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Pyroderces ioxantha, n. sp. 



cJ . 13-1-i mm. Head and thorax ferrugiuous-orange, face 

 ■whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint tinged with grey except apex, 

 terminal joint with base and two bands dark grey. Abdomen 

 greyish, throe basal segments pale bronzy-ochreous. Forewings 

 narrow-lanceolate, apex candate ; ferruginous-orange ; very fine 

 whitish lines finely edged with grey, as follows, viz., one slightly 

 curved oblique from beneath base of costa to |, one short somewhat 

 oblique longitudinal from beneath apex of this touchiug it, a third 

 siuiilar and similarly placed beneath second, almost reaching fold, 

 one just beneath costa from near base to first costal mark, one 

 hardly sinuate longitudinal above middle from | to f, with an 

 indistinct whitish dot beneath its apex, one along fold from base to 

 near extremity somewhat interrupted in middle, and one along 

 dorsum from base to beyond middle ; short blackish -whitish-edged 

 transverse marks from costa at | and 4; some undefined whitish- 

 ochreous and silvery-whitish suff'usion on tornus touching first costal 

 mark and apex of supramedian line, with a small indistinct silvery- 

 metallic tornal spot whose apex is followed by a black dot: cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey, 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in November and February (Pole) ; two speci- 

 mens. Specially characterised by the caudate apex of forewings. 



Pyroderces symbolias, n. sp. 



5 . 15 mm. Head fuscous, face and orbits whitish. Palpi 

 white, second joint pale yellowish except apex, anterior edge of 

 terminal joint suffused with dark fuscous. Thorax rather dark 

 bronzy-brown, with fine whitish line on each side of back. Abdo- 

 men pale ochreous. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate, apex 

 somewhat produced, acute ; bronzy-brown ; fine white lines very 

 finely blackish-edged as follows, viz., one slightly curved oblique 

 from base of costa to near i, one very short above fold beyond this, 

 one just beneath costa from near base to first costal mark, one 

 longitudinal above middle from |- to f , and one along fold through- 

 out ; dorsal edge partially white, expanded on basal third, and 

 with a small ill-defined white spot in middle ; two indistinct rather 

 converging dark fuscous obscurely whitish-edged striguloe from 

 costa at |- and |-, first connected by some slight whitish-ochreous 

 suft'iision with a small silvery-leaden tornal spot surmounted by a 

 black dot : cilia bronzy-brownish, towards tornus greyish. Hind- 

 wings dark grey ; cilia grey, becoming pale ochreous-yellowish on 

 lower half of termon and dorsum. 



Queensland, Brisbane ; one specimen. 



Pyroderces acroplecta, n. sp. 



cJ 5 • 10-13 mm. Head silvery-whitish, crown tinged with 

 ochreous. Palpi silvery-whitish, second joint tinged with ochreous, 

 terminal joint with base and two oblique rings dark grey. Thorax 



