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broad fuscous fascia at | parallel to termen, marked with darker ; an 

 orange apical spot, enclosing a white crescentic mark ; a praeterminal series of 

 dark fuscous strigulce in fuscous spots ; cilia white, witli an orange basal 

 spot at apex, and three or four faint fuscous bars on outer half round' 

 apex. Hindwings grey, paler or whitish towards base, veins streaked with 

 ochreous-fuscous, apex white ; cilia white, sometimes with a grey basal spot at 

 apex. 

 Two specimens, Kandy and Puttalam, Ceylon, in October and NoTember 



(Green). __ ^ 



^ . Gelecthiad.'E. 



^7^ Stiotroga cerealella. 01, 



Newera Eliya, Ceylon, in March and June (Green). This now cosmopolitan 

 insect (stated by Mr. Green to be destructive to rice) will probably be found 

 generally distributed, though liable to be overlooked ; the larva feeds on grain 

 of all kinds, and may do great damage in granaries. 

 Clialiniastis metrodclta, n. sp. 



^. 15 mm. Head fuscous^ sides ochreous-yellow. Palpi pale ochreous- 

 "2, yellow, second joint with lower | and almost apical ring fuscous externally, 

 ^**''^'— — terminal joint as long as second, with base and anterior edge, except towards 



' Vwiil (jI*? ) ^^^^ dskvk fuscous. Antennte dark grey. Thorax purplish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 fuscous, darker posteriorly, apex ochreous--yeI[ow. Posterior tibiiB shortly 

 rough-scaled above, Forewings elongate, narrowed anteriorly, posteriorly 

 rather dilated, cOsta gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, some- 

 •<vhat oblique, rounded beneath ; fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged ; costal edge 

 ochreous orange, somewhat suffused into ground colour ; straight parallel 

 transverse whitish-ochreous lines at | and beyond ^, first followed by a tri- 

 angular dorsal ochreous-brown patch, reaching | across wing, edged with dark 

 fuscous posteriorly, second rather broadly edited with dark fuscous posteriorly ; 

 second discal stigma dark fuscous, edged with whitish-ochreous ; a dark fus- 

 cous line round termen and apex, interrupted by ochreous-yellow dots ; cilia 

 ochreous-yellow, beneath tornus dark fuscous, Hindwings somewhat over 1, 

 fuscous, slightly brassy-tinged ; cilia i, whitish-fuscous, with two fuscous 

 shades. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March (Pole). 

 Thiutricha orthiasds, n. sp. 



^. 13 mm. Head shining, bronzy-fuscous, with pale reflections. Palpi 

 light bronzy-grey, base whitish. Antennal ciliations 3. Thorax and abdomen 

 bronzy-fuscous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 9 out of l! ; dark fuscous ; 

 a broad ochreous-white streak occupying costal half from base, from middle 

 onwards gradually attenuated and leaving costal edge, not quite reaching apex ; 

 a fine white strigula between this and apical fifth of costa ; a black apical 

 mark; cilia grey, round apex ochreous-white with two dark fuscous linea, 

 Hindwings almost 1, cilia '2^ ; grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia grey. 

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