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towards apex dark fuscous. Thorax yellow, suffused with light greyish- 
crimson anteriorly. Abdomen grey, apex whitish. Middle tibiz crimson, 
externally suffused with dark grey, tarsi white. Forewings very narrowly 
elongate-lanceolate ; bright clear yellow; costal edge ferruginous-tinged 
towards base; a narrow purple-coppery streak along dorsum from base 
throughout, extending at apex to costa, about 3 of breadth of wing, marked 
along dorsum with a series of deep indigo-blue striguls : cilia light ochreous- 
grey, becoming violet-coppery round apex. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Pundaloya, Ceylon, in September (Green); one specimen. Allied to 
esochrysa. 
HyYPONOMEUTID&. 
Lycophantis, n. g. 
Head on crown with rough spreading hairs, face with appressed scales ; 
ocelli present; tongue developed. Antenne %, in ¢ simple, basal joint 
moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, slightly curved, 
subascending, second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as 
second, loosely scaled anteriorly, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi 
obsolete. Posterior tibis smcoth-scaled. Forewings with 10 simple, 
2 from before 3 of cell, 8 from angle, 3-5 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked, 
7 to termen, 11 from middle, stigmatium developed. Hindwings almost 1, 
lanceolate, acute, cilia 12; 2 remote, 4 absent, 5 and € approximated. 
Allied to Argyresthia. 
Lycophantis chalcoleuca,n. sp. 
3 ¢.8-12 mm. Head and thorax white, face light fuscous, Palpi 
ochreous, Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, narrow, acute ; 
glossy purplish-bronze, variably more or less suffused with shining brassy- 
yellowish; costa finely dotted with white on posterior half; a broad snow- 
white dorsal streak, at base nearly reaching costa, gradually narrowed to a 
point at tornus, upper edge with a series of minute projections, towards 
dorsum often with some fuscous specks or strigule; a fine blackish terminal 
line marked with minute white dots: cilia light greyish-ochreous, on costa 
brassy-bronze. Hindwings grey ; cilia light greyish-ochreous. 
Khasis ; from September to November, twelve specimens. 
Argyresthia semitrunca, n. sp. 
@. 9-10mm. Head white. Palpi white, with dark fuscous lateral line. 
Thorax white, with dark fuscous lateral stripe. Abdomen grey, segmental 
margins white. Forewings lanceolate, pointed; 7 and 8 separate; deep 
fuscous-purple ; some white specks on costa; a strong yellowish-white dorsal 
streak from base to near middle, posteriorly truncate, followed by an 
oblong blackish spot, whence a slender posteriorly oblique blackish fascia 
runs to costa, blackish spots in disc at 3 and on middle of costa ; a slight 
whitish mark above tornus, preceded by a blackish spot; an oblique white 
mark on costa towards apex, preceded by blackish suffusion; some white 
terminal specks: cilia grey, round apex dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia 
grey. 
Khasis, in October, five specimens. 
Argyresthia leuculias, n. sp. 
39. 8-9mm,. Head and palpi white. Thorax white, shoulders pale 
fuscous. Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings lanceolate, pointed; 7 and 
8 separate ; light fuscous or whitish-fuscous, reticulated with dark fuscous, 
dorsal area beneath fold whitish, with some scattered dark fuscous strigulke ; 
small dark fuscous spots in disc at 2 and %, and a dorsal spot between 
these; a white dash above tornus, edged anteriorly by an oblique dark 
fuscous strigula; a round blackish apical dot, partially edged with white: 
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