INDIAN mCRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 631 



oblique ; 7 to costa ; purplish-fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous ; extreme 

 costal edge yellowish posteriorly ; discal stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, first 

 connected with dorsum beyond middle by an oblique fascia-like patch of dark 

 fuscous suffusion : faint traces of a curved darker subterminal streak : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous with two dark fuscous shades. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, with two fuscous shades. 

 Khasis ; three specimens. 

 Amphitrias, n. g. 



Head with loosely appressed hairs, side tufts spreading ; ocelli absent ; tongue 

 developed. Antennae f , in g with long ciliations (4). Labial palpi very long, 

 recurved, second joint thickened with somewhat projecting scales beneath, 

 terminal joint as long as second, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior 

 tibiae clothed with rough hairs. Forewings with veins 2 and 3 approximated 

 from angle, 4 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. Hindwings 

 somewhat over 1, oblong-ovate, cilia £ : 4 absent, 5 approximated to 3, 6 and 7 

 stalked. 



Amphitrias cynica, n. sp. 



$ 9- 17-21 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous- whitish. Palpi white 

 second joint fuscous except towards apex. Antennas in £ grey, in 9 whitish. 

 Porewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly sinuate, oblique ; ochreous-whitish ; usually some scattered irregular 

 pale fuscous irroration or suffusion, especially beyond cell and towards tornus ; 

 discal stigmata dark fuscous ; a row of blackish marginal dots round apex and 

 termen : cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Patipola and Maskeliya, Ceylon, from February to May (Alston, Pole) ; six 

 specimens. 



Epimactis talantias, n. sp. 



$9- 14-19 mm. Head white, side tufts drawn into a central tuft. Palpi 

 white, lower half of second joint infuscated, extreme tip of terminal joint 

 blackish. Antennae grey. Thorax white, finely sprinkled with pale ochreous. 

 Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; white, in $ thinly, in 9 

 more closely irrorated with fine fuscous or pale fuscous specks ; stigmata black, 

 plical obliquely beyond first discal ; a row of black dots immediately before 

 margin round apical portion of costa and termen to tornus : cilia white, with a few 

 fuscous specks. Hindwings grey-whitish, apex slightly greyer : cilia whitish. 



Matale and Kandy, Ceylon, in August, November, December, and Marcb 

 (Pole) ; six specimens. 

 Odites, Wals. 



I think it best to sink Myriopleura and Trichemis as synonyms of this genus, 

 the distinctive characters appearing unsatisfactory in the light of increased 

 material. Ten additional species are now described. 

 Odites practoria, n. sp. 

 $ 9 • 15-18 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous. Palpi 



