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440° Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol, XX., No. 2, [ October 12, 1910. 
elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, with some scattered fuscous or dark 
fuscous specks; costal edge dark fuscous towards base; discal stigmata 
blackish ; a rather dark fuscous streak along dorsum from { to j, broad in 
middle and narrowed to extremities; posterior area from second discal 
stigma pale ochreous suffused with fuscous except towards costa, undefined 
anteriorly, darker fuscous towards termen, in one specimen whole wing 
suffused with rather dark fuscous except a rather broad costal streak and 
a line along submedian fold: cilia pale ochreous suffused with fuscous, at 
Fi apex with a bar of dark fuscous suffusion, on costa whitish-ochreous. 
Hindwings grey, paler anteriorly ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole); in July and from October to February, ten 
specimens. 
Eridachtha, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Anten- 
ne 1, rather stout towards base, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 
Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with appressed scales, 
terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very 
short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiss clothed with hairs 
above. Forewings with 2 from near angle, 3 separate (in one wing of one 
specimen 2 and 3 very shortly stalked), 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen, 11 
from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-trapezoidal, apex pointed, termen 
hardly sinuate, cilia almost 1; 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked. 
A development of Homaloestis. 
Eridachtha prolocha, n. sp. p 
Q. 15-16 mm. Head, palpi, and antenne light ochreous-yellowish, 
second joint of palpi fuscous towards base. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen 
light fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa anteriorly gently 
arched, apex round-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, oblique ; grey-brown : 
cilia brownish-grey. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. 
Nilgiris, 3,500 feet (Andrewes) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in April 
and August, three specimens. 
Homaloxestis, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales; ocelli present; tongue developed. Antenne 
1 or over 1, rather stout towards base, in ¢ simple, basal joint moderate, 
without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint thickened 
with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second or somewhat longer, 
slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. 
Posterior tibize clothed with hairs above. Forewings with 2 from towards 
angle, 3 separate, 4 and 5 sometimes stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex 
or termen, 9 sometimes out of 7, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate- 
trapezoidal, apex more or less pointed, termen faintly sinuate or rounded, 
cilia 3-2; 8 and 4 connate or stalked, 5 rather approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 
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