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Peronea siderota, n. sp. 



5 . 10 mm. Head, palpi grey sprinkled whitish. Thorax dark 

 gicy. Abdomen grey. Foi'ewings elongate, posteriorlj' somewhat 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, terinen somewhat 

 siiiiiato, oblicjue ; feiruginous-brow n ; markings leaden-grey; a 

 basal patch of irregular suffusion, edged by a slightly curved 

 blackish stria at l~ ; irregular fascite before and beyond middle, 

 lighter and indistinct towards costa, a subdorsal tuft between them; 

 a dorsal spot before tornus, preceded and followed by small blackish 

 sjjots ; a narrow irregular fascia from | of costa to ternien above 

 tornus, preceded on costa by a small spot ; two sh^nder interrupted 

 fascia) between this and apex, i)receded and followed on termen l)y 

 son;e black scales : cilia leaden-grey sprinkled dark fuscous and 

 blackish. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Peradeniya, l)eceml)er, bred from larva mining in twigs 

 of Cinnamomum anu/Jiora (liutherford); one specimen. Inter- 

 mediate betw^een raj^>ax and halidoi'a. Type iu British Museum. 



CHLIDANOTID^. 



Archiinaga philomima, n. sp. 



J $ . 13-14 mm. Head fuscous, sometimes tinged ferruginous. 

 Palpi white, terminal joint tinged blue. Antennsie ochreous-fuscous. 

 Thorax white, slioulders ferruginous-fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal 

 tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewdngs elongate, somewhat dilated 

 posteriorly, costa near l)ase moderately arched, thence faintly 

 sinuate, apex obtuse-pointed, termen abruptly concave beneath apex, 

 rather oblique, rounded beneath ; 3 and 4 stalked, 3 strongly 

 curved ; white or yellow-whitish ; dors.al area more or less tinged 

 grey, variably and irregularly barred transversely dark fuscous ; 

 terminal area more or less marbled pale grey and pale yellowish ; 

 live reddish-orange marks on costa between ^ and apex, first two 

 elongate, laterally blackish -edged, giving rise to very oblique pale 

 yellow strigfe, third and fourth triangular, fifth a1)ruptly angulated 

 and running into apex ; a yellow longitudinal mark beneath apex ; 

 a blackish prteterminal dot in middle : cilia pale yellowish, round 

 apex partly white and above apex with a dark grey subbasal shade. 

 Hindwings 3 and 4 stalked ; light grey or yellowish-grey, some- 

 times with darker terminal spots ; cilia whitish, a grey^ subbasal 

 line. 



Assam, Khasis, September to November; ten specimens. Very 

 similar to pip-actis, but smaller; both this and the next species are 

 immediately distinguished from p>jractis by having veins 3 and 4 

 stalked in both wings. 



Archimaga euplocamis, n. sp. 

 § . 14 mm. Head white, forehead and sides of face dark 

 fuscous. Palpi white, second joint beneath with long projecting 



