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Nov. 2, 1905.] Indian Mlcro-Lepidoptera. jjQg S'^?'^ 



with fuscous, basal joint hi $ with large whitish-ocl.reous tuft of scales in 

 front, hollowed and dark fuscous on inner side. Thorax fuscous, collar fuscous, 

 whitish. Abdomen pale ochreous. Legs ochreoas-yellow, anterior pair dark 

 fuscous, except part of tarsi, middle tibite whitish banded with dark fuscous 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi with long fine projecting hairs above, spotted and 

 streaked with dark fuscous, median tuft of tibi^ ochreoxis-yellow, mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 in $ obtuse, in 9 round-pointed, termen straight, rather oblique, rounded 



_ beneath ; 7 to apex ; light brown, mixed with darker ; basal area mixed with 



orange, and with orange median and plical streaks to middle ; in ^ a sub-basal k^C 



tuft of erect scales ; beyond middle a broad orange slightly oblique transverse ^ 



fascia ; posterior area with white lines on veins, and along costa and termen : 

 cilia pale ochreous, base orange-tinged, with two dark fuscous shades. Hind- 

 wings in $ whitish-ochreous, posteriorly suffused with fuscous; in 9 fuscous ; 

 cilia as in forewings. 



Two specimens, Kandy, Ceylon, in September and October (Green). 



Tirnyra mend/ceUa. Walk. 



{Decuaria mendicellay Walk. Cat. Tin. 797.) 



Palpi with appressed scales, very long, slender, ahke in both sexes. 

 Antenn* in $ with large tuft of scales from basal joint in front, hollowed on 

 inner side. Posterior tibiifi and tarsi with loose rough projecting scales above, 

 median tuft of tibiaj very large, scales yellowish, tipped with black or suffused 

 with dark fuscous, Forewings with vein 7 to termen. Hindwings as in 

 T. sphenias. 



Two specimens, Pundalu-oya, Ceylon, in March (Green). 



Tirnyra mekiUanlhes , n. ap. 



$. 19 mm. Head pale ochreous, crown fuscous-tinged. Palpi whitish-och- 

 reous, second joint fringed with projecting hairs above, terminal joint as long as 

 second, slender. Antennje whitish-ochreous, ringed with fuscous beneath, basal 

 joint with large tuft in front, on inner side hollowed and mixed with dark 

 fuscous. Thorax light shining brownish-ochreous. Abdomen pale ochreous. 

 Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior tibia3 dark fuscous, fringed with hairs beneath, 

 middle tibias suffused with dark fuscous, with expansible hairs towards apex 

 above, posterior tibise and first three joints of tarsi with projecting hairs above, 

 median tuft of tibife very large, mixed with shining metallic grey and black 

 scales. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse,, 

 termen straight, rather obhque, rounded beneath ; 7 to termen ; fuscous, irrc- 

 rated with whitish-achreous except on basal and terminal areas ; an indistinct 

 cloudy whitish-ochreous fascia at \ ; an orange fascia before 3, dilated on 

 costa ; cilia whitish-fuscous, with darker sub-basal shade, base pale orange- 

 ochreous. Hindwings fuscous, paler and "thinly scaled towards 1 ase, hair- 

 pancil ochreous-yellowish ; cilia whitish-ochreous, more yellowish towards 

 base. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole). 



