137 DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEP1DOPTERA. Br E. MeYKICK, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. V (Continued from page 994 of Vol. XV J J.) Epiblemid^e. Eucosma attica, n. sp. $9. 18-23 mm. Head pale ochreous mixed with dark fuscous, face blackish. Palpi ascending, pale ochreous suffused with grey, ochreous-white towards base beneath, terminal joint very short. Thorax pale ochreous mixed with blackish and ferruginous. Abdomen pale ochreous suffused with grey. Posterior tibiae in $ clothed with dense long projecting hair scales above. Forewings elongate, posteriorly considerably dilated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, nearly vertical ; pale ochreous mixed with ferruginous, and irregularly strewn with leaden-grey dots ; costa with pairs of ochreous-whitish strigulaa separated with black ; basal patch undefined, mixed with blackish, sometimes with strong blackish suffusion extending to central fascia ; central fascia moderate, suffused with blackish, its posterior edge marked with a white discal dot, and followed except on costa by a suffused white fascia mixed with leaden-grey on anterior half ; apical area ferruginous, mixed with blackish anteriorly, with several short leaden-metallic marks from costa, and a striga from costa at f continued along lower half of termen to tornus : cilia leaden-grey, on upper half of termen with basal half ferruginous, sometimes mixed with blackish, towards tornus suffused with ochreous-whitish. Hindwings in $ with dorsal fold enclosing thin pencil of long grey haii'3 ; fuscous, becoming darker posteriorly ; cilia light greyish-ochreous or grey, with dark grey subbasal line. Khasi Hills, from June to September ; seven specimens. I find that Platy-peplus, Wals., cannot be properly maintained as a distinct genus ; the develop-ment of brushes of scales on the posterior tibias, especially in the $ but sometimes in both sexes, is found in a proportion of the Indian species of most genera iu this family, and appears to have little value as a test of affinity; I shall therefore treat it as affording specific characters only, and refer all those species described under Platypeplus to Eucosma. Eucosma iograpta, n. sp. $ $. 13-15 mm. Head and thorax ferruginous-ochreous, thorax sometimes mixed with dark grey. Palpi porrected, ferruginous-ochreous mixed with dark grey, towards base beneath ochreous-whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Posterior legs without tufts. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilattd, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, hardly oblique ; ferrugi-nous-ochreous ; costa obscurely strigulated with blackish and grey-whitish ; a rather oblique rounded-triangular deep ferruginous blotch on dorsum at £, reaching half across wing ; central fascia deep ferruginous, sometimes mixed 18
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