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TRIPrOLOGA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae |, in d simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened vpith dense 

 scales, terminal joint in cS longer than second, thickened with 

 scales, in $ as long as second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi 

 very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibias clothed 

 with hairs above. Torewings with 1 b short-furcate, 2 and 3 

 stalked, 7 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elougate-ovatc, 

 cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 



Triptologa couiopis, n. sp. 



6 2 ' 10-13 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous or whitish- 

 ochreous, sometimes sprinkled with fuscous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint sprinkled with dark fuscous except apex. 

 Abdomen pale ochreous or whitish-ochreous. Eorowings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded; pale ochreous, sometimes tinged with brownish, 

 more or less sprinkled with dark fuscous ; stigmata dark fuscous, 

 ])lical rather obliquely before first discal ; a cloudy fuscous spot on 

 dorsum beneath second discal : cilia ochreous-whitish, basal half 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia Avhitish- 

 ochreous. 



Kanaka, Honavar, Chandavar, Bhatkal, from January to March 

 (Maxwell) ; six specimens, 



Periacma teraturga, n. sp. 



cJ 2 • 17-25 mm. Head and palpi light ochreous-yellowish, in 

 cJ second joint of palpi very long, terminal joint extremely short, 

 flattened, obtuse, dark fuscous, in $ second joint with rough pro- 

 jecting hairs above, sprinkled with fuscous laterally. Thorax light 

 ochreous or yellowish, anterior half more or less suffused with 

 fuscous. Abdomen greyish, anal tuft light yellowish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen faintly 

 sinuate, rather oblique ; ochreous-yellow, in 5 tinged with fuscous ; 

 a small dark fuscous spot on base of costa ; stigmata blackish, plical 

 slightly beyond first discal ; light brownish spots more or less 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous on costa at |^, dorsum before tornus, 

 and apex, tending to be connected by variable pale brownish 

 suffusion ; some small indistinct dark fuscous dots on termen : cilia 

 light yellowisli. Hindwings light grey, in $ sometimes darker, 

 in c? with subdorsal area largely clothed with light yellowisli 

 modified scales ; cilia whitish-yellowish, sometimes with faint 

 greyish subbasal shade. 



N. CooKG, Dibidi, 3500 feet (Newcome) ; S. India, Nilgiris, 3500 

 feet (Andrewes), in April, May, and September ; four specimens. 



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