heliodinidj:. 95 



suffusedly dark grey ; cilia dark grey. Hindwings grey : cilia 

 ochreous-wliitish. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in July {Pole)\ one specimen. 



Pachyrhabda bacterias, n. sp. 



2 . 9 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 ochreous-whitish, posterior legs wi!h apex of tibiae and tarsal joints 

 dark grey. Forewings very narrow, narrowed from near base to 

 acute snbfalcate apex; ochreous - whitish ; a suffused ochreous- 

 yellowish streak along fold from base to near middle of wing ; 

 costal edge dark fuscous towai'ds base; a short sinuate fuscous line 

 suffused with ochreous-yellowish in disc beyond middle; a suffused 

 ochreous-yellowish spot above tornus : cilia whitish. Hindwings 

 ochreous-wliitish, faintly greyish-tinged ; cilia whitish. 



Ceylon, probably at low level; one specimen. A specimen from 

 Cairns, Queensland (Dodd), has the discal mark of forewings 

 yellowish, without dark scales, hindwings light grey ; it is probably 

 the same species. 



Thylacosceles cerata, n. sp. 



c? , 12 mm. Head shining ochreous-whitish, crown tinged with 

 violet-grey. Palpi and antennae ochreous-whitish. Thorax light 

 greyish-ochreous. Abdomen light greyish, beneath white. Poste- 

 rior legs whitish, tibiae on posterior half with a tuft of long light 

 greyish-ochreous hairs becoming grey at tips, at apex with a 

 blackish spot. Forewings narrow, widest near base, thence nar- 

 rowed to pointed apex, costa slightly arched ; brownish-grey ; an 

 oblique interrupted pale yellow streak from dorsum at |, traversed 

 by some white suffusion which extends along dorsum to middle of 

 wing ; a small triangular yellowish- white spot in disc at |, above 

 which is a short pale yellowish streak along costa : cilia grev, on 

 costa light brownish. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in June {Foh) ; one specimen. 



Thylacosceles judex, n. sp. 



J. 8-9 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, fillet and face 

 shining ochreous-whitish. Antennae ochreous-whitish, towards apex 

 with two narrow dark fuscous bands. Palpi whitish, terminal 

 joint with a fuscous lateral line. Abdomen fuscous. Posterior 

 legs white, tibiae with a black apical band, tuft of scales dark fuscous. 

 Forewings very narrow, costa straight, dorsum rounded-prominent 

 iit base, thence narrowed to pointed apex; dark fuscous; a tri- 

 angular ochreous-whitish spot on costa at f : cilia dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Ceylon, Mnskoliya, Madulsima, from March to May, and in 

 August (Pole, Fletcher, Alston); seven specimens. 



