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mixed with leaden-grey ; a rather ill-defined white longitudinal streak above 

 middle from base to apex, cut posteriorly by two or three dark veins, edged 

 above by a suffused streak of black irroration towards base, and beneath by a 

 short blackish streak in disc towards middle, terminated by a white projecting 

 tooth from lower edge on transverse vein, and by a line of black irroration 

 between this and apex ; beyond cell some dark lines on veins, and more or less 

 whitish suffusion between veins posteriorly ; dorsum dotted or marked with 

 blackish : cilia light brownish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, with rows 

 of whitish points. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal line. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, from August to November (Green, Pole) ; seven speci- 

 mens. At first sight much like phenacistis, but paler and more ochreous, and 

 readily distinguished by the longer palpi, more pointed forewings, and 

 more oblique termen. 



Bactra copidotis, n. sp. 



^ 9 • lfi-20 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreoUs tinged with brownish. 

 Palpi 2'^, whitish-ochreous, more or less infuscated towards middle, base white 

 beneath. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 especially in 9, hardly dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 sinuate, oblique ; ferruginous-ochreous ; costa with numerous indistinct 

 ochreous-whitish oblique strigulae, alternating with short strigulae of blackish 

 irroi-ation ; a very undefied streak of ochreous-whitish suffusion above middle 

 from base to apex, cut by two or three dark veins posteriorly edged beneath 

 throughout with broad more or less marked suffusion of dark fuscous 

 irroration ; veins posteriorly beneath this more or less suffused with 

 dark fuscous ; dorsum dotted with dark fuscous : cilia ferruginous-ochreous 

 suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous, and sprinkled with whitish, above apex 

 and on costa white. Hindwings in ^ gi'ey, in 9 whitish-grey ; cilia 

 grey-whitish with two grey lines. 



Gampola, Puttalam, and Maskeliya, Ceylon, in October, November and Feb- 

 ruary (Pole, Green) ; Palni Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; five specimens. This 

 species has the termen of forewings more distinctly sinuate than any other 

 described, but only moderately oblique. 



Bactra leucogama, n. sp. 



$ 9. ^3-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous ; palpi 2. Abdo- 

 men ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, hardly dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique ; whitish-ochreous, 

 mixed with silvery-metallic suffusion, which tends to form irregular transverse 

 strigifi ; costa marked with short deep ochreous strigul« irrorated with black- 

 ish, and about seven longer deep ochreous strigulae ; deep ochreous markings 

 as follows, viz., a spot on suffusion in disc towards base, a transverse spot in 

 disc at ^, an irregular or interrupted fascia on dorsal § beyond middle, com- 

 bined in middle with an irregular sinuate streak running to apex, an oblique 

 triangular prsetornal spot, and a slender streak along termen ; dorsum with 

 minute dots of blackish irroration : cilia whitish-ochreous mixed with deeper 



