TINBID^. 85 



Brazil, R. Tiipenaya ; tlirce specimens. Resembles iessellatella 

 in general colouring, but much smaller and relatively shorter- 

 winged ; distinct by tlie diflerent palpi. 



Hypophrictis inceptrix Meyr. 



Larva found in nests of C'reiiiasto(jaster (Fonnicidce), at Ambu- 

 langoda, Ceylon, and imago (a large § , 22 mm. expanse) bred in 

 December {Fletcher) ; in a singular nearly flat case composed 

 (apparently) of two dark grey sections of stout silk joined together 

 round the edges, shaped somewhat between an ellipse and an liour- 

 glass, or like two coalescing circles, length 15 mm., greatest width 



8 mm., contracted in middle to G ram. ; pupa protruded from end 

 in emergence. 



Hypophrictis sollicita, n. sp. 



S. 10 ram. Head pale brownish. Palpi whitish-ochreous 

 irrorated with dark fuscous. Thorax light brownish, anterior 

 margin suffnsed with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft pale 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 coincident or very long-stalked, 



9 out of S near base or connate ; whity-brownish, wnth scattered 

 dark fuscous scales; markings fuscous iiTorated with dark fuscous; 

 costa marked with about ten large dots, and an irregular spot 

 beyond middle ; three or four small indistinct spots in disc, with 

 some irregular marking towards terraen ; a terminal series of cloudy 

 dots: cilia fuscous-whitish. Kiudwings pale whitish-grey; cilia 

 ochreous- whitish. 



Bengal, Pusa, in October ^Fletcher); one specimen. 



Hypophrictis polyscia, n. sp. 



c? 2 . 13-23 mm. Head grey, face grey-whitish. Palpi grey- 

 whitisli, second joint suffused with dark fuscous except towards 

 apex. Thorax grey, sometimes suffused anteriorly with dark grey. 

 Abdomen dark grey. Fore wings elongate, more so in 2 , costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 

 stalked ; grey suifusedly irrorated with dark fuscous ; some small 

 dark fuscous spots on anterior half of costa, a subtriangular blotch 

 beyond middle, and three spots posteriorly ; a small cloudy dark 

 fuscous spot on end of cell, more or less confluent with costal 

 blotch : cilia grey, with a darker antemediau shade, on costa barred 

 with darker. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, with darker sub- 

 basal shade. , 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, Colombo, and Puttalam, from November to 

 January {Alston, PoU) ; six specimens. 



Hypophrictis lepras, n. sp. 



<S . 12-15 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen light groyish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked ; 



