600 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol, XVI. 



Torodora spiloiella Walk. 



(Cryptolechia ppilolella Walk. Tin. 746 ; C. tripitstulata Wals., Lep. Ceyl. iii, 

 520, pi. 209, 8). 



Peradeniya, Ceylon, in April and November (Green). 

 Paraspistes n. g. 



Antennas j, in ft simple, basal joints elongate, without pecten. Palpi 

 moderately long, curved, ascending, second joint thickened with appressed scales 

 expanded above towards apex, terminal joint shorter than second, acute. 

 Posterior tibiae clothed with long fine hairs above. Forewings with 2 widely 

 remote, 3 and 4 cunnate from angle, 5 from near 4, 6 out of 7 near base, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 approximated to 7. Hind wings under 1, trapezoidal, apex 

 produced, termen bisinuate, cilia 2 ; 2 remote, 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 parallel, 

 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Nothris, and very similar in most characters, but the palpi are quite 

 different. 



Par aspistes iolomha n. sp. 



ft 9. 12-15 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint suffused with fusccus except at apex. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, widest near base, costa hardly arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous, dorsal half-suffused with light 

 brown ; a ferruginous-brown streak along costa from before middle to near 

 apex, cut by a fine pale oblique strigula at -f, beyond this mixed with blackish ; 

 stigmata blackish, sometimes indistinet, plical Very obliquely before first discal, 

 which is in middle of wing ; three undefined dots of blackish scales before 

 termen ; cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia gi'ey. 



Four specimens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, in July (Green). Larva feeds in pods 

 of Crctalaria sp. (Green). 

 Hypel/ctis n. g. 



Antennae §, in ft shortly ciliated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with dense scales, somewhat 

 rough beneath and with fringe of rough projecting scales above, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, densely scaled, somewhat rough anteriorly and with fringe 

 of rough projecting scales posteriorly. Forewings with 2 and 3 st; Iked, 4 and 5 

 rather approximated, 7 to costa, 8 absent. Hindwings 1£. trapezoidal, apex 

 obtuse, termen not sinuate, cilia £ : 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, G and 7 stalked. 

 Allied to Yfsolophus and Anorthosia. 

 Hypelictu acrochlora n. sp. 



ft. 18 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark purplish-btonzy-fus- 

 cous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather nairow costa anteriorly 

 moderately arched, posteriorly nearly straight, apex rounded, termen somewhat 

 obliquely rounded, apex somewhat distorted and bent over so as to be concave 

 beneath ; dark shining purplish-bronzy-fuscous; a hardly paler obtusely angu- 

 lated transverse line from | of costa to tornus ; apical distorted portion pale 

 shining ochreous : cilia shining bronzy-fuscous, basal half-mixed with pale 



