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darker brown fascite irrorated with dark fuscous, first basal, second 

 from I of costa to toruus ; costa posteriorly dotted or strigulated 

 with dark fuscous : cilia pale ochreous with rows of dark fuscous 

 points. Hiiidwiiigs in cJ dark grey, in $ somewhat lighter; cilia 

 grey, with darker subbasal shade. 



Ceylon, Biutenna and Puttalam, in May and June {Pole) ; two 

 specimens. 



Melasma granularis, n. sp. 



S 12-13 mm., $ 14-15 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi 

 very short, dark fuscous. Anteunal pectinations of J 5. Thorax 

 ochreous-grey-whitish more or less suffused with fuscous anteriorly. 

 Abdomen light grey, anal tuft in $ large, pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 rounded, rather strongly oblique ; grey-whitish, sometimes ochreous- 

 tinged, coarsely strigulated with fuscous ; a fuscous transverse 

 streak or cloudy fascia from beyond middle of dorsum, reaching | 

 across wing ; sometimes a cloudy fuscous spot in disc towards 

 apex : cilia whitish, basal third ochreous-tinged. Hindwing grey ; 

 cilia grey-whitish. 



Ckylon, Peradeniya, bred in March, larva in a long nearly 

 cylindrical case of silk covered with refuse (length 12 mm., breadth 

 2 mm.), mostly whitish, sometimes banded with grey, feeding on 

 lichens beneath ledges of rock and on trunks of trees {Green) ; 

 nine specimens. 



Melasina meliphaea, n. sp. 



(S . 22-25 mm. Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi moderate, dark 

 fuscous, tip pale ochreous. Antennal pectinations 5. Thorax 

 pale ochreous, anteriorly suffused with purplish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous, towards 

 base of costa suffused with fuscous : cilia pale ochreous. Hind- 

 wings pale ochreous more or less tinged with grey; cilia pale 

 ochreous. 



S. India, Cuddapah, 4000 feet {Campbell); Mysore, Mysore 

 City and Maddur, in April and July {Fletcher) ; four specimens. 



Melasma cremata, n. sp. 



J. 25-31 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous; palpi 

 moderate, terminal joint very short. Antennal pectinations 5. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; grey, 

 sprinkled and coarsely strigulated with black, veins suffused with 

 fuscous or dark fuscous ; markings blackish ; a blotch about fold at 

 I of wing ; a transverse blotch from middle of dorsum, becoming 

 suffused upwards ; a blotch towards costa at f ; four small spots 

 on costa posteriorly ; an irregular streak rather near and parallel 

 to termen : cilia grey, towards base slightly sprinkled with black. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish. 



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