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with long hairs. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 from angle, 7 and 

 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia I ; 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 somewhat approximated at 

 base, 6 and 7 parallel. 



Stereodytis crithina, n. sp. 



c? . 17-18 mm. Head whitish-ochreous with faint yellowish 

 tinge. Palpi wbitish-ochreous, second joint dark fuscous except 

 apex, terminal joint somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous. 

 Anlennal ciliations nearly 1. Thorax pale greyish-ochreous 

 suffused with fuscous anteriorly. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous sprinkled 

 with fuscous, more strongly along costa posteriorly ; a small rather 

 dark fuscous spot on base of costa ; stigmata rather large, dark 

 fuscous, plical somewhat beyond first discal ; a curved series of 

 cloudy rather dark fuscous dots from |^ of costa running almost 

 along termen to tornus: cilia pale whitish-ochreous. Hindwings 

 pale greyish ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in April and .July (Pole) ; two specimens. 



' Eulechria cerinata, n. sp. 



c? . 13 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders dark 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint dark fuscous except 

 towards apex. Antenna! ciliations 2. Abdomen light grey, anal 

 tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 whitish-ochreous, with some scattered grey and blackish scales ; 

 base narrowly suffused with blackish, slightly widest on dorsum ; 

 stignaata moderate, blackish, plical slightly beyond first discal ; a 

 small blackish spot on costa above second discal, and a rather 

 larger one on costa towards apex; a group of grey scales on 

 tornus : cilia pale yellow-ochreous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, with grey antemedian shade. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in February (Alston) ; one specimen. 



Eulechria velata, n. sp. 



5 . In mm. Head grey, sides of crown pale yellowish. Palpi 

 grey, terminal joint ochreous-whitish sprinkled with grey. Thorax 

 grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; light 

 grey irrorated with darker grey ; siiffused triangular dark grey 

 patches on costa at base and before and beyond middle, contluent 

 on costa, reaching half across wing ; stigmata moderate, blackish, 

 first discal forming apex of second costal patch, plical rather 

 obliquely beyond first discal ; apex and termen clouded with darker 



