PLUMB-MOTHS OF CEYLON. 27 



TRICHOPTILUS, Wlsm. U T^^ rUo Lt <^ £U 



Synopsis of the Species. CWyu^uc wifiT 1^2 A#j>*'c*/t l$*<^<h cW> 



Dorsum of third segment of h.w. with a *H^> f" ^ ^^ °f «™f^, 



scale-tooth at about f . . . . 2 £ ^« ^ ^ ^^ Dufckteic'a , 



Dorsum of third segment of h.w. with no lu ^, ^ ^ l<*&*r wovK- ^fco^ 



scale-tooth . . . . 4 L lo , V!r {- (Vi^^ fc«U~ fc^ ^<tvi£ 



Dorsum of third segment of h.w. with an \a A' ^ f^jn^jn^Ce ox. T^olC, 



additional minute subapical scale- tooth pelias otC^ctL JM*Ku.j JX ^ '^^ 



Dorsum of third segment of h.w. without Va.U<L ) s^te , "fco^/A ^V 



such . . . . . . 3 p^t-Ciku) , \fc~ w<to /v-eAKL 



Ground-colour of f.w. pale ochreous .. congrualis iiL^th L ~Ut/T. [Meo/^ 



3/ Ground-colour of f.w. warm ferruginous- js^^ u]. -pR"^ 



brown.. .. .. wahlbergi 3o kh D 9 



Hinder part of thorax white ; $ with 



single anal tuft . . . . xerodes 

 Hinder part of thorax not white ; £ with 



double anal tuft . . . . paludicola 



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Trichoptilus pelias, Meyr. 

 T. E. S., 1907, 472. 

 Distribution. — Originally described from Coorg and Assam. 

 Not previously recorded from Ceylon, but my collection contains ~\^ AJi ^ ^ 

 four examples which agree with the diagnosis of the type. They su^^^ _ b [*1 

 were taken :— w » 



(a) Nalanda; October 30, 1906. Amongst grass, &c, by the ( n. ,- ,, ) 



roadside. *^ 



(b) Trincomalee ; November 11, 1906. Oopah estate (E. E. 



Green), at light. 



(c) Trincomalee ; November 15, 1906. Powder Island. 



(d) Colombo ; December 17, 1906. Mutwal. 



It is noteworthy that all the above specimens were taken in the 

 low-country, whilst Mr. Meyrick's Indian examples were found at a 

 considerable elevation. 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



Trichoptilus Wahlbergi, Zell. 

 (Plate A., figure 10.) 



Wahlbergi.— Zell, Linn. Ent., VI., 346 ; Z., Mic. Caff., 117 ; Wlsm., 

 T. E. S., 1881, 280 ; Meyr., B. J., XVII., 134. 

 i Rutilalis.—Wlk., Cat. XXX., 943. 



Rutilans.— Wlk. {sic!).— WoUaston, A. M. N. H. (5), III., 441. 



Pyrrhodes.-M.eyv., Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales (2), IV., 1113. . 



Distribution. — Peradeniya, Kandy, Matale, Maskeliya, Bandara- 

 wela, Badulla, Madulsima. 



