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IVradenij'.a, Ceylon, in ^Tjircli (Grecii) : one specimen. A curious insect 

 •if exceptional colouring. 



ComoiT/tis thesipias. n. sp. 



^. ;54 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white. Antenniv, whitish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen pale grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moder- 

 ately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; pale greyish ochreous : 

 a white basal fascia, leaving a small spot of ground colour on base of costa ; 

 a small white dorsal spot close beyond faacia ; a thick white streak along 

 costa from fascia to ^ : an oblong yellow-ochreous patch extending through 

 lower part of disc almost from basal fascia, terminated by a crescentic white 

 mark in disc at ^, and a quadrate white tornal spot connected with it, ground 

 colour above and below this patch suffused with black irroration ; an 

 irregular white streak from 4 of costa to middle of termen, with a projectioi* 

 inwards from near upper extremity, space between this and preceding 

 white markings suffused with black and irrorated with white ; apical area 

 yellow-ochreous tinged with fuscous : cilia white. Hindwings dark grey - 

 cilia grey, at apex with a white patch. 



Kandy, Ceylon, in October (Green) ; one specimen. Very similar to 

 C. olyinpia. but easily distinguished by the ochreous apex of forewings,. 

 nbsence of black lines on veins in ochreous discal patch, and other details. 



PLUTELLIDAE. 



Phifcndes taonopa, n. sp. 



9. 20 mm. Head dark fuscous, face brilliant deep prismatic green- 

 blae. Palpi white, towards apex black. Antennse dark purple fuscous. 

 Thorax dark bronzy fuscous, beneath pearly white. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 beneath with broad pearl white bands attennated laterally. Forewings elon- 

 gate, rather narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse,, 

 termen hardly rounded, somewhat oblique ; and 7 stalked ; dark bronzy 

 fuscous ; basal area slightly sprinkled with whitish ; a blackish fuscous trans- 

 verse line at f terminating in a semi-circular dorsal blotch, edged anteriorly 

 by a streak of white irroration,- and posteriorly by a broad fascia of white- 

 irroi-ation. indistinctly double and narrowed towards costa ; a small white 

 mark on costa at -J, whence an undefined streak of whitish irroration pro- 

 ceeds outwards beneath costa and again inwards to disc at i| and thence to 

 dorsum before tornus : cilia dark fuscous, with a few whitish specks. Hind- 

 wings blackish fuscous : an ochreous yellow streak beneath vein Ife. from 

 base to beyond middle ; an elongate ochreous yellow blotch in disc above 

 middle, extending from i to 5 ; cilia pale yellowish with a blackish basal line, 

 at apex suffused with dark fuscous. 



Khasis, in October : one specimen. This distinct species differs from the 

 rest of the genus in the stalking of veins 6 and 7 of forewings, but is so 

 obviously allied in all other characters that it is unnecessary to separate it 

 genetically ; moreover in one example of P. chiunardis these two veins are 

 connected in middle in one wing, showing variability in this direction. 

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