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±370b. Nephopteryx calamalis, n. sp. 



g. With streaks of black scales on underside below basal half of costa ot 

 forewing and subcostal nervure of hindwing. 



Head and thorax pale-ochreous, slightly irrorated with black ; abdomen 

 ochreous. Forewing pale-ochreous, irrorated with black ; more thickly on 

 inner and terminal areas ; the 1st line medial represented by a black point on 

 median nervure and a black-defined whitish line f rom submedian fold to inner 

 margin, angled inwards on vein 1 ; a prominent black point at lower angle 

 of cell ; the subterminal line whitish, defined by black, angled inwards and 

 interrupted in discal and submedian folds and minutely dentate on median 

 nervules ; a distinct terminal series of black points. Hindwing semihyaline 

 yellowish-white, with some fuscous suffusion on costal area ; a dark terminal 

 line and line at base of cilia. 



Habitat.— Ceylon, Puttalam (Pole). Exp. 20 mill. Type— In B. M. 



4370c. Nephopteryx asbolalis, n. sp. 



Forewing of male with patch of black scales at base of costa on underside, 

 the anal tuft more or less black. 



Head, thorax and abdomen ochreous : palpi and fore and mid legs with 

 patches of black ; mid and hind tibial spurs and tarsi black. Forewing och- 

 reous, with more or less blackish suffusion on inner half and on terminal 

 area ; the antemedial line whitish, oblique and indistinct from costa to 

 median nervure, where there is a black point beyond it, angled inwards on 

 vein 1, where there is a more or less developed black patch before it and 

 black point with pale patch beyond it on its outer side ; two black discoidal 

 point3 ; the subterminal line whitish defined by black, oblique from costa to 

 vein 6 ; excurved at middle and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a termi- 

 nal series of black points. Hindwing semihyaline yellowish-white, with some 

 fuscous suffusion on costa and fine dark lines on termen and at base of cilia. 



Ab. 1. Forewing with the ground color grey ; hindwing with streaks of 

 black scales on base of costa and subcostal nervure on underside. 



Habitat. — Sierra Leone (Clements) ; Simla (Pilcher) ; Deesa (Nurse) ; Bel- 

 gaum (Watson) ; Bali (Doherty). Exp. 20 mill. 



4383. Myelois pectinicornella. The larva bores in the pods of cocao 

 in Ceylon and is very destructive. 



4383a. Myelois ephestxalis, n. sp. 



Antenna? of male ciliated. 



Head and thorax grey, mixed with fuscous ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen 

 ochreous with fuscous dorsal bands. Forewing grey, thickly irrorated with 

 fuscous ; an oblique antemedial black line, slightly angled outwards in sub- 

 median fold, defined by whitish on inner side and diffused on outer; a more 

 or less prominent dark discoidal lunule ; a pale subterminal line, defined by 

 blackish on inner side and excurved at middle. Hindwing semihyaline, tinged 

 with fuscous ; cilia of both wings white at base, fuscous at tips. 



Habitat.— Simla (Pilcher) ; Sikhim (Dudgeon). Exp. 16 mill. Type—In B. M. 



