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ringed with ochreous-whitish, posterior tibiae with very large median tuft of 

 long curved pale yellowish scales mixed with blackish. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique ; 

 7 to apex ; whitish-ochreous, irregularly mixed with fuscous and sprinkled with 

 blackish ; a slender dark: fuscous basal fascia, followed by a narrow clear 

 whitish-ochreous fascia ; a curved slightly oblique clear whitish-ochreous 

 transverse median line ; an irregular dark fuscous line round apex and termen : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, with dark fuscous antemedian and fuscous apical shades. 

 Hindwings with 3 absent, 6 to termen ; whitish-ochreous ; a narrow fuscous 

 streak along termen, sometimes interrupted, and a fuscous patch along posterior 

 half of costa ; submedian and subdorsal grooves suffused with light ochreous- 

 yellowish, latter with a very long expansible pencil of whitish-ochreous hairs ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, with faint fuscous line. 



Diyatalawa (4,000 feet), Ceylon, in August and September (Fletcher) ; three 

 specimens. 



Timyra holocona, n. sp. 



ft. 16 — 18 mm. Head dark fuscous, sides yellowish. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 externally suffused with pale yellowish, second joint much thickened with dense 

 projecting scales above and beneath, terminal joint very short, concealed. 

 Antennae pale yellowish, basal joint dark fuscous, with anterior scale-projection. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, with angulated posterior ochreous-yellow mark. Ab- 

 domen dark fuscous, beneath whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous banded 

 with dark fuscous, posterior tibiae with expansible median tuft of whitish- 

 ochreous hairs becoming dark fuscous on upper half, basal joint of tarsi rough- 

 scaled above. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa anteriorly moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 stalked, 7 to costa ; dark 

 fuscous, faintly purplish- tinged ; a yellowish basal dot ; two irregular inwardly 

 oblique pale yellowish transverse lines before and beyond \ ; a triangular 

 ochreous-yellow blotch on costa beyond middle, reaching more than half across 

 wing, and a yellow dot in disc beyond apex of this : cilia dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings with 3 absent, 6 to apex, dark fuscous, a submedian groove 

 containing an expansible pencil of very long whitish-ochreous hairs ; cilia dark 

 fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in August, two specimens (de Mowbray). 



Timyra dipsalea, n. sp. 



ft. 17 — 19 mm. Head orange, lower part of face infuscated. Palpi fuscous, 

 much thickened throughout with dense projecting scales beneath, second joint 

 internally with long expansible pale greyish-ochreous hairs, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, wholly clothed with dense scales. Antennae about 1, dark 

 fuscous, basal joint with projecting scales anteriorly. Thorax fuscous, darker 

 anteriorly. Abdomen pale ochreous-yellowish. Legs fuscous, anterior pair 

 dark fuscous, streaked and dotted with white, posterior tibiae with large median 

 tuft of curved ochreous-whitish scales becoming blackish and steel-metallic on 

 upper half, basal joint of tarsi rough-scaled above. Forewings elongate, rather 



