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somewhat expanded above towards apex, terminal joint in 9 3. Antenne 
whitish-ochreous more or less suffused with fuscous. Abdomen grey. Fore- 
wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen faintly 
sinuate, oblique, more so in Q ; deep ochreous-yellow, sometimes tinged 
with brownish or sprinkled with dark fuscous; markings dark purplish- 
fuscous; a thick streak along costa from base to beyond middle ; stigmata 
well-marked, plical hardly beyond first discal, these two often included in a 
rather broad transverse fascia of dark suffusion ; a variable spot on costa at 
2 often connected with second discal stigma ; a moderate terminal fascia, tri- 
angularly dilated beneath so as to touch second discal stigma; cilia ochreous- 
yellow with dark fuscous patches above apex and on tornus. Hindwings grey ; 
cilia light grey, becoming pale yellowish on upper part of termen, 
Maskeliya, Peradeniya, Ceylon (Pole, Green, de Mowbray) ; from February 
to October, eleven specimens. The short terminal joint of palpiin 9 is a 
special character. Ihave a large 9 specimen, in which the whole forewing is 
suffused with rather dark fuscous, except a yellow streak on gosta posteriorly, 
the cilia yellow as usual ; it is probably a variety of this species ; in colouring 
it recalls melicrossa, but is not so dark, and differs in palpi and form of wing. 
Periacma melicrossa, 0. sp. 
SQ. 14-16 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi ochreous-yellow, second 
joint with dark fuscous subapical ring, in © with scales somewhat expanded 
above towards apex. Antenne pale yellowish, suffusedly dotted with fuscous. 
Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft in ¢ mixed with pale yellowish. 
Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, oblique ; 
7 to just below apex; dark fuscous, in ¢ somewhat suffused with ochreous 
except towards costa and posteriorly, with a spot of yellow suffusion on costa 
beyond middle, stigmata perceptible, darker fuscous, in Q all these absent 
except afew yellowish scales on costa beyond middle; adeep yellow mark 
long costa towards apex: cilia ochreous-yellow, with a bar above apex ‘and 
tornal patch blackish-grey. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey, with darker 
subbasal shade, 
Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; from May to August, five specimens. 
Periacma laganopa, 0. sp. 
&@.16-19mm. Head and palpi ochreous-yellow. Antenne fuscous, be- 
neath pale yellowish. Thorax ochreous-fuscous, Abdomen grey, anal tuft 
yellow-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 
slighily sinuate, oblique ; 7 to termen ; light yellow-brownish ; stigmata dark 
fuscous, plical slightly beyond first discal ; a suffused fuscous wedgeshaped 
mark from tornus touching second discal: cilia brownish-yellowish, on tornus 
sometimes with a brown patch, Hindwings rather thinly scaled, grey ; cilia 
greyish-yellowish. 
Khisis ; in June and July, three specimens, 
Periacmia haliphea, 0, sp. 
AQ. 14-16 mm, Head deep ochreous-yellow. Palpi ochreous-yellow, in ¢ 
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