. F. C. Beeson ); 
3 ex. 
G-aesa decusella Walk. 
Madras, Nilambur, bred April, May from larvae feeding on leaves 
of Croton oblongifolius ( Euphorbiacece ) ( C. F. C. Beeson ). 
Cymotricha chlanidota Meyr. 
Java, Telawa, 4 ex. bred August from larvae feeding on flowers 
of (?) Tragia Jiirsuta ( Euphorbiacece) {Dr. L. G. Kcilshoven). 
Previously referred to Trichotajohe, the original material not being 
in condition to allow observation of the cubital pecten of hind¬ 
wings, which, however, I have now verified; it is a true Cymotricha , 
and has affinity to the Indian tetraschema Meyr. 
Cymotricha metatoxa, n. sp. 
$ . 13-14 mm. Head pale brassy-ochreous. Palpi second joint 
pale ochreous, expanded rough scales of upper surface light grey, 
terminal joint whitish with two grey rings. Thorax whitish- 
ochreous sprinkled light grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen obliquely rounded; ochreous- 
whitish irrorated grey, costa suffused rather dark grey, with some 
ferruginous suffusion on posterior half; a rather excurved shade 
of ferruginous-grey suffusion from of costa to tornus; some slight 
blackish marginal dots round apical part of costa and termen : cilia 
greyish with indistinct darker lines, on basal half faintly tinged 
ferruginous round apical area. Hindwings dark grey, somewhat 
lighter anteriorly; cilia grey. 
