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similar Australian species, C. laacrula, Meyr., which also has the dark tip, has 

 longer white median and subdorsal lines, and orange abdomen. 



Cosmopteryx vexillarls, n. sp. 



^. 10 mm. Head dark fuscous, crown with three fine white lines, face 

 bronzy-whitish. Palpi white lined with black. Antennae dark fuscous, towards 

 base lined with white, four apical segments white, then five dark, one white, one 

 dark, two white. Thorax dark fuscous, with three fine white lines. Abdomen 

 dark grey, dorsally mixed with orange-ochreous suffusion. Posterior tibia; 

 blackish with white median, anteapical and apical rings. Fore wings very 

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

 edge white towards base ; an oblique white subcostal line from near base, and 

 a silvery-white median line from base, confluent posteriorly and nearly 

 reaching | ; a white subdorsal line from near base to slightly beyond them ; 

 costal edge white for a short space before band ; a broad orange transverse 

 band somewhat beyond middle, narrowed downwards, anteriorly margined by 

 a slightly oblique pale golden-metallic fascia followed by a black dot above 

 middle, and posteriorly by two golden-metallic spots edged anteriorly with two 

 or three black scales, lower rather anterior, between these is a short narrow 

 orange projection, whence a sinuate white line extends to apex : cilia dark 

 fuscous, with a white costal spot on posterior edge of band. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous ; cilia rather dark fuscous. 



Khasis, in October ; one specimen. Specially distinguished by the peculiar 

 ■disposition of the anterior lines. 



Cosmopteryx Icetifica, n. sp. 



$^. 7-10 mm. Head bronzy, crown with three fine white lines, face 

 shining whitish. Palpi whitish lined with blackish. Antennae blackish, towards 

 base lined with whitish, three apical joints white, then five blackish, then one 

 or two white. Thorax bronzy with three fine white lines. Abdomen ochreous, 

 in $ infuscated, apex whitish. Posterior tibiae white, above greyish-ochreous 

 except at middle and apex. Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex very 

 slenderly long- produced, caudate ; ochreous-bronzy ; costal edge white from 

 near base to § ; dorsal edge white towards base ; a fine white subcostal slightly 

 oblique line from base to ^ ; a fine white median line from base to near 

 band ; a short fine white subdorsal dash beneath posterior extremity of this ; 

 ft moderate orange transverse band slightly beyond middle, anterior edge 

 marked with two round golden-metallic spots, upper followed by a large black 

 dot, lower slightly posterior, band posteriorly margined by two golden-metallic 

 spots preceded by a few black scales, upper small, lower large, hardly anterior, 

 between these a suffused elongate orange-yellow projection extends to termen 

 and is continued as a white line along termen to apex: cilia bronzy- whitish. 

 on costa white. Hindwings grey ; cilia bronzy- whitish. 



Diyatalawa, Ceylon (Fletcher) ; Nilgiris, 3,500 feet (Andrewes) ; from July 

 to September, seven specimens. Distinct by the ochreoua-bronzy ground 

 colour, white costal edge and cilia, and white suffusion of tibise. 



