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Adee Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist: Soe., Volt. X_X., No. 2. | October $2, EOT. 
shades. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, lighter and ochreous-tinged 
towards apex; a round dark fuscous spot in middle of disc, edged anteriorly 
by a white spot; some slight irregular whitish suffusion towards termen; 
cilia as in forewings, but shades less defined and tending to be interrupted. 
Khasis, in November; one specimen. 
Lecithocera eupatris, lh. sp. 
2. 18-19 mm. Head white, back of crown tinged with ochreous. 
Palpi white, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antenne 
ochreous-whitish, indistinctly spotted with grey towards base. Thorax 
yellow-ochreous, suffusedly marked with white anteriorly. Abdomen pale 
ochreous mixed with grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique; 2 and 3 long-stalked, 8 and 9 out 
of 7; bright yellow-ochreous; an ill-defined transverse white line near base: 
a sinuate white transverse line somewhat before middle; space between 
these two lines occupied except towards costa by a suffused blackish 
blotch, more or less sprinkled posteriorly with blue-whitish; three white 
marks on posterior half of costa, sometimes confluent; a crescentic white 
mark in dise beyond middle; a blotch of dark fuscous suffusion extending 
over dorsal half of wing from antemedian line to near termen: cilia 
light ochreous-yellow. Hindwings light grey, becoming pale ochreous- 
yellowish towards apex; cilia whitish-yellowish. 
Khasis, in September and October ; two specimens. 
Lecithocera sinuosa, 0. sp. 
32. 9-10 mm. Head and thorax light glossy grey. Palpi whitish- 
ochreous. Antennz light ochreous-yellowish spotted with dark grey. 
Abdomen whitish-grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, 
eosta gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 
stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7; light glossy grey, with a slight purplish tinge; a 
narrow rather inwards-curved pale ochreous-yellowish fascia from # of costa 
to tornus: cilia light grey. Hindwings with 3 absent (coincident with 4) ; 
light grey ; cilia pale grey. 
Maskeliya and Matale, Ceylon (Pole); from February to August, six 
specimens. 
Lecithocera oxycona, i. sp. 
3¢ 2. 11mm. Head whitish-ochreous, face and in 2 centre of crown fus- 
cous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint and anterior edge of terminal 
joint dark fuscous. Antenne ochreous-whitish, in ¢ much thickened towards 
base. Thorax rather dark fuscous, anteriorly and on patagia ochreous- 
whitish. Abdomen whitish-fuscous, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strong- 
ly oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7; rather dark fuscous, some- 
what pale-sprinkled ; a broad whitish-ochreous costal streak from base to 
about 3, attenuated to a point posteriorly ; discal stigmata cloudy, dark 
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