. Descriptions of Indian Micro-lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. Nov. 12, 1907.] Indian Micro-Lepldoptera. 140 .Enarmonia melanacta, n. sp, ^. 14-16 mm. Head and palpi dark grey, palpi curved, ascending, smooth-scaled. Thorax dark grey mixed with black, posterior half of patagia and a posterior spot white. Abdomen rather dark grey. Posterior tibisc clothed with long rongh expansible hairs above. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; yellowish-white, somewhat marked with pale yellow on margins of dark markings ; costa spotted with black ; a
. Descriptions of Indian Micro-lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. Nov. 12, 1907.] Indian Micro-Lepldoptera. 140 .Enarmonia melanacta, n. sp, ^. 14-16 mm. Head and palpi dark grey, palpi curved, ascending, smooth-scaled. Thorax dark grey mixed with black, posterior half of patagia and a posterior spot white. Abdomen rather dark grey. Posterior tibisc clothed with long rongh expansible hairs above. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; yellowish-white, somewhat marked with pale yellow on margins of dark markings ; costa spotted with black ; a thick black zigzag streak above middle from base to apex, angulated thrice downwards and twice upwards, upper angulations suffused into dark leaden-grey costal blotches on basal fourth and beyond middle, lower edge towards tornus irregular and mixed with leaden-grey ; two large trapezoidal black spots on dorsum at ^ and before tornus ; a pale yellow angulated striga from | of costa to tornus, interrupted by the black streak : cilia yellowish-white, with blackish bars in middle of termen and at apex. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. Khasi Hills, in June ; three specimens. The palpi are peculiar, but do not seem here to be of more than specific value. Emima, n. g. Antennae in $ stout, serrulate, pubescent. Palpi moderate, porrected second joint with expanded scales towards apex. Thorax smooth. Forewings in $ without fold, termen sinuate ; 3 and 4 curved and approximated throughout, 5 absent, 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked 5 closely approximated at base, 6 and 7 closely approximated towards base. Allied to Ci/dia but characterised by the peculiar neuration. Erimea chlorantha, n. sp. ^9. 17-21 mm. Head grey-M'hitish, sides mixed with blackish. Palpi blackish-grey, apex of joints whitish. Thorax olive-greenish somewhat mixed with whitish, on shoulders and posteriorly mostly suffused with Ab- domen grey. Posterior tibise in ^ with brush of dense long
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