﻿dt5 Joiirn., Bom. Nat. Tllst. Soc, Vol. XVI, No. 4. [Nor. 2, 1905. 



sprinkled -with dark fuscous. Antenupe pale oclireoua, towards base and 

 apex becoming dark fuscous. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, tips of palagia 

 tinged with brassy-ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous, apex ochreous-yellow. 

 Legs ochreous-yellow, anterior femora and tibiae dark fuscous above, apex of 

 middle femora and tibite dark fuscous, posterior tibiati beyond median spurs, 

 and basal joint of posterior tarsi dark fuscous, scales slightly raised on origin 

 of spurs. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex rounded, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; 2 and 4 approximated, 5 parallel, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to termen ; orange, paler towards costa ; markings bronzy-fuscous, 

 darker-edged, suffused with shining purplish-leaden ; an elongate costal blotch 

 at base, extended in disc to connect with an elongate loop-shaped discal blotch 

 reaching to 2 ; a^ streak along dorsum from near base to beyond middle ; a 

 terminal patch occupying apical third, its anterior edge convex : cilia bronzy- 

 fuscous. Hind wings with 2, 4,5 approximated, 6 and 7 connate; a slight 

 discal groove and ridge of scales towards base ; dark fuscous ; an irregular 

 ochreous-yellow patch in disc towards base ; cilia fuscous. 

 One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole). 

 Timyra. Walk. 



Antennoe over 1, in $ simple, basal joint elongate, in ^ sometimes densely 

 tufted. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint in ^ sometimes clothed with 

 long loose rough hairs, or with fine expansible hairs inwardly, in $ with ap- 

 pressed scales, rough beneath, terminal joint in $ sometimes very short, 

 thickened with scales, rough anteriorly, in $ nearly or quite as long as second, 

 slender, acute, loosely scaled. Anterior tibias with brush of scales beneath, 

 posterior tibiae with large dense median tuft of long hair scales above in both 

 sexes, posterior tarsi thickened with rough scales or with fringe of long hairs 

 above. Forewings with 2 remote from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen or 

 apex. Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen not sinuate, cilia 

 §, in $ usually with deep groove beneath cell, containing long hair-pencil ; in 

 ^ 3 absent, 2 and 4 approximated or stalked, in $ 2 remote, 3 and 4 separate 

 or stalked ; 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Obviously allied to Crochantes, which is, however, immediately distinguished 

 by the absence of veins 2 and 9 of forewings ; the large scale tuft of posterior 

 tibiae in both sexes is a quite peculiar character. 

 Deciiaria, Walk., is a synonym. 

 Timyra machlas, n. sp. 



^ $, 20-22 mm. Head bronzy-fuscous, sides ochreous-whitish, in ^ with 

 scales of crown directed forwards above antennae. Palpi ochreous-whitish 

 mixed with dark fuscous, in ^ with basal joint dilated, second joint much 

 enlarged, very long and thickened with dense scales, above with fringe of long 

 projecting hairs and on inner side with long expansible whitish hair-pencil, 

 terminal joint \ of second, thickened with dense dark fuscoua scales, in 9 

 second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second, both with 

 anterior edge blackish. Antcnncc whitish-ochrcous, iu 9 nngcd, in <J suffused 

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