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462 Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XX., No. 2. [ October 12, 1910. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in June and September (Pole) ; three specimens. 
Dactylethra globulata, n. sp. 
dg. 11-12 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders some~ 
times sprinkled with fuscous. Palpi brown mixed with blackish, second 
joint white anteriorly, terminal joint white with two fine rings of blackish 
irroration. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather nar- 
row, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 
whitish, tinged with brownish and sprinkled with dark fuscous; three 
moderately large roundish fuscous spots in dise at }, 3, and 3, sprinkled 
with darker, first smaller and less marked; a suffused similar patch 
extending along termen: cilia fuscous-whitish, irregularly sprinkled with 
dark fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish. 
Puttalam, Ceylon, in September and October (Pole) ; two specimens. 
G@COPHORIDA. 
Syllochitis, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. Antenne 
4, in 6 serrate, minutely ciliated, basal jomt moderate, with pecten of 
seales, Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint much thickened with 
dense scales, slightly rough beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, 
with dense posterior scale-projection on lower half, acute. Maxillary palpi 
very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Thorax with double posterior 
crest. Posterior tibiz: rough-scaled above. Forewings with rough scales 
on surface, 2 and 38 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex (indefinite), 11 
from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal-ovate, cilia 3; 3 and 4 connate, 5 
somewhat approximated to 4, 6 and 7 nearly parallel. 
A development of Depressaria, with relationship to Izatha. 
Syllochitis petrea, n. sp. 
3 Q. 17-22 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, often sprinkled with 
pale ochreous points, face irrorated or suffused with whitish-ochreous. 
Palpi purple-fuscous, variably mixed with blackish and sometimes with 
whitish-ochreous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa slightly 
arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; dark 
purple-fuscous, with scattered rough black scales; more or less pale ochreous 
irroration towards costa anteriorly ; first discal stigma represented by two 
very obliquely placed small tufts of black and whitish-ochreous scales 
second bya larger mostly black transverse tuft; a curved patch of undefined 
brownish suffusion in dise posteriorly ; an undefined black terminal line 
interrupted with whitish-ochreous: cilia brown tinged with purplish, with 
rows of whitish-ochreous points. Hindwings thinly scaled, bronzy-fuscous, 
veins darker; cilia concolorous. 
Maskeliya, Madulsima, Matale, Wellawaya, Kegalle, and Puttalam Cey- 
lon (Green, Pole, Alston); from November to February, twelve specimens. 
(To be continued.) 
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