( 430 ) XV. Descriptions of Malayan Micro-Lepidoptera. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z S. [Read June 1st, 1910.] In the following paper 10 genera and 103 species of Tortricina and Tincina from tlie Malayan region are described as new. Except where otherwise specified, the types are in my own collection. CARPOSINIDAE. Meridarchis lemhula, n. sp. $ . 20 mm. Head and thorax whitish-brown sprinkled with dark fuscous. Palpi very long, porrected, second joint expanded with rough scales above and beneath, terminal joint thick ; pale brownish irrorated with dark fuscous, suffused with white above. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, some-what dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, oblique ; light brownish-ochreous suffusedly mixed with whitish, with scattered dark fuscous scales ; a suffused brown patch extending on dorsum from near base to near middle ; six small fuscous spots on costa between | and apex ; an irregularly inwards-curved line of brown and blackish scales running from fourth of these spots at J of costa to dorsum before tornus : cilia whitish-grey sprinkled with fuscous. Hindwings with apex unusually pointed and prominent ; grey-whitish ; cilia whitish. Java, Bandong ; one specimen. Meridarchis aggcrata, n. sp. ^ 9 • 22-23. mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brownish mixed with white and dark fuscous ; palpi in (^ moderately long, curved, ascending, second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter, slender, pointed, in$ very long, arched, porrected, second joint with scales somewhat roughly expanded, terminal joint moderate. An-tennal ciliations in ^ 3. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, rather oblique ; brown, irregularly mixed with whitish suffusion and sprinkled with black ; six small spots of blackish irroration on costa between | and apex ; the black TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1910. — PART IV. (DEC.)
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