85T Jour., Bom, Nat. Hist, Soc., Vol. XXI., No. 3. [July 30, 1912. 
Acroclita grypodes, n. sp. 
g. 17mm. Head pale ochreous, face ochreous-whitish. Palpi greyish- 
ochreous, terminal joint and apex of second whitish. Thorax brownish 
with whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe edged with dark fuseous. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, without fold, apex faleate-prominent, termen 
semicircularly excavated beneath it; ochreous-brown ; costal edge dark 
fuscous, with fine obscure oblique striguli of whitish irroration ; a darker 
brown longitudinal band from base of dorsum to apex of wing, edged above 
with ochreous-whitish suffusion from before middle to near apex ; dorsum 
dotted with blackish; a streak of whitish suffusion along dorsum from base 
to beyond middle, where it turns slightly upwards, edged above with a 
streak of dark fuscous suffusion which is continued beyond it along dorsum 
to beyond tornus ; some ochreous-whitish irroration or suffusion posteriorly 
between this and median band: cilia fuscous somewhat sprinkled with 
ochreous-whitish, with patches of dark fuscous suffusion at apex and below 
middle of termen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked; rather dark fuscous ; 
cilia fuscous ; on undersurface with a narrow elongate subcostal patch of 
blackish modified scales extending from 3 to beyond middle. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole); in May, one specimen. 
Acroclita scleropa, 0. sp. 
3 @. 15-16mm. Head and thorax greyish more or less tinged with 
brown thorax anteriorly suffused with blackish, Palpi dark fuscous. 
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, in ¢ without fold, 
apex round-pointed, rather prominent, termen abruptly concave-indented 
beneath it; grey suffusedly irrorated with whitish; costa blackish, with 
pairs of fine whitish strigulee ; basal patch brownish, irregularly strigulated 
with blackish, reaching on dorsum to middle and suffused with blackish 
towards dorsum posteriorly, outer edge angulated in middle ; central fascia 
narrow, oblique, upper half blackish, lower half ochreous-brownish, posterior 
edge with an abrupt black projection in middle ; apical area ochreous-brown, 
with several oblique leaden-metallic strigze from posterior half of costa, and 
a black elongate mark towards costa above ocellus ; ocellus ochreous-brown, 
margined by two thick leaden-metallic streaks, ‘and containing a black dash 
near lower extremity : cilia grey irrorated with whitish, with dark fuscous 
apical patch. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; grey, veins darker; in 3 
beneath an elongate-ovate patch of blackish modified scales extending 
beneath costa from near base to 3; cilia light fuscous, with darker subbasal 
shade. 
Namunakuli, Patipola, and Maskeliya, Ceylon (Green, Pole, Alston) 
from January to April, five specimens, 
Acroclita naevana, Hb. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole); N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; Khasis ; in 
May, June, and from October to December, ten specimens. Occurs also 
throughout Europe and Central Asia to Japan. On the undersurface of both 
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