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Ptochoryctis tlluvialis, n. sp. 
2. 26mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi blackish, towards 
base whitish internally. Abdomen whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique; 8 and 4 
stalked; whitish-ochreous, with a faint grey tinge; costal edge dark- 
fuscous towards base; a submarginal series of seven large black dots 
round apex and termen: cilia ochreous-whitish, with dark-fuscous sub- 
basal and fuscous subapical line. Hindwings ochreous-whitish; cilia 
white. 
Khasis, in April; one specimen. 
Epimactis turbida, n. sp. 
?. 14-18 mm. Head whitish. Palpi white, second joint externally 
dark-fuscous on basal 3. Thorax fuscous, shoulders whitish. Abdomen 
whitish-grey. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex tolerably 
pointed, termen sinuate, oblique ; light fuscous; costal edge ochreous- 
whitish ; dorsal area towards base suffused with rather dark purplish- 
fuscous ; stigmata dark-fuscous, plical small, slightly beyond first discal, 
second discal rather large, connected with dorsum by dark-purplish-fuscous 
suffusion, terminal area beyond this more or less darker-suffused; some 
undefined cloudy-dark-fuscous spots round posterior part of costa and 
termen : cilia whitish-fuscous, with faint darker subbasalshade. Hindwings 
pale-grey or whitish-grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 
Khasis, in September; three specimens. 
Epimactis spasmodes, n. sp. 
Q. 21mm. Head whitish-ochreous ; palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint 
externally fuscous, except towards apex, terminal joint anteriorly infuscat- 
ed towards apex. Thorax fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly some- 
what dilated, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen sinuate, 
oblique; whitish fuscous; costal edge whitish-ochreous; a suffused dark 
fuscous wedge-shaped spot along base of dorsum; stigmata dark-fuscous, 
plical, beyond first discal ; a fuscous shade from #4 of costa to dorsum before 
tornus, angulated inwards to touch second discal; a strongly outwards- 
curved series of cloudy dark-fuscous dots from beneath costa at 2 to 
dorsum before tornus ; a series of cloudy dark-fuscous dots round posterior 
part of costa and termen: cilia whitish-ochreous, slightly fuscous-tinged, 
with a basal series of dark fuscous dots on termen. Hindwings pale 
whitish- grey-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Palnis (Campbell) ; one specimen. 
Epimactis infulata, n. sp. 
$. 14mm. Head whitish. Palpi white, second joint externally dark- 
fuscous on basal 3; antennal ciliations 4. Thorax light fuscous, should- 
ers whitish. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex round-pointed, termen rather sinuate, somewhat oblique; brownish- 
grey ; costal edge white, costa towards base more broadly suffused with 
whitish ; stigmata dark-fuscous, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal, 
second discal connected with dorsum by a direct dark-fuscous rather 
irregularstreak ; three blackish linear marks on posterior part of costa, and 
a black line round apex and termen: cilia white, beneath tornus light- 
brownish-grey, round apex with a light fuscous subbasal shade becoming 
faint, spots on termen. Hindwings light-grey; cilia whitish, with grey 
subbasal suffusion. 
Kegalle, Ceylon (Alston) ; one specimen. 
Epimactis strombodes, n. sp. 
3 17 mm., 9 24mm, Head, palpi and thorax whitish-yellow, second 
joint of palpi fuscous except towards apex. Antennal ciliations 4. Abdo- 
men whitish-ochreous, Forewings moderate, costa rather strongly and 
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