Vaile 
gs. 
B58~ Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XXI., No. 8. [July 30, 1912. 
Hermenias implexa, n. sp. 
$2. 14-16mm. Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark fuscous, some- 
times slightly whitish-sprinkled. Antennal notch of ¢ close above base. 
Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, in 6 with strong fold 
reaching from base to near middle, apex obtuse, termen indented-sinuate, 
rather oblique; 7 to termen; dark fuscous;a broad irregular streak of 
whitish irroration or suffusion along dorsum from base, occupying nearly 
half of wing, upper edge sinuate or angularly indented before middle, 
dorsal edge dotted with dark fuscous, separated from ocellus by a triangular 
tornal spot of ground colour; ocellus margined by two thick leaden- 
metallic streaks confluent beneath, sometimes whitish-irrorated, contain- 
ing several irregular and variable black dots or short dashes ; some oblique 
violet-leaden strigze from costa posteriorly, rising from short obscure 
whitish strigule : cilia fuscous, with two or three series of white points. 
Hindwings with 3 and 4 coincident; grey, thinly scaled, veins dark 
fuscous, termen suffused with dark fuscous, more broadly towards apex ; 
cilia light fuscous, with darker subbasal shade, tips whitish-tinged, in 6 
elongated on tornus and dorsum, 
Namunakuli and Patipola, Ceylon (Green) ; from February to May, eight 
specimens. 
Hermenias palmicola, n. sp. 
36 2. 11-12mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous. Antennal notch 
of ¢ close above base. Forewings elongate, narrow, somewhat contracted 
posteriorly, costa gently arched, in ¢ with strong fold reaching from base 
to beyond middle, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate-indented 
beneath apex, rather oblique; 7 to termen; dark fuscous; dorsal half 
mostly covered with suffused transverse strigee of whitish irroration ; a 
pale leaden-grey erect striga from tornus, and a streak along termen ; 
some oblique obscure purplish-leaden strigze from costa posteriorly, rising 
from short strigule of whitish irroration; between these and terminal 
leaden streak is a narrow patch of fine scattered whitish hairscales; a 
small distinct white mark on costa before apex: cilia fuscous irrorated 
with whitish and somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings with 
3 and 4 coincident; thinly scaled, semitransparent, grey; veins dark 
fuscous ; termen suffused with dark fuscous, more broadly towards apex ; 
cilia fuscous sprinkled with whitish, in ¢ elongated on tornus and dorsum, 
Trincomali, Puttalam, and Batticaloa, Ceylon (Green, Fletcher, Pole) ; 
in May, June and October, three specimens. Very like implera, but 
smaller, without the defined triangular dark spot before tornus, and 
structurally distinct by the longer costal fold ; it is a low-country species, 
whilst ¢mpleva occurs at high elevations only. 
Spilonota, Steph. 
This generic name supersedes 7imetocera, Led. and Strepsicrates, Meyr. 
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