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joint thickest towards apex, terminal as long as second, thickest in 

 middk', ])ointed. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, a])pressed to 

 tongue. Posterior tibia? clothed with rougli hairs above. I'orewings 

 1 h furcate, "1 from |, 3 from before angle, 4 from angle, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings under 1, narrowly 

 elongate-trapezoidal, apex pointed, produced, tcrmen sinuate- 

 eraarginate, cilia 4 ; 2-4 remote, 5 and somewhat approximated 

 at base, 6 and 7 parallel. 

 Allied to Aristotelia. 



Pityocona xeropis, n. sp. 



d 2- 10-12 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous banded dark grey iiroration. Forewings 

 elongate, very narrow, long-pointed, acute ; brownish -ochreous, 

 more or less sprinkled dark fuscous ; lines of white suffusion or 

 irroration along dorsum and fold ; blackish dots beneath fold at i 

 of wing and beneath costa at ^ ; stigmata black, finely ringed 

 white, plical usually elongate, very obliquely before first discal ; 

 sometimes fine whitish lines on veins towards costa posteriorly; 

 some indistinct blackish dots along posterior third of costa 

 and termen : cilia pale brownish-ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 pale grey. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, Ambulangoda (Pole) ; Kanaka, Belke 

 (Maxwell) ; Bi;ngal, Pusa (Maxwell-Lefroij) • January to April, 

 July, August; seven specimens. 



Apatetris leucoglypta, n. sp. 



c? 2 . 10-11 mm. Head, tliorax, abdomen white. Palpi 

 white, second joint hardly rough beneath, ochreous except towards 

 apex, Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 7 and 8 out of 6 ; yellow- 

 ochreous, irregularly sprinkled black, especially along margins of 

 markings; markings white; costal, median, and dorsal streaks 

 from base, terminated by an irregular inwards-oblique fascia 

 before middle ; a very irregular-edi;ed streak from about i of costa 

 to tornus, two acute projections anteriorly ; two or three fine 

 inwards-oblique marks from costa near apex ; an irregular terminal 

 line : cilia white, some black specks near base, and an interrupted 

 dark grey median line. Hindwings emargination obtuse-angled ; 

 light grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Kanaka, Chandavar, Haliyal, January {Maxwell) ; two specimens. 

 I consider that Apatetris Stand, supersedes Epiphthora Meyr., and 

 that Calyptrotis Meyr., Didacti/lota Wals., Proactica Wals., and 

 Gecidophaya Wals. are synonyms. 



Aristotelia incitata, n. sp. 



J. 12 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi oehreous-whitish, 

 second joint fuscous except apex, terminal with fuscous supra- 

 median band. Thorax, abdomen whitish-grey-ochreous. Forewings 

 narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; 6 separate ; pale whitish-grey- 



