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October 31, 1911.) Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera, br 
scattered dark fuscous scales; costal edge dark fuscous towards base ; a 
rather large cloudy dark fuscous dot in dise at %: cilia whitish-ochreous, 
somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous specks. Hindwings whitish-grey ; 
cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in May, November, and January, three speci- 
mens, 
Epactris, Meyr. 
It should have been mentioned in the characters of this genus that the 
stout antenne are distinctly flattened. 
Epactris thyreota n. sp. 
3d. 8-9 mm. Head and palpi blackish. Antennz ochreous-whitish. 
Thorax blackish-fuscous, patagia whitish-ochreous except shoulders. Ab- 
domen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, markings 
blackish-fuscous ; a large triangular patch extending along costa from base 
to 4, broadest posteriorly, where it reaches % across wing, but including a 
roundish spot of ground-colour in dise beyond middle, of which the dark 
lower edge is suffused or sometimes almost obsolete; apex of this patch 
connected with an irregular streak along termen; a slender streak along 
dorsum from base to near middle : cilia whitish-ochreous, towards base with 
undefined bars of dark fuscous suffusion. Hindwings grey; cilia pale 
grey. 
Madulsima and Bandarawela, Ceylon (Pole, Vaughan, Fletcher); in 
April and May, four specimens. Nearly allied to melancheta (of which 
I have now a good series), but much smaller and readily distinguished by 
the dark colour forming a broad unbroken costal band, whereas in 
melancheta it is interrupted and spotted. 
Monopis viatica, n. sp. 
3d. 12mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, apex whitish. 
Antennze dark fuscous. Thorax pale reddish-ochreous, patagia blackish- 
fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, beneath whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; 2 out of 4, 6 to apex, 7 and 8 stalked ; dark lilac- 
fuscous irregularly mixed with blackish ; a roundish semi-hyaline whitish 
spot in dise before middle ; a rather broad ferruginous-ochreous streak from 
base along dorsum and termen to apex: cilia pale ferruginous-ochreous, 
on costa dark fuscous. Hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked, 6 to apex ; grey ; 
cilia light grey. 
Khasis, in May ; one specimen. 
Monopis florilega, n. sp. 
dg. 11-12 mm. Head yellow. Palpi and antennz dark fuscous. Thorax 
yellow, patagia dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 
costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 9 and 
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