5 ~=Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XXI., No. 1. | October 31, 1911. 
riorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 
7 absent; deep fuscous-purplish, suffusedly strigulated with dark fuscous ; 
costa irregularly strigulated with whitish-ochreous ; dorsum with a patch 
of whitish-ochreous strigulation extending from = to %, widest before 
middle, where it reaches 3 across wing ; several small whitish-ochreous 
dots on termen: cilia fuscous-purplish mixed with dark fuscous, on termen 
with two or three undefined bars of ochreous-whitish suffusion. Hindwings 
and cilia rather dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous. 
9. Length 4mm. ; head small, antennze and legs short and weak, slender,. 
abdomen with whitish anal tuft; wings reduced to minute rudiments. 
Haputale, Ceylon (Green); 9 d, 2 9, bred in February. Larva ina 
sub-globose egg-shaped case of silk covered with grains of refuse, feeding 
on lichens ; length of case 8-10 mm., width 5-7 mm. 
Mallobathra cellulata, n. sp. 
gd. 12-13 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous-yellowish. Antenne 
dark fuscous, ciliations 4. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings 
elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely 
rounded; 6 present; dark purple-fuscous, costa sharply spotted with 
pale echreous-yellowish, rest of wing wholly strewn with obscure 
suffused whitish-ochreous dots: cilia dark purple-fuscous, on costa barred 
with pale yellowish on spots, on termen with a basal series of pale yellow- 
ish spots, round apex with tips ochreous-whitish. Hindwings with 6 
present ; rather dark bronzy-fuscous ; cilia fuscous, paler towards tornus. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January (Pole) ; seven specimens. 
Elegistis, n. g. 
Head rough ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antenne 3, in ¢ biciliated 
with long fascicles, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi 
moderate, porrected, clothed with dense loose scales, obtuse. Maxillary 
palpi obsolete. Posterior tibize clothed with long hairs above. Forewings 
with 2 from towards angle, 7 to apex, 8 and 9 short-stalked, 11 from before 
middle. Hindwings under 1, elongate-ovate, cilia }; 5 absent, other veins 
separate, nearly parallel. 
Elegistis cunicularis, 0. sp. 
3 @. 10-13 mm. Head and thorax grey spinkled with grey-whitish 
and blackish. Palpi blackish sprinkled with grey-whitish. Antennal 
ciliations of ¢ 5. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; purplish- 
fuscous suffusedly irrorated with blackish; a moderate rather curved 
fuscous-whitish fascia at 4, another at % interrupted in disc, and a band of 
undefined cloudy spots towards termen, but these are always more or less 
obscured by dark fuscous irroration, and sometimes wholly obsolete and 
merged in ground colour: cilia dark purple-fuscous sprinkled with whitish 
points. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous, purplish-tinged. 
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