45 Meyrick, New Microlepidoptera of the German Ent. Institute. 



suffused grey towards tornus. Hindwings light ochreous-yellow : au 

 irregulär dark grey marginal band running all round wing except in 

 middle of base; ciUa light yello\\ish, a grey subbasal shade. 



Ceylon; 1 ex. (coU. Dr. W. Hörn, 1899): also 1 in my collection 

 from Maskeliya, Ceylon. 



Xyloryctidae. 



öditesarmilligera nov.s^^ec. — cJ?- H — 12 mm. Head and thorax 

 pale ochreous. Palpi whitish, second Joint suffused with dark fuscous 

 except apex, terminal Joint Avith base and two bands dark fuscous. 

 Antennae of ^ minutely ciliated. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen slightly rounded, rather strongly 

 oblique; pale ochreous, irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and dark 

 fuscous; discal Stigmata rather large, black; an almost marginal series 

 of rather large blackish dots round posterior part of costa and termen 

 to before tornus; cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings and cilia ochreous 

 whitish. 



Amani; 4 ex. (coli. Morstatt). The banded terminal Joint of 

 palpi is characteristic. 



Caenarycta nov. gen. — Head with appressed scales, sidetufts 

 dense, raised; ocelli inferior; tongue apparently rudimentary. An- 

 tennae %, in (J subdentate, strongly ciliated, basal Joint stout, sub 

 concave beneath, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, 

 second Joint exceeding base of antennae, thickened with dense scales 

 and slightly rough beneath, terminal Joint shorter, moderate, pointed. 

 MaxiUary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with hairs 

 above. Forewings Ib furcate, 2 from ^/g, 3 from near angle, 4 and 

 5 connate from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal-ovate, cilia y^; 3 and 4 connate, 5 nearly 

 parallel, 6 and 7 short- stalked. 



Caenorycta dryoxardha nov. spec. — c? 38 mm. Head whitish- 

 ochreous, sides of crown brownish. Palpi pale ochreous, second Joint 

 with a dark brown lateral streak on basal half, terminal J oint inf uscated 

 posteriorly. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax whitish-ochreous, posterior 

 half suffused brownish. Abdomen pale ochreous, segmental margins 

 deep fulvous, segment 2 with deep fulvous dorsal blotch. Forewings 

 elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 rounded, somewhat oblique; pale ochreous, with scattered dark brown 

 scales; a dark bro\\'n dot near base in middle; an elongate brown patch 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous extending along dorsum from ^/g to ^/g, 

 pointed anteriorly, reaching % across wing and truncate posteriorly, 

 Upper edge with an obtuse prominence suffused with dark fuscou? 



