2fi4 i;XOTIC MICRO LPPIDOPTERA. 



obtuse-pointed, termeii extremely obliquely rounded ; grey irrorated 

 with dark fuscous ; stigmata moderate, dark fuscous, plical rather 

 obliquely before first discal ; some indistiuct dark fuscous dots 

 round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia grey, towards base 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 

 Cevlon, Haputale, in July (Alsioti); one specimen. 



Pseudcdoxia encalypta, n. sp. 



5 . 16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purplish-fiiscoua. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 light greyish-ochreous ; a narrow dark purple-fuscous basal fascia, 

 whence a slender suffused streak runs along costa into a suffused 

 dark purplish-fuscous apical patch occupying more than a third of 

 wing and reaching to tornus ; stigmata black, discal moderate, 

 plical minute, somewhat obliquely before first discal : cilia fuscous 

 sprinkled with darker. Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia grey. 



Cktlon, Maskeliya, in October (Pole) ; one specimen. 



Pseudodoxia camatodes, n. sp. 



c? . 12 mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous mixed with 

 light grey. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint suffused with 

 grey, terminal joint sprinkled with grey. Abdomen greyish, anal 

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

 gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 light brownish irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous ; stigmata 

 rather large, blackish, plical somewhat obliquely beyond first discal ; 

 some scattered blackish scales along posterior part of costa and 

 termen : cilia pale greyish-ochreous with whitish points. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 



Ceylon, Peradeniya, in February (Green); one specimen. 



Pseudodoxia paiadema, n. sp. 



S . 16 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellowish. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint blackish-grey. Thorax grey, anterior margin 

 blackish-grey, posterior extremity ochreous-grey-whitish. Abdomen 

 grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather 

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

 rounded; greyish-ochreous; costal edge blackish-grey from a small 

 spot at base to beyond middle ; discal stigmata moderate, black, 

 plical hardly indicated, somewhat beyond first discal : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, sprinkled with grey and whitish. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal sbade. 



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



Pseudodoxia chlorostoma, n. sp. 



5. 15-1(1 mm. Head dark fuscous sprinkled with whitish, 

 face whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint dark 



