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wings verj' narrow, costa straiglit, dorsum roundcd-prorainent at 

 base, thence narrowed to pointed apex; white; elongate narrow 

 semioval spots of dark fuscous irroration on dorsum at ^, beyond 

 middle, and tornus ; anterior | of wing irregularly blotched with 

 dark fuscous irroration, sometimes appearing to form oblique 

 streaks ; an irregular fascia of dark fuscous irroration from | of 

 costa to middle of termen, where it is dilated ; a black apical speck 

 preceded by a silvery-metallic dot: cilia grey, towards base more 

 or less -white, on costa with a straight dark grey basal line forming 

 a slight apical hock. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, at apex 

 with a whitish bar. 



Cetlon, Maskeliya, Madulsima, Batticaloa, Trincoraali, Galle, 

 from April to June (Fletcher, Green, Alston) ; fourteen specimens. 



Vanicela tricolona, n. sp. 



" d $ . 12-13 mm. Head shining white. Palpi white, terminal 

 joint considerably thickened with rough scales in front and behind, 

 second joint with a blackish lateral stieak towards base. Thorax 

 white, posterior half dark grey. Abdomen light grey, segmental 

 margins whitish. Posterior legs whitish, tarsi banded with dark 

 fuscous. Forewings extremely narrow, widest near base, thence 

 narrowed to acute apex, costa faintly arched; very pale whitish- 

 yellow ; three dark fuscous dorsal blotches, slightly purplish-tinged, 

 reaching half across wing, first quadrate, extending from base to \, 

 second semioval, from | to middle, third semioval, from near 

 beyond second to | ; a short very fine black longitudinal line iu 

 disc beyond third ; two or three sometimes confused short fine 

 inwardly oblique blackish-grey strigulse from costa beyond this ; a 

 black apical dot : cilia grey, round apex whitish, on costa white. 

 Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Queensland, Cairns, in October and November (Dodd)', four 

 specimens. 



Vanicela dentigera, n. sp. 



(S . 12 mm. Head shining white. Palpi white, second joint 

 with a black lateral streak on basal half. Thorax yellowish-white, 

 posterior half dark fuscous. Abdomen light grey. Posterior legs 

 whitish, tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings extremely 

 narrow, widest hear base, thence narrowed to pointed apex-, costa 

 slightly arched ; pale whitish-yellow, costa white ; a dark fuscous 

 streak along dorsum from base to near apex, hardly as broad as 

 half of wing except near base, upper edge with inwardly oblique 

 wedge-shaped indentations beyond | and beyond middle of wing, 

 connected with dorsum by minute reversed whitish striguloe, and 

 with a short projecting tooth at | ; a black sti'eak along costa from 

 I to near apex, its extremity connected with that of dorsal streak 

 by a fine inwardly oblique strigula ; a blackish apical dot : cilia 

 grey, round apex whitish witb a fine black basal line on costa 

 above apical dot, on costa white. Hindwings rather dark grey ; 

 cilia grey. 



, Queensland, Herberton, in December (Dodd) ; one specimen. 

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