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ground-colour from apex to near tornus ; a black dot in disc at |, 

 slightly below middle ; two or three black scales on costal and 

 dorsal margins of pale band : cilia rather dark grey. Hindwings 

 grey, paler towards base ; cilia pale greyish. 



Ceylon, Matale, Hambantota, in August and October {Pole, 

 Fletcher) ; two specimens. 



Psaltica scoparcha, n. sp. 



(S . 15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light lilac-brown. 

 Abdomen ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

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

 lilac-ochreous ; anterior half infuscated, limited by an obscure 

 whitish or light ochreous-yellowish streak from beyond middle of 

 costa to 1^ of dorsum ; second discal stigma rather large, round, 

 dark fuscous, at |- of wing ; some indistinct dark fuscous dots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia ochreous-yellowish. Hind- 

 wings pale yellow-greyish ; cilia light ochreous-yellowish. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, Pundaloya, in February and April (de 

 Moivhray, Green) ; two specimens, 



Psaltica leptochorda, n. sp. 



$ . 18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax lilac-brown. Abdomen 

 grey, dorsally ochreous except on segmental margins, Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; lilac-brown ; a fine whitish line 

 from before | of costa to | of dorsum, slightly incurved, preceded 

 by some darker brown suffusion ; second discal stigma moderate, 

 dark fuscous, near beyond this line ; some dark fuscous dots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia brow^n. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia brownish. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in January (Pole) ; one specimen. 



Pseudodoxia cerealis, n. sp. 



c5 . 14 mm. Head and thorax light yellow-ochreous, shoulders 

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

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

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

 light yellow-ochreous, faintly and minutely speckled with fuscous, 

 more distinctly towards apex : cilia pale yellow-ochreous speckled 

 with fuscous, becoming whitish-ochreous towards tips. Hindwings 

 whitish-ochreous somewhat suffused with pale grey ; cilia whitish^ 

 ochreous. 



S. India, Palnis, 6000 feet {OamphcU) ; one specimen. 



Pseudodoxia acritodes, n. sp. 



S. 13 mm. Head and thorax grey. (Palpi broken.) Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 



