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apex first pale metallic-blue, second bluish-silvery ; two vertical purplish-leaden 

 streaks before and beyond tornus, reaching to above middle, partially split or 

 branched ; cilia brilliant purple-coppery round apex purplish-grey with blackish 

 basal line, with white spots on costal extremities of last two streaks. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous, with a paler thinly scaled longitudinal discal patch ; cilia whitish, 

 with dark fuscous basal line, towards apex with a patch of fuscous suffusion. 



One specimen, Kandy, Ceylon, in September (Green). Both in structure and 

 type of markings this insect appears to approach the genus Laspeyresia in the 

 Epiblemidx, and possibly indicates the origin of that family. 



Hilar ographa caminodes n. sp. 



$ $. 12-17 mm. Head, palpi, and antenna? varying from ochreous 

 to fuscous. Thorax deep reddish-orange, with three dark purplish-fuscous 

 usually broad stripes. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen sinuate beneath apex, rounded, 

 little oblique ; deep reddish-orange ; basal area with three longitudinal dark 

 bluish-leader-fuscous streaks ; costal edge dark fuscous ; five oblique pale 

 blue-mettalic streaks from costa between ^ and apex, edged with dark fuscous, 

 more or less white towards costa, last two united at apex to form a loop ; 

 dorsal | between £ and termen irregularly striated with dark purplish-leaden- 

 fuscous ; sometimes costal and discal areas much suffused with dark purplish- 

 leaden-fuscous ; a short leaden bar on termen below middle, preceded by a 

 blackish dot ; a wedge-shaped bluish-leaden-metallic dash on subapical sinua- 

 tion, whitish on termen : cilia fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous, and at apex 

 and on a subapical spot suffused with ochreous-whitish, with a dark fuscous 

 basal line becoming purplish-metallic on middle of termen. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, darker terminally ; cilia pale fuscous, with dark fuscous basal line. 



Ten specimens, Pundalu-oya, Gammaduwa, and Rangella, Ceylon, in Feb- 

 ruary, March, June, and August (Green). 



Larva tunnels into fleshy rhyzomes of cardamom plant causing partial 

 abortion of flowering racemes and is a serious pest (Green). 



Saptha smaragd/tis n. sp. 



£ 9. 16-17 mm. Head brilliant metallic dark greenish -bronze, sides behind 

 eyes ochreous-yellowish. Palpi shining golden, terminal joint dark fuscous. 

 Antennee purple-bl ickish, with a white patch above at § from base. Thorax 

 metallic green, more or less coppery on back. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse 

 termen straight, rather oblique, rounded beneath ; blackish ; basal area metal- 

 lic golden-green, sometimes with coppery reflections, its edge straight, running 

 from £ of costa to % of dorsum ; traces of an interrupted line of ground colour 

 within this, near and parallel to outer edge; beyond this a fascia of ground 

 colour, bisected by a greenish-silvery line, and followed by a white fascia, of 

 which the posterior edge is suffused and connected with an upcurved crescentic 

 patch of white suffusion above middle, and expanded near dorsum ; post- 

 erior area evenly sprinkled with silvery-whitish scales ; a silvery-metallio ter- 



