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COSMOPTERYGID2I3. 
particular trees; 8 ex. Nearly allied to semicoccinea Staint. and 
molybdaula Meyr., but quite distinct from both in the details of 
markings, and also by the clear yellow colour of apical area. 
Labdia xylinaula, n. sp. 
3 $ . 7 mm. Head, thorax whitish-ochreous, a brown central 
stripe. Palpi whitish. Antennee ochreous-whitish ringed brownish. 
Forewings elongate-lanceolate; whitish-ochreous; three brown 
longitudinal streaks from base (subcostal, median, subdorsal): cilia 
whitish-ochreous. Hindwings very pale grey, with whitish- 
ochreous reflection ; cilia whitish-ochreous; in 3 an expansible 
tuft of very fine long ochreous-whitish hairs from base above. 
Orissa, Puri, Balukhand Range, bred September from larvae 
mining the leafless pendent shoots of Casuarina (Indian Forest 
Service) ; 12 ex. 
Labdia bitabulata, n. sp. 
3. 11 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous, apex of palpi 
whitish. Forewings dark fuscous; a broad very oblique fasciate 
white spot from costa before middle reaching half across wing; 
a flattened-triangular white spot with very faint pinkish tinge 
extending along costa from | to near apex: cilia grey, round apex 
dark fuscous, three minute white specks on termen at base of this 
dark area. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Formosa, Taihoku, June ( Prof . S. Issiki ); 1 ex, 
Labdia pentachrysis Meyr. 
Java, Bandjar, bred January from bark of a dead tree {Dr. L. G. 
Kcdshoven); 2 ex. 
Labdia capnobaphes, n. sp. 
3 2 • 11 mm » Head glossy greyish-ochreous. Palpi pale 
greyish-ochreous lined blackish. Thorax greyish. Abdomen 
greyish, three basal segments pale ochreous. Forewings 5-7 out 
of 8; smoky grey, darker towards apex, margins towards apex 
obscurely dotted blackish : cilia pale grey. Hindwings grey; cilia 
pale grey. 
Java, Telawa, bred April from larvae feeding in shoots of Cassia 
{Dr. L. G. Kalshoven) ; 3 ex. 
Persicoptila haemanthes, n. sp. 
cJ . 14 mm. Head white, crown tinged yellow. (Palpi broken.) 
Thorax yellow-whitish, anterior margin crimson. Tufts of hind 
tibiae crimson with three dark bars. Forewings crimson; basal 
fifth blackish containing two or three longitudinal crimson streaks, 
beyond this a dorsal patch of whitish suffusion, and some dark grey 
clouding in disc; an oblong yellow costal blotch beyond middle, its 
anterior half with a quadrate lobe almost reaching dorsum; a 
