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Giyphipteryx stilata, «. s^d. 



c? . 7 mm. Head and thorax shining light bronzy-grey. Falpi 

 with four whorls of grey white-tipped scales. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termeu 

 somewhat sinuate, very oblique ; shining greyish-bronze, sufi'used 

 with pale dull orange-ochreous on posterior half; a strongly curved 

 oblique white streak from middle of dorsum, reaching half across 

 wing to disc at f, upper portion very slender, towards dorsum 

 broadly dilated and sufiused posteriorly, edged with daik fuscous 

 anteriorly; five white anteriorly black-edged streaks from costa, 

 first beyond middle, first two oblique, reaching half across wing, 

 others very short, wedge-shaped ; short silvery-whitish partially 

 dark-edged marks from before and beyond tornus ; a small black 

 apical spot : cilia greyish, beneath apex whitish with two slender 

 grey bars. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in February {Pole) ; one specimen. 



Giyphipteryx aerifera, n. sp. 



2 . 11 mm. Head and thorax shining bronze. Palpi on basal 

 and second joints with three whorls of black white-tipped scales, 

 terminal joint white with black anterior and interior streaks. 

 Abdomen grey. Forcwings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 tolerably pointed, termen somewhat rounded, rather strongly 

 oblique ; bright shining bronze ; markings pale golden-metallic ; 

 five slender streaks from costa, first from middle, short, oblique, 

 indistinct, others edged with a few blackish scales, second and 

 third rather oblique, reaching half across wing, fourth and fifth 

 short, transverse ; a transverse mark from tornus, not reaching 

 half across wing, lying between second and third costal streaks 

 and not meeting either ; small spots on termen above and below 

 middle: cilia bronzy, on outer half grey, with pale golden -metallic 

 basal spots on terminal markings. Hindwings rather dark grey ; 

 cilia grey, towards tips paler. 



Nkw Zealand, Mt, lluapehu, 4500 feet, in January {Hudson) ; 

 one specimen. 



Giyphipteryx molybdora, n. sp. 



2 . 18 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark bronzy- 

 fuscous ; palpi very short. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, 

 termen oblique, faintly sinuate ; dark bronzy-fuscous, on posterior 

 I irrorated with light yellowish; markings shining bluish-leaden- 

 gi-ey ; narrow transverse fasciae at \ and middle ; a patch of 

 blackish suffusion in disc beyond middle; a narrow sinuate fascia 

 from I" of costa towards tornus, not reaching it ; three small spots 

 on costa posteriorly, second largest and transverse ; a roundish 

 spot on termen beneath apex ; an elongate mark along lower half 



