570 EXOTIC MICROLEriDOPTERA. 



grey ; cilia grey-whitish, becoming whitish-yellowish x'ouud apex 

 and upper jjart of termen, 



Cktlon, Kandy and Ma|-ale, in July and August (MacJciuood, 

 Pole) ; two specimens. 



Timyra cicinnota, n. sp. 



J 2 . ^1-22 mm. Head and thorax bronzy-fuscous. Palpi in 

 c? grey, second joint whitish anteriorly and expanded with whitish 

 hairs above, terminal joint rather shorter than second, thickened 

 with loose scales, acute, in 2 ochreous-whitish sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Basal joint of antennse in c? with large anterior projec- 

 tion of dense scales. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Posterior tibise 

 clothed above to near apex with very long roughly expanded curled 

 ochreous-whitish hairscales, mixed beneath with dark fuscous 

 scales, before apes with a projecting pencil of long dark fuscous 

 hairscales, at apex with a short blackish tuft. Forewings elongate, 

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

 nearly straight, oblique ; 7 to termen ; rather dark fuscous ; 

 markings formed by whitish-ochreous suffusion; a moderate straight 

 fascia at I ; a slender cloudy transverse fascia in middle; abroad 

 undefined posterior transverse band, extending nearly to apex and 

 termen : cilia light fuscous, with suffused whitish-ochreous basal 

 shade. Hindwings with 3 in (5' absent, 6 to termen ; grey, in 5 

 somewhat darker ; in (5' a deep plical groove filled with long 

 expansible whitish hairs ; cilia light greyish. 



Ceylon, Colombo ( Machwood) ; two specimens. 



Timyra alloptila, n. sp. 



S . 24-25 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow, face whitish- 

 yellow, shoulders dark fuscous. Palpi bronzy-fuscous, second 

 joint much thickened with dense scales, internally clothed with 

 very long fine whitish expansible hairs, terminal joint shorter than 

 second, much thickened with dense scales, obtuse. Basal joint of 

 antennae with large anterior projection of dense dark fuscous scales. 

 Abdomen pale ochreous-yellowish, anal tuft dark grey. Anterior 

 tibiae deep coppery-purple, hairy beneath ; posterior tibiae yellow, 

 rough-scaled, above from \ to ^ with very long projecting yellowish 

 hairscales posteriorly forming a dense tuft crossed by a shining 

 steel-grey band, at apex with a deep purple spot preceded by a 

 yellowish scale-projection. Forewings elongate, narrow, rather 

 dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 7 to termen ; ochreous-yellow ; 

 markings dark purple-fuscous ; a streak along costa from base to |^, 

 with an erect partly yellow tuft beneath it before its middle ; a 

 small raised spot on dorsum beneath this tuft ; a suffused trape- 

 zoidal blotch on dorsum beyond middle, and one on costa at |, 

 nearly meeting ; a more or less developed narrow terminal fascia : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish tinged with grey, basal third ochreous- 

 yellow limited hj a fuscous line. Hindwings with 3 absent, 6 to 



