256 EXOTTC IITCROLEPIDOPTERA. 



sometimes finely sprinkled with dark fuscous specks ; a blackish 

 basal mark from costa and dot on dorsnm ; costal edge suttused 

 with blackish towards i, sometimes forming an elongate spot; a 

 small blackish spot towards costa at -^ ; stigmata black, plical 

 obliquely before first discal ; a triangular dark fuscous or blackish 

 blotch on dorsum at |, and a larger one on costa at f ; a row of 

 blackish dots round posterior part of costa and termen, sometimes 

 partially cotiflnent : cilia wbitish-ochreous, sprinkled with grey or 

 black points. Hiridwings grey, thinly scaled and semiliyaline 

 towards base ; cilia pale greyish. 



Ceylon, Colombo (Maclioood) ; eight specimens. At first sight 

 very like stomota, but markings quite differently placed. 



Meleonoma heterota, n, sp. 



(^ 9 • 9-10 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish with a few blackish specks, with black subapical 

 ring of second joint and median ring of terminal joint. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; pale yellow-ochreous, 

 with some scattered fuscous and dark fuscous scales ; blackish 

 marks on base of costa and dorsum ; a blackish elongate mark on 

 costa about I ; a small dark fuscous spot in disc at ^ ; stigmata 

 black, plical obliquely before first discal; a dark fuscous triangular 

 patch on dorsum before middle, its apex formed by plical stigma ; 

 a larger dark fuscous patch on costa about middle ; some dark 

 fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and termen, towards 

 apex confluent in an irregular spot : cilia grey. Hindwings grey, 

 thinly scaled and subhyaline towards base ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in May (Pole); two specimens. Very like 

 petrota, but easily recognised by the grey cilia of forewings, and 

 position of dorsal blotch clearly before middle of wing instead of 

 beyond middle. 



Homosaces podarga, n. sp. 



S. 11mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purple-fuscous, 

 terminal joint of palpi half second, somewhat thickened with 

 scales. Abdomen dark grey. Anterior tibiae and tarsi white above, 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 pointed, termen faintly sinuate, very oblique ; deep purple, irrorated 

 with dark fuscous ; a narrow-triangular erect yellow spot from 

 middle of dorsum, reaching somewhat more than half across wing : 

 cilia bronzy-purple, with rows of darker points. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Kanaka, Ganesh Gudi, in May (Maxwell) ; one specimen. 



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