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wing preceded by a tuft ; a large tuft towards dorsum at ^ of wing ; 

 a tuft on tornus : cilia whitiali-ochreous, towards tornus tinged 

 with grey. Hind wings rather dark grey ; cilia pale grey. 

 Ceylon, Maskeliya, in January {Pole); one specimen. 



Microcolona pantomima, n. sp. 



S . 16-17 mm. Head pale yellow. Palpi pale yellow, second 

 joint sprinkled w'ith dark fuscous, terminal joint shorter than 

 second. Thorax brownish, posterior margin pale yellow, shouhlers 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins mixed 

 with whitish-ochreoiis. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; ochreous- 

 brown ; a pale yellow basal fascia, its costal edge dark fuscous ; 

 four large roundish pale yellow spots containing tufts, viz. two 

 resting on costa at \ and middle, reaching half across wing, one 

 resting on dorsum between these, and one beyond tornus ; dark 

 fuscous spots on costa at | and dorsum before tornus, latter includ- 

 ing a tuft, each preceded by a small pale yellow spot ; an irregular 

 pale yellow mark before apex : cilia pale ochreous-brownish, on 

 costa pale yellow. Hindwings with 3 present; dark fuscous; 

 cilia grey, at apex with a spot of pale yellowish suffusion, 



Frknch Congo, Fort Crampel ; two specimens. 



Syntomactis epochaea, n, sp. 



2 . 10 mm. Head white speckled with dark fuscous. Palni 

 fuscous irrorated with white, with iindefined rings of dark fuscous 

 irroration. Thorax white irrorated with dark fuscous, with dark 

 fuscous spot on shoulder. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate ; grey suffusedly irrorated with white ; three blackish 

 dots at base; an undefined irregular blackish-grey fascia near base, 

 with some ochreous scales ; an irregular rather oblique transverse 

 black spot from costa beyond |, with some ochreous marking 

 beneath it in disc, and beneath this a tuft of scales ; an irregular 

 postmedian blotch of blackish suffusion from costa reaching more 

 than half across wing, its anterior edge margined in disc by a ridge 

 of scales prolonged to dorsum ; an irregular blackish dash extending 

 in disc from this to |, its extremity marked with a few ochreous 

 scales : cilia grey irrorated with white and mixed with blackish 

 hairscales. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Kanaka, Ganesh-Gudi, in April (Maxwell) ; one specimen. 



Syntomactis strophicodes, n. sp. 



c5' . 10 mm. Head whitish, sides of crown with a few dark 

 fuscous specks. Palpi whitish, with about five very fine dark 

 fuscous rings on second joint, and three on terminal. Thorax 

 whitish somewhat speckled with fuscous. Abdomen whitish. 

 Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; whitish, irrorated with fuscous 

 except on dorsal area beneath fold ; several raised tufts mixed 

 with black, viz. three in a line from base of fold to above dorsum 



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