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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
PTEEOPHORID^E. 
Platyptilia triphracta, n. sp. 
3 . 16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale brownish-ochreous. Fore- 
wings cleft to j, lobes moderate, termen first sinuate, second very 
oblique, slightly sinuate; pale ochreous closely irrorated brown ; 
spots of fuscous irroration above dorsum at | and in disc at 5 ; 
a triangular fuscous costal blotch before cleft, reaching just below 
cleft; an oblique fascia of dark fuscous suffusion crossing both lobes 
beyond their middle, edged posterior^ by a white line: cilia pale 
grey, on termen with a blackish subbasal line interrupted once on 
first lobe and twice on second, a small blackish scale-tooth in dorsal 
cilia beneath base of cleft, and a larger one near middle of wing. 
Hindwings grey; cilia light grey, on termen of first lobe a blackish 
subbasal line, third lobe short, in its dorsal cilia a short moderately 
broad scale-projection near before apex, and a few scattered black 
scales between this and base. 
Bombay, January (B. Maxwell ); 1 ex. Allied to the brachymorpha 
group. 
Platyptilia dejecta, n. sp. 
3 $ . 18-22 mm. Head, thorax fuscous variably mixed whitish, 
face with short conical scple-projection. Palpi moderate, porrect, 
dark fuscous. Forewings cleft to |, lobes moderate, somewhat 
dilated posteriorly, termen oblique, first lobe sinuate, second faintly 
prominent in middle ; brown irregularly mixed white and partly 
irrorated dark brown, costa suffused dark brown and dotted whitish ; 
spots of dark fuscous suffusion towards dorsum at | and beyond 
middle, and a small elongate spot in disc at ^ ; a triangular dark 
fuscous blotch from costa before cleft, followed by a small suffused 
white mark on costa ; a fine waved suffused white line crossing both 
lobes near termen : cilia white, on termen base brownish within 
a blackish subbasal line, on dorsum with two patches of fuscous 
black-tipped scales and a few scattered black scales. Hindwings 
dark grey; cilia grey, on dorsum an almost even projection of 
fuscous "black-tipped scales slightly beyond middle, a series of 
scattered black scales between this and base, and a regular series 
of black-tipped scales extending from it to apex. 
Ktjmaox, Muktesar, 7000 feet, September (P. B. Fletcher) ; 
Bexgal, Darjiling, 8000 feet, August; Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, 
September; 4 ex. Allied to exaltata Zell., which I have recently 
seen from Kashmir, Killanmarg, 10,500 feet ( T . B. Fletcher ) ; 
smaller than exaltata , and specially distinguished by-the continuous 
dark line in dorsal cilia of hindwings from median scale-tooth to apex. 
Platyptilia sedata, n. sp. 
3 . 25 mm. Head, thorax pale brownish irrorated whitish, face 
with strong conical tuft. Palpi rather long, porrect, fuscous. 
Fore wings cleft to |, lobes rather broad, termen oblique, first lobe 
