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Glyphipteryx crotalotis, n. sp. 



9. 16 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark purplish -fuscous. 



Palpi white, with three black rings and towards apex lined with black, second 



joint with rough projecting hairs beneath. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 



dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate beneath apex, 



oblique ; 7 and 8 separate ; dark fuscous, slightly tinged with bronzy-purplish ; 



a slender direct pearl-white fascia at i ; a slightly oblique pearl-white 



streak from dorsum beyond middle, reaching fold ; six fine short oblique violet- 



metallio streaks from costa, white on costa, first before middle, third rather 



longer ; violet-metallic dots beneath tips of first and third ; a small oblique 



violet-metallic mark before tornus ; two violet-metallic dots before lower 



portion of termen, one on subapical indentation, and one or two specks in 



disc before these : cilia fuscous, with a dark fuscous median shade, rather 



sinuate on subapical indentation. Hindwings blackish, fuscous : cilia fuscous, 



with dark-fuscous subbasal shade. 



Khasis, in July ; one specimen. 



Glyphipteryx sclerodes, n. sp. 



^9. 10-14 mm. Head, antenna;, thorax, and abdomen dark bronzy- 

 fuscous. Palpi white, with four rings and anterior edge towards apex black. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow at base, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, rather oblique ; 7 and 8 

 separate ; dark fuscous-bronze, veins in disc streaked with blackish ; two strong 

 slightly curved white-streaks from dorsum at \ and beyond middle, reaching 

 fold ; seven fine violet-golden-metallic black-edged lines from costa, becoming 

 white towards? costa, first five straight, oblique, first at ^, third and fourth 

 longest, reaching about half across wing, sixth and seventh less oblique curved' 

 seventh running to anteapical slnuation ; two violet-golden-metallic dots in disc 

 beneath third and fourth ; two erect violet-golden-metallic streaks from before 

 and beyond tornus, not reaching half across wing : cilia white, basal third 

 bronzy limited by a black line indented on subapical sinuation, at apex with a 

 black hook. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, suffused with dark fuscous 

 towards base. 



Maskeliya, Patipola, and Horton Plains, Ceylon, in December, January, 

 March, July, and September (Pole, Alston, Fletcher); six specimens. Those 

 from the higher elevations (the two latter localities) are larger and have the 

 dorsal white streaks rather conspicuously broader than the others. 

 Glyphipteryx bicornis, n. sp. 



^9. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi white with four black 

 rings, and anterior edge black towards apex, second joint with long rough 

 spreading tuft of mixed white and black hairs beneath. Antennae blackish 

 dotted with white. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins partially 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen sinuate beneath apex, oblique ; 7 and 8 separate ; rather dark 

 bronzy-fuscous, apical third more or less suffused with yellow-ochreous ; two 



