INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 597 



mixed or suffused with orhreous-yellowish, posterior tibiae clothed with rough 

 projecting hairs beneath on basal half, posterior tarsi clothed with rough 

 projecting hairs above, more strongly in £ . Forewings elongate, ma-row, 

 posteriorly somewhat dilated, c sta slightly arched, apex obtuse, teimen s might, 

 rather oblique, rounded beneath ; 7 to termen ; purplish-fuscous, irregularly 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, sometimes posteriorly sprinkled with whitish- 

 ochre "us ; a transverse elongate-triangular ochreous-yellow blotch beyond middle, 

 ape downwards, more or less nearly touching both margins : cilia fuscous, 

 becoming orhreous- yellow towards base, witb a darker fuscous subbasal line, 

 Hindwings pale ochreous-yellowish ; termen in 9 narrowly suffused irregularly 

 with fuscous, in $ only at apex and towards tornus; cilia pale ochreous- 

 yellowish. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Peradeniya, and Pundalu-oya, Ceylon, in March 

 and August (Hreen). 



Macrotona platyconta n. sp. 



£. 16—20 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-white. Palpi whitish irrorated 

 with fuscous and dark fuscous, second joint roughened towards apex above and 

 beneath, terminal joint slightly shorter than second. .Antennas very stout, 

 flatly compressed, ochreous-whitish, tip dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round 

 pointed, termen sinuate, oblique, rounded beneath; 7 to termen, 9 separate; 

 ochreous-whitish, towards costa and dorsum tinged and sprinkled with fuscous, 

 costa posteriorly more or less suffused with fuscous ; some scattered blackish 

 or dark fuscous scales on submedian fold ; irregular groups of black and dark 

 fuscous somewhat raised scales representing stigmata, pb'cal before first discal : 

 cilia pale whitish-ochreous, outer half irrorated with fuscous. Hindwings 

 with 3 and 4 connate or short -stalked, 6 and 7 long-stalked : light 

 fuscous ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, outer half irrorated with fuscous round 

 apex. 



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



Pharangitis n. g. 



Antenna; £, in $ thick, simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, second joint thickened with scales, roughly 

 projecting towards apex beneath, terminal joint as long as second, slender, 

 acute. Forewings with 3 absent, 2, 4, 5 separate, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to 

 termen. Hindwings 1, elongate, apex round-pointed, terment faintly sinuate 

 cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 remote, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 long-stalked. 



Apparently allied to Macrotona. 



Pharangitis spatlrias n. sp. 



$. 15 mm. Head and thorax white, patagia brownish-ochreous. Palpi 

 ochreous-yellowish, apex of second joint white, terminal joint white towards 

 base. Antenna? white, becoming whitish-ochreous towards apex. Abdomen 

 ochreous-yellowish, Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex round-pointed, produced, termen concave, oblique, rounded beneath; 



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