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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
a slightly larger one beneath fold at |; some scattered dark fuscous 
dots round margins posteriorly : cilia very pale grey. Hindwings 
and cilia very pale grey. 
Virgin Is., St. Thomas, March ( Gudmann) ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Batrachedra mictopsamma, n. sp. 
d. 12 mm. Head grey, face tinged whitish. Palpi grey-whitish, 
two bands on second joint, and subbasal band and subapical ring 
of terminal joint dark grey. Antennae grey, tip whitish, beneath 
tip four dark grey bands separated by whitish rings. Thorax 
grey. Forewings very narrow, long-pointed ; ochreous-brownish 
irregularly sprinkled dark fuscous, dorsal area beneath fold slightly 
sprinkled grey-whitish ; three or four blackish-grey marginal dots 
round apex : cilia light grey. Hind wings and cilia light grey. 
Bombay, Mahableshwar, May (R. Maxwell); 1 ex. Nearly 
approaches substrata from Ceylon, but apparently distinct. 
Batrachedra pinicolella Dup. 
Kashmir, Gulmarg, 8800 feet, June, Juljy beaten from Abies 
pindra (T. B. Fletcher ); 5 ex. In all these specimens the first 
discal stigma is wholly obsolete, the groundcolour of forewings 
almost clear, and the dark costal speckling much more restricted 
than in English specimens, principally occupying a space beyond 
middle, but I have no doubt of their specific identity. 
BLASTOBASIDiE. 
Blastobasis athymopa, n. sp. 
d . 9-11 mm. Head grey-whitish, face faintly tinged ochreous. 
Palpi grey, apex of second joint whitish, terminal joint § of second, 
slender, acute. Antennae simple, without notch, scale-pecten of 
scape triangular. Thorax grey-whitish, anterior margin suffused 
light grey. Forewings narrow, attenuated from near base, obtuse- 
pointed ; ochreous-grey-whitish irregularly sprinkled light grey; 
an irregular spot of grey suffusion in disc at and a small spot on 
costa rather beyond this ; first discal stigma small, black, conspicuous, 
other stigmata grey, plical indistinct, slightly bejmnd first discal, 
an additional dot beneath second discal; obscure marginal spots of 
light greyish suffusion round posterior part of costa and termen : 
cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. Hindwings pale whitish-grey; cilia 
pale greyish-ochreous. 
Virgin Is., St. Thomas, March, April (Gudmann) \ 2 ex. (type. 
Vienna Mus.). 
Auximobasis invigorata, n. sp. 
d 2 • 11 miri - Head, thorax whitish irrorated grey. Palpi 
dark grey, apex of second joint whitish. Antennae d without 
notch. Forewings rather narrow, apex obtuse, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded ; whitish, irregularly or suffusedly irrorated grey 
