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Thorax white, with patches of thick dark- fuscous irrorat ion especially 

 evident as a transverse line on prothorax and on and above patagia. 

 Abdomen white, suffused with ochreous-fuscous, second segment 

 with a large conspicuous dark-fuscous blotch on each side. Legs 

 white, fore-tibia and fore-tarsus dark-fuscous, hind-tarsus banded 

 with dark-fuscous at bases of joints. 



Fore wing cleft firstly from about J, secondly from near base, 

 thirdly from about ), fourthly from within \, . ^fthly from near base, 

 segments 2-6 perlinear, first segment very narrow, scarcely twice 

 breadth of second : white : first segment with two small blackish 

 costal blotches, first subbasal, second at about \, followed by three 

 outwardly-oblique broad transverse ochreous-brown bars, blackish- 

 fuscous on costa, outer edge of third bar very oblique, and continued 

 along hinder margin of segment into apex to form an ill-defined 

 ochreous-brown apical blotch, an ochreous-brown longitudinal blotch 

 on hinder margin of segments 1+2 near base ; segments 2 — 6 with 

 about seven broad ochreous-brown transverse bars sprinkled with 

 blackish narrowly preceded and followed by blackish, seventh bar 

 terminal, first two bars ill-defined and sometimes confluent ; on the 

 third segment the fifth bar is much broader than the sixth or seventh 

 bars, so that the penultimate and antepenultimate white patches of 

 ground-colour are here distinctly displaced outwards as compared 

 with the position of similar patches on segments 2 and 4. Cilia 

 white, ochreous-brown opj>osite transverse bars. 



Ffindwing white, crossed transversely by seven broad oclu'eous- 

 brown black-sprinkled bars narrowly preceded and followed by 

 blackish, seventh bar very narrow, terminal. Cilia white, ochreous- 

 brown opposite transverse bars. 



In Ceylon this species appears to occur in scrubby jungle in the 

 dry parts of the low-country. I took it at Hambantota on October 

 18 and November 8, 1908, when it appeared to be associated with 

 a Capparis , which is possibly its food plant. Although not previously 

 recorded from Ceylon, my collection also contains specimens from 

 TVlatale (August 15, 1906 ; Pole) and from Madulsima in April, 1907 

 (Vaughan). 



Outside of Ceylon 0. pygmcea occurs in Queensland at Brisbane 

 and Duaringa, where it is said to swarm sometimes by thousands 

 in the scrub. Mr. Meyrick kindly informs me also that he has 

 received it from Cuddapah, 4,000 feet, in South India (Campbell). 



Orneodes montigena, n.s. 



(Plate G, figure 2.) 



Expanse 10 mm. Labial palpi rather short, whitish : second joint 

 light fuscous at apex , which is expanded exteriorly by an acuminate 

 scale-tuft ; third joint about f length' of second, rather rough-scaled, 

 expanded apically with long hair-scales. Antennae finely ciliated, 

 beneath whitish, above pale brownish, on basal half clearly annulated 



