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a silvery-whit-e black-edged stria not reaching costa, its costal 

 margin mostly occupied by two small elongate dark fuscous spots; 

 several leaden-metallic dots in apical area : cilia greyish, base 

 tinged pale pink, on posterior half ot dorso-tcrminal edge six or 

 seven projections of blackish scales. (Hindwings missing.) 

 Ceylon, Matale, August {Pole); one specimen, 



7 Homosetia ancyropis, u. sp. 



S 2 . 9-10 mm. Head, thorax rather dark bron/y-fuscous, face 

 whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, bristles dark fuscous. Aiilennte 

 nearly 1, grey. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; bronzy-greyish-ochreous, faintly pinkish-tinged, more or 

 less sj)rinkled and irregularly mixed dark fuscous; a gradually 

 expanded black streak along costa from about \ to apex, cut by 

 five oblique white strigulse on posterior half of costa, a minute 

 Aviiite marginal dot on each side of apex; tufts ou tornus and in 

 disc above it, whitish-grey anteriorly, a longitudinal line of tAvo or 

 tliree slight blackisli daslies passing between these, area round 

 tliem darker-suffused; a whitish arrowhead before apex; a fine 

 irregular white line along lower part of termen : cilia pale greyish, 

 base within a fine black line yellow-ochreous round costa and apex. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



British GtUiana, Mallali, March (Parish); three specimens. 



Homosetia anaphrictis, n. sp. 



c? ? . 8-9 mm. Head, thorax light grey. Palpi whitish, second 

 joint externally with a dark grey streak. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; scales dark grey with Avhitish tips, 

 forming a very fine transverse striation, appearing grey ; blackish 

 semioval spots on costa before and beyond ^ and at g, and a smaller 

 spot between two latter of these, also dorsal spots opposite these 

 same two, and pairs of tufts transversely jdaced in disc between 

 them ; apical area mixed silvery-whitish between veins, especially 

 on margin : cilia grey, base suti'usod ochreous-whitish and spotted 

 blackish irroration. Hindwings dark grey, slightly purplish- 

 tinged ; cilia grey. 



iJKixisH Guiana, Bartica, Mallali, February, March (Parish); 

 twelve specimens. 



Homosetia tephropis, n. sp. 

 5 . 8 mm. Head whitish. Thorax, abdomen light grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, very narrow, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, 

 termen extremely obli(jucly rounded ; grey, some scattered blackisli 

 scales; a slender streak of blackisli irroration along costa from g 

 almost to apex, six whitish dots on posterior half of costa, and two 

 or three on termen ; several indefinite groups of black scales on 



