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silvery-whitish fascia ; a silvery-whitisli streak from band along termen to 

 apex : cilia pale whitish-bronzy, on costa white. Ilintlwings grey ; cilia pale 

 whitish bronzy, 



Ceylon (probably low country) ; one specimen, 

 Cosjnopleri/x artifica, n. sp. 



^. 8 mm. Head dark bronzy- fuscous, with a fine white line above each 

 eye, face bronzy-whitish. Palpi white lined with blackish. Antennas whitish 

 hned with dark fuscous towards base, four apical joints whitish, then five dark 

 fuscous, one white, one dark. Thorax blackish, patagia each with two white 

 lines. Abdomen ochreous-orange dorsally, sides and last two segments fuscous- 

 whitish. Posterior tibite dark fuscous, with white median, anteapical, and 

 apical rings. Forewings narrowly lanceolate, apex very slenderly long-pro- 

 duced, caudate : blackish-fuscous ; costal edge white from base to band ; a fine 

 white slightly oblique subcostal line from base to near ^ ; fine white lines above 

 and below fold from base to band ; a broad light ochreous-yellow transverse 

 band extending from before middle to '^, anterior edge marked with two pale 

 golden-metallic almost confluent spots followed by black dots, lower rather 

 posterior, the band divided into two by a transverse undefined pale golden- 

 metallic fascia beyond its middle ; a white sinuate line along termen from band 

 to apex : cilia pale whitish-bronzy, on costa becoming white anteriorly. Hind- 

 wings pale bronzy-grey, more whitish towards base ; cilia pale whitish-bronzy. 

 Diyatalawa, Ceylon, in August (Fletcher) ; one specimen. 

 i.'osmopterij.v, ingenioaa, n. sp. 



$ $ . 12-13 mm. Head dark shining bronze, with a fine white line above 

 each eye, face whitish. Palpi white lined with dark fuscous. Antennae whitish, 

 towards base lined with dark fuscous, three apical joints white, then five 

 dark fuscous, one white, five white with dark fuscous apical rings. Thorax 

 dark brown, patagia white except shoulders. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, dor- 

 sally orange except on segmental margins. Posterior tibiae dark fuscous, with 

 white median, anteapical, and apical rings, Forewings narrowly lanceolate, 

 apex very slenderly long-produced, caudate ; rather dark bronzy-fuscous ; 

 costal edge white throughout ; a fine white line out of this near base, continued 

 obliquely beneath costa to near band ; white median and subdorsal lines 

 running from base to band, between these a very fine pale yellowish line of 

 equal length ; a broad yellow transverse band slightly beyond middle, anterior 

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

 dot, lower slightly posterior, band edged posteriorly by a golden -metallic 

 transverse line, interrupted in middle, beyond which however a triangular 

 yellow projection extends and is continued as a strong white sinuate line to 

 apex : cilia whitish ochreous tinged with fuscous. Hindwings grey : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous tinged with fuscous. 

 Khasis, in September : four specimens. 

 Persicoptila chiasta, n. sp. 

 ^. 16 mm. Head whitish with a fuscous mark on each side of crown, face 



