EUCOSMlDiE. 31 



Ancylis aromatias, n. sp. 



J . 13 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-brownish, face whitish. 

 Palpi rosy-brownish, hairs of second joint whitish. Abdomen 

 gre}'. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 without fold, apex round-pointed, strongly prominent, termcn 

 strongly concave below apex, rounded-prominent beneath ; ochreous- 

 brownish, with violet reflections ; costal edge with oblique whitish 

 strigulse, irrorated with dark fuscous between these ; dorsal area 

 beneath fold and dorsal half of wing posteriorly ferruginous ; two 

 indistinct dark reddish-fuscous streaks between cell and apical 

 prominence, beyond these an oblique pale silvery-metallic mark ; 

 apical prominence edged beneath and anteriorly above by slender 

 white marks : a line black marginal line round apex and upper 

 part of termen : cilia brownish-ochreous. Hindwings with 3 and 

 4 coincident, tornus obtusely angulated ; grey with a faint violet 

 tinge ; cilia whitish-grey, with grey subbasal shade. 



Madkas, N. Coorg, 3500 feet, in Novem.ber and February 

 {Neivcoine) ; two specimens. 



Ancylis hylsea, n. sp. 



(5 $ • 13-14 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, face whitish. Palpi 

 white, second joint externally greyish-ochreous except towards 

 apex. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, in J without fold, apex round- 

 pointed, strongly prominent, termen deeply excavated below apex, 

 rounded-prominent beiieath ; whitish-ochreovis or pale brownish- 

 ochreous ; costa with oblique whitish strigula?, irrorated with 

 black between these; a narrow dark brownish patch or streak 

 extending along costa beneath these from before middle to near 

 apical prominence, crossed by oblique leaden-grey strigae ; a broad 

 median streak of ochreous-whitish suffusion from base to middle, 

 sometimes posteriorly edged with dark fuscous beneath ; dorsal 

 halt of wing more or less suffused with brownish or sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous ; two parallel lines of black irroration running from 

 end of cell to near apical pi'ominence, above and beneath these are 

 sometimes whitish streaks, and beyond them a pale leaden-metallic 

 oblique mark ; some blackish dots along dorsum ; apical prominence 

 brownish, sprinkled anteriorly with black, edged beneath and 

 anteriorly above by white marks; a fine black marginal line round 

 apex and upper part of termen : cilia whitish, above apex with a 

 brownish patch, on upper part of termen tinged 's^'ith greyish on 

 outer half. Hindwings with 3 and 4 coincident, tornus in c? 

 rectangular ; grey ; cilia light grey. 



Assam, Khasis, in October and November ; five specimens. This 

 and the two preceding species are closely allied, but at present 

 appear distinct. 



