G04 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVI. 



Macrosaces n.g. 



Antennae 1, in $ thick, serrulate, simple, basal joint moderate, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with loosely 

 appres3ed scales, terminal joint as long as or shorter than second, slender, acute, 

 Posterior tibiae rough-haired above. Forewings with 2 from angle, 3 absent, 7 

 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from middle of cell. Hindwings 1, ovate-lanceolate, cilin 

 1^ ; 3 and i connate. 



A. developmeat of the PImosaces group. Type M. thermopa. 



Macrosaces thermopa n. sp. 



g. 18 mm. Head ochreous. Palpi long, whitisb-ochveous, second joint 

 suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous except at apex, terminal joint as long as 

 second, sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennae fuscous. Thorax ochreous 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-grey, apex whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa, gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded; rather deep ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous 

 scales, on dorsal half and costal edge irrorated with dark fuscous ; a small dark 

 fuscous spot on base of costa ; an irregular dark fuscous blotch in disc at ^, 

 representing anterior stigmata ; second discal stigma dark fuscous, and a 

 similar dot below it, but obscured by dorsal irroration ; a suffused dark 

 fuscous apical blotch ; cilia yellow-ochreous, paler towards tips, with a faint 

 fuscous shade, above apical blotch grey. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



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



Psaliica n. g. 



Antennae 1, in £ thick, serrulate, single, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened wkh appressed scales, 

 terminal joint as long as second, acute. Posterior tibiae rough-haired above. 

 Forewings with 2 from angle, 3 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from 

 middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate. 



Allied to Macrosaces. 



Psaltica monochorda n. sp. 



$. 14 mm. Head glossy whitish-fuscous. Palpi whitish-fuscous, second 

 joint sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennas pale fuscous. Thorax light glossy 

 fuscous. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded glossy whitish-ochreous, tinged with brownish, with silvery reflections ; 

 basal half suffused with brown, limited by a fascia of dark fuscous suffusion, 

 its posterior edge sharply defined and edged with white, running from middle 

 of costa to beyond midle of dorsum, slightly concave : a dark fuscous discal 

 dot at 3 ; a series of dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and ter- 

 men: cilia whitish-ochreous, towards b;ise brownish-tinged and sprinkled 

 with fuscous. Hindwings pale grey : cilia whitish-ochreous, tinged with 

 grey. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole). 



