146 Journ., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XX, No, 1. [June 13, 1910, 
Kegalle, Madulsima, Haputale, Kalutara, Matale, Ceylon (Alston, Pole 
Vaughan) ; from May to August, six specimens, 
Erotés, 0. g. 
Head small, with appressed scales; ocelli present; tongue developed. 
Antenne 3,in ¢ serrulate, simple, basal joint moderate, with pecten of short 
scales. Labial palpi long, recurved, widely diverging, second joint reaching 
base of antennz, somewhat expanded towards apex with rather rough scales, 
terminal joint shorter than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi short, 
filiform, appressed to tongue. Thorax rather swollen, Anterior tibie dilated 
with rough scales ; posterior tibiz clothed with rough hairs above. Forewings 
with 2 from about %, 3 from angle, 4 absent, 5 rather approximated to 3, 7 and 
8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 from near 7, 10 remote, rising from 3 of cell, 11 from 3. 
Hindwings 4, clongate-ovate, cilia ¢; 4 absent, 5 somewhat approximated to 3, 
§ and 7 tolerably parallel. 
A peculiar genus, of which the position must at present be considered quite 
doubtful, Et can be regarded as an aberrant genus of Oecophoride, but it is 
possible that it should form a new family ; the small head and swollen thorax, 
widely divergent palpi, and peculiar position of veins 10 and 11 of forewings 
are discordant characters which cause it to stand isolated. 
Erotis phosphora, ni. sp. 
&Y. 13-20mm. Head, palpi, and antenne ochreous-whitish. Thorax 
rose-pink spotted with dark grey irroration. Abdomen dark grey, sides and 
apex ochreous-whitish, basal segment suffused with pink. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen strongly rounded, 
oblique ; rose-pink, irregularly strewn throughout with small spots of dark 
grey irroration ; a streak of dark grey suffusion along costa from before 
middle to 3; somewhat larger dark grey spots in disc at 5 and #, and on 
dorsum at 2: cilia rose-pink, with two lines of black points, basal third barred 
with dark grey irroration. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline in 
disc and towards base ; cilia light grey, 
Matale, Kegalle, Maskeliya, Kalutara, Ceylon (Alston, Pole); in July, 
November, and December ; four specimens. 
Macrosaces, Meyr. 
The generic definition may be extended in the following points: labial palpi 
with second joint sometimes expanded towards apex, terminal sometimes 
longer than second ; forewings with 3 sometimes present, stalked with 2 or 
separate ; hindwings seldom with 5 absent, 
Macrosaces negatella, Walk. 
(Gelechiu negutella, Walk, Cat. XXIX, 631.) 
&Q. 11-16mm. Variable in depth of colouring, but always recognisable 
by the transverse blackish blotch on costa at 4, reaching 4 across wing. Hind- 
wings varying from pale to dark grey. 
Maskehya, Pattipola, Ceylon (Pole, de Mowbray, Fletcher); from Septem- 
ber to May, 
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