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bands, posterior tibis fuscous with apex whitish and dark fuscous sub- 
apical ring. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique ; 3 absent 
4 and 5 short-stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7; light fuscous, slightly purplish- 
tinged, more or less suffused with whitish-ochreous on costal half; a small 
spot of dark fuscous suffusion on base of costa; a fascia-form blackish- 
fuscous spot from dorsum before middle, reaching 3 across wing; a short 
dark fuscous oblique streak on costa before middle; a slender sometimes 
interrupted dark fuscous pale-edged mark on transverse vein; a somewhat 
ineurved whitish-ochreous lme from * of costa to tornus, edged anteriorly 
by more or less dark fuscous suffusion; a dark fuscous interrupted line 
round apex and termen: cilia whitish-ochreous, becoming ochreous-yellow 
towards base, with a fuscous antemedian shade, at apex and tornus with 
patches of fuscous suffusion. Hindwings light fuscous tinged with 
ochreous; cilia whitish-ochreous, on upper part of termen with a light 
fuscous shade. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole, Green) ; in June, July, December and January ; 
five specimens. 
Onebala caduca, n. sp. 
3 Q. 14-15 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, with a whitish line 
above eyes. Palpi dark grey tinged with yellowish, apex of second joint 
whitish, terminal joint longer than second, whitish, anterior edge dark fus- 
cous. Antennz white ringed with black, near base lined with black. 
Abdomen grey, anal tuft pale ochreous. Middle tibize white with basal and 
median dark fuscous bands; posterior tibize dark fuscous with whitish 
apical and ante-apical rings. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly 
slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex 
obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique; 3 absent, 4 and 5 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 
7; whitish-ochreous ; a blackish-fuscous mark along costa at base; a very 
oblique trapezoidal blackish-fuscous blotch extending on dorsum from near 
base to 2, and reaching rather beyond fold, in ¢ reduced to an elongate 
spot above fold; a very oblique black strigula from costa before middle; a 
blackish-fuscous pale-edged mark on transverse vein, upper end enlarged, 
in 2 surrounded with some undefined fuscous suffusion; a somewhat 
sinuate ochreous-whitish line from 4 of costa to tornus, edged anteriorly 
with dark fuscous suffusion enlarged in disc into a triangular patch almost 
reaching preceding mark; a blackish line round apex and termen: cilia 
whitish-ochreous, on basal third ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings light grey, 
tinged with yellowish; cilia as in forewings. 
Khasis, in July ; two specimens. 
Onebala periastra, n. sp. 
3. 17-18 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown suffusedly mixed with 
dark fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint suffusedly irrorated 
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