L961 
sc) Jour, Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XXI., No.3. {July 30, 1912. 
Acroclita thysanota, un. p. 
g. 15-16mm. Head and thorax dull olive-greenish, thorax somewhat 
strigulated with blackish. Palpi dull olive-greenish spotted with blackish. 
Abdomen with long whitish apical hairs. Forewings elongate, somewhat 
dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, without fold, apex obtuse, termen 
straight, rather oblique; dull olive-greenish, strigulated with black except 
towards costa on posterior 3; costal edge black with pairs of whitish 
strigulee ; a black spot on costa before 3; a very oblique transverse black 
spot from middle of costa ; posterior area of wing crossed by irregular 
leaden-metallic strigse, two of these enclosing a narrow ocellus marked 
with back, and preceded by a triangular blackish preetornal spot; cilia 
olive-greenish with some obscure dark fuscous and whitish bars, above apex 
blackish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked; grey with prismatic-violet 
iridescence, thinly scaled ; cilia whitish-grey, on dorsum and tornus much 
elongated to form a dense projecting pale ochreous hair pencil. 
Khasis ; in November, two specimens. 
Ancylis carpalima, wasp: hh wr. Fe Limn.ooc. N 7 (xe TAG” if 
362. 11-15 mm. Head whitish, more or less ochreous-tinged on crown. 
Palpi fuscous, terminal joint and long hairs of second white. Thorax 
brownish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 
apex falcate, termen semi-circularly excavated beneath it; ferruginous- 
brownish or ferruginous-ochreous, variably mixed or obscurely streaked 
longitudinally with whitish, costa obliquely strigulated with blackish and 
whitish ; dorsum dotted with dark fuscous ; a more or less marked suffused 
whitish line along submedian fold, dorsal area within this sometimes suf- 
fused with dark brown ;a more or less marked very oblique dark brown streak 
from middle of costa, costal area beyond this sometimes suffused with dark 
brown ; a variably developed longitudinal patch of brown suffusion streaked 
with dark fuscous from middle of disc to near termen, and sometimes 
posterior area much suffused with dark brown ; apical projection dark brown 
or ferruginous, edged anteriorly and beneath with white: cilia brown, 
variably sprinkled or largely suffused with white. Hindwings with 3 
absent, tornus in ¢ rather prominent ; rather dark grey, somewhat thinly 
scaled in disc ; cilia grey or whitish-grey, round apex tinged with ochreous 
or fuscous. 
Kandy, Ceylon (Green) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; Khasis ; from 
August to November, ten specimens. Also occurs in Queensland, Australia. 
The markings are variable and confused ; the dark brown colouring is more 
developed in specimens from Coorg and Ceylon than in those from the 
Khasis and Australia, but there is no constant difference. 
Ancylis seatebrosa, 1. 8p. 
?. 18-14mm. Head ochreous-whitish, forehead somewhat mixed with 
brownish. Palpi with long hairs, ochreous-whitish, second joint with spot 
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