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lower to l ; a vertical violot-goldcn-inetallic fascia slightly before mitkllo, 

 near beyond which is a subtriangular orange patch on costa ; an erect trans- 

 vei-ae violet-golden -metallic spot on dorsum at 5, whence proceeds a golden- 

 metallic sinuate line to apex ; a golden-metallic costal streak extending from 

 close beyond orange patch half way to apex : cilia bronzy-blackish, Hindwings 

 and cilia dark fuscous. 



Hakgala, Ceylon, in April (Green) ; one specimen. 



Cosmoptf'ri/.r cyclopia, n. sp, 



^. 8 mm. Head dark shining bronze, crown with three fine white lines, 

 face light bronze. Palpi white lined with black. Antennae blackish, dotted 

 and towards base lined with white, four apical joints white, then five blackish, 

 one white, one blackish, one white. Thorax dark bronzy- fuscous, with three 

 6ne silvery-white lines. Abdomen rather dark bronzy-fuscous, apex whitish- 

 ochreous. Posterior tibiae blackish, with silvery-white median and apical rings, 

 and a silvery-metallic ring between these. Forewings very narrowly lanceo- 

 late, somewhat wider near base, apex slenderly long-produced, caudate ; 

 blackish ; dorsal edge silvery-white towards base ; three fine silvery lines 

 before |, subcostal longest but not nearly reaching base, median intermediate 

 in length, subdorsal very short, posterior extremities of all three equidistant 

 from base ; a broad dull fuscous-orange postmedian band, suffused with darker 

 fuscous on costa and dorsum, anteriorly margined by a vertical violet- golden- 

 metallic fascia, and posteriorly by two vertical-transverse violet-golden-metallic 

 spots edged anteriorly by a few black scales, lower wholly anterior and not 

 meeting upper if produced, the fuscous-orange colour projecting beneath but 

 not beyond upper ; a fine silvery-metallic dash midway between this and apex, 

 and a short shining white line in apical cilia marked also on under surface : 

 cilia otherwise dark fuscous, with a white costal spot on posterior margin of 

 band. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in February (Newcome) ; one specimen. This is the 

 species which seems to approach nearest to asiatiea Stt., from which however 

 it is separated by the peculiar fuscous-orange band, and the metallic anteapical 

 line not running into the apex ; the arrangement of the metallic lines in the 

 basal area is also characteristic. 



Cosmopteryx erethista, n. sp. 



$ 9- 8-9 mm. Head dark shining bronze, with a white line above each 

 eye, face bronzy-whitish. Palpi whitish lined with blackish. Antenna) 

 blackish, towards base lined with whitish, fourth and tenth joints whitish. 

 Thorax dark shining bronze, with three fine white lines. Abdomen dark 

 fuscous. Posterior tibiae black with white median and apical rings. Forewings 

 very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long-produced, caudate ; blackish ; 

 dorsal edge white towards base ; a transverse series of three very short 

 silvery-white dashes about 7}, subcostal rather oblique and somewhat anterior 

 to the other two ; a broad orange postmedian transverse band irregularly 

 sprinkled or mixed with blackish, edged by two strong violet-golden-metallic 



