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anterior. Posterior cross-vein inwardly sloped in both 
specimens. Halteres creamy-yellow. Length of type 6mm. ; 
of second specimen nearly 8 mm. 
Described from a female in perfect condition taken at 
Suduganga, Matale District, Ceylon, flying in bungalow 
garden at 10 a.m., April 20, 1919. Another female taken on 
same estate, around Lantana scrub on boundaries, at dusk on 
March 30, 1919. Type and additional specimen in my own 
collection. 
April 20, 1919. R. SENIOR-WHITE, F.E.S. 

The Tea Tortrix (Homona coffearia, Neitner)—Synonyms : 
Tortrix coffearia, Feld. in lit. Neitner. Capua coffearia, 
Neitner, Enem. Coff. Ceyl. 1861. Pandemis (? Capua) 
menciana, Walker, E. C. Cotes, Ind. Mus. Notes, Vol. IIT., 
No. 4,1896. Homona fasciculana, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. 
Mus., Vol. 28, p. 424, 1863. 
Male—Gray. Head and thorax gray, densely scaled ; 
eyes rufous; antenne ciliated filiform, reaching to medial 
portion of wing; palpi short, curled, ascending, with ap- 
pressed scales, terminal joint short ; thorax with crest of scales 
on dorsal surface. Fore wing gray, narrow, with an oblique 
slightly sinuous medial band of light brown from costal 
margin to centre of dorsum ; a dark gray punctum bordered 
with black at centre of costa ; a sinuous brown band crossing 
apex from costa to termen; termen arcuate, fringed with 
gray scales ; costal fold, curled towards the upper surface, 
densely scaled ; 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. 
Hind wing unicolourous, dark gray, fringed, without basal 
pecten, 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximate to 4 at base, 6 and 7 
stalked. Posterior tibia with a pair of medial spurs as well as 
an apical pair. 15 to 17 mm. expanded. 
Female —Ochraceous. Head and thorax ochraceous, eyes 
black, sometimes rufous ; antennz simple, filiform, as long as 
head and thorax, palpi as in male; thorax without crest. 
Fore wing ochraceous with a darker ochraneous patch on the 
shoulder, and oblique slightly sinuous medial band of the 
