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4508. b. OXYCHIROTA CEYLONICA, n. Sp. 



ft. Head, thorax and abdomen rufous mixed with some whitish. Forewing 

 rufous overlaying pale scaling and with slight dark irroration ; the scale teeth 

 on inner margin black ; black points at middle and end of cell. Hindwing 

 rufous overlaying pale scaling and with slight dark irroration, the scale teeth 

 on inner margin black. 



Habitat. — Ceylon, Peradeniya(Thwaites). Exp. 14 mill. Type in B. M. 



PYUALINiE. 



4522. a. Pyralls cenalis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7), xvii, p. 254 (190G). 

 ft. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with reddish brown ; legs whitish, 

 the fore tarsi black with whitish rings ; abdomen purplish grey with obscure 

 dark dorsal bands. Forewing purplish grey irrorated with dark reddish brown ; 

 a dark patch at base of costa ; antemedial line dark brown, expanding into a 

 patch at costa, excurved at median nervure and above inner margin ; some 

 brown points on medial part of costa ; a dark discoidal spot ; postmedial line 

 expanding into a patch on costa and defined by whitish on outer side, angled 

 inwards below costa, excurved and minutely dentate, between veins 5 and 2 ; a 

 terminal series of dark points. Hindwing yellowish white, with some slight 

 dark points on termen. 



Habitat. — Ceylon. Exp. 12 mill. 



4542. a. Stemmatophora olivalis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7), xvii, p. 261 

 (1906). 



ft. Head, thorax and abdomen olive-yellow, the last irrorated with a few 

 dark scales. Forewing olive -yellow with slight dark irroration ; traces of a 

 sinuous antemedial line ; a black discoidal point ; some black specks on medial 

 part of costa : the postmedial line placed towards termen, slight, dark, somewhat 

 excurved at middle and narrowly defined by olive on outer side ; the terminal 

 area purple-red irrorated with black ; cilia with fine pale line at base followed by a 

 hlack line. Hindwing purple-red irrorated with black; a curved sub basal black 

 line defined by whitish on inner side ; the medial line defined by whitish on 

 outer side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then sinuous ; cilia with fine 

 pale line at base followed by a black line. 



Habitat.— Ceylon, Haldamulla. Exp. 20 mill. 



4546. b. Stemmapophora scotalis, Hmpsn., A. M. N. H. (7), xvii, p. 262 

 (1906). 



ft. Head, thorax and abdomen fuscous black mixed with some grey ; tarsi 

 tinged with white. Forewing grey, almost wholly suffused and thickly irrorated 

 with black ; the medial area darkei with some pale points on costa ; antemedial 

 line pale, defined by black on outer side, bisinuate ; a black discoidal spot ; 

 postmedial line pale, defined by black on inner side, slightly angled inwards 

 below costa and at submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points. Hind- 

 wing fuscous with a fine pale line at base of cilia. 



The specimen from Kashmir is browner and less black, the lines of forewing 

 closer together, and the antemedial line more sinuous. 



