13D = Jour., Bom, Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XXI., No.1. [October 81, 1911, 
strewn with small ferruginous-ochreous spots and strigule ; costa suffused 
with ferruginous-ochreous towards base; sometimes two very oblique 
fiscous fasciz before and beyond middle respectively, edged with ferru- 
ginous-ochreous, and a streak running from lower extremity of first through 
middle of second to costa before apex, but these markings are sometimes 
very faintly indicated or quite obsolete: cilia whitish-ochreous mixed with 
ferruginous ochreous and sometimes sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hind- 
wings and cilia rather dark fuscous. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; from January to July, six specimens. 
PLUTELLID&. 
Lamyristis, n. g. 
Head shortly rough-scaled ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antenne 2, 
in ¢ ciliated, basal joint short. Labial palpi moderately long, rather 
curved, somewhat ascending, second joint with compressed tuft of very 
long rough projecting scales beneath, terminal joint shorter, rather 
slender, obtuse. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Thorax with posterior ex- 
pansible tuft of hair-scales. Abdomen in 92 with large anal tuft. Anterior 
tibis moderately long, loosely expanded with scales, tarsi very short ; 
posterior tibizs with appressed scales. Forewings with 2 from towards 
angle, 7 and 8 long-stalked, 7 to termen, 9 and 10 from near 8, 11 from 
somewhat before middle. Hindwings 1, oblong-ovate, ciliai; 38 and 4 
connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 
I describe this genus here, because superficially the species has con- 
siderable general resemblance to a Macheropteris, and also some points of 
curious similarity in structure, but I do not consider that there is any real 
connection. The true relationship of the genus is with Anticrates, Meyr. 
Lamyristis leucopselia, n. sp. 
$2. 17-20 mm. Head ochreous-whitish more or less mixed with 
fuscous, Palpi fuscous, tuft of second joint suffused with ochreous- 
whitish towards base. Thorax dark fuscous, posterior edge marked with 
white. Abdomen rather dark fuscous, anal tuft fuscous. Forewings 
elongate, moderate, costa rather strongly arched, apex obtuse, termen 
slightly sinuate, oblique; deep purple, suffusedly irrorated with dark 
fuscous; costal edge somewhat spotted with ochreous-whitish suffusion, 
especially on a patch before middle ; a clear white spot on dorsum before 
middle, and two white dots placed transversely above it ; a white dot on 
dorsum before tornus; three white dots on costa towards apex: cilia dark 
purplish-fuscous, with white patches above and beneath apex. Hindwings 
dark bronzy-fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal line. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May (Pole, Alston) ; three specimens. The white 
patches in the cilia of forewings produce the optical eiiect of the unusual 
form of the apex and cilia in Macheropteris phenax, 
(To be continued). 
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