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median, and apical rings of blackish irroration. Antennae grey ringed with 

 whitish. Thorax whitish tinged and sprinkled with fuscous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly somewhat 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen concave, oblique ; white, 

 partially tinged and irregularly irrorated with fuscous, with scattered blackish 

 strigulae ; anterior § of costa regularly strigulated with blackish ; three irreg- 

 ular brassy-golden fasciae edged with pale fuscous, first subbasal, obsolete on 

 costa, second somewhat before middle, third at f, narrow and more or less 

 interrupted ; a small fuscous spot on costa at -*■ : cilia ochreous-orange, external- 

 ly with three rows of dark purple-fuscous points. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia 

 grey-whitish. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in December (Pole). 



Tineid.e. 

 Opostega zelopa n. sp. 



$ . 5 mm. Head aud thorax white. Antennae light grey, eyecap white. 

 Forewings lanceolate ; white ; a broad dark fuscous anterior fascia, on costa 

 extending from \ to middle, much dilated downwards and on dorsum extending 

 from near base to near tornus, a fine dark fuscous irregular line from f of costa 

 to termen beneath apex, area beyond this fuscous ; a minute black apical dot : 

 cilia light greyish-ochreous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish grey-ochreous 



One specimen, Pundalu-oya, Ceylon, in May (Green). 



Gracilaria perisphena n. sp. 



$$. 7 — 8 mm. Head bronzy-ochreous, face white. Palpi white. An- 

 tennae grey. Thorax bronzy-ochreous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Legs fuscous banded with white, middle tibiae not thickened. 

 Forewings narrow lanceolate ; bronzy-ochreous, sometimes much mixed with 

 dark fuscous ; four costal and three dorsal oblique white wedge-shaped streaks, 

 more or less edged with dark fuscous, first costal from before middle, fourth 

 almost vertical, first dorsal from near base, second somewhat beyond first 

 costal, third tornal ; a black apical spot : cilia pale grey, at apex with a white 

 hook edged above with a black line and beneath with an ochreous bar. 

 Hindwings and cilia light grey. 



Two specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in April (Pole). 



Crobylophora staterias n. sp. 



£. 5 — 6 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax shining white. Forewings 

 lanceolate ; shining white ; three oblique slightly converging dark fuscous lines 

 from costa beyond middle, directed towards tornal spot but not reaching it. 

 space between two anterior pale whitish-ochreous ; a round dull golden- 

 metallic raised tornal spot, edged laterally with blackish, and anteriorly faintly 

 ringed with pale yellowish ; cilia ochreous-whitish, with three fine fuscous 

 lines, innermost dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 



Three specimens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, in July (Green). Larva mines large 

 blister-like patches (several larvae in one blister) in leaves of Plumbago capensis, 

 separating the cuticle from the undersurf ace of the leaf (Green). 



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