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hVr .luurn., Bu.n. Nat. flht. Snc, Vol. AT/, .Vo. 4. [Xor.2,VJ03. 



Timyra sphcnias, n. sp. 



(J 9- 25-28 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, crown yellowish-mixed, in ^ 

 with hairs raised round a quadrate pale ochreous-yellowish area above antennse. 

 Palpi fuscous, somewhat mixed with ochreous yellowish, in ^ with second 

 joint clothed with loose rough hairs, terminal joint half second, much thicken- 

 ed with loose scales, in $ second joint thickened with loose scales, 

 terminal joint nearly as long as second, tolerably slender, Antennae ochreous- 

 yellowish, beneath infuscatcd, basal joint in ^ with larg-a tuft of fuscous 

 scales in front. Abdomen ochreous-yellow. Legs purplish-fuscous partially 

 mixed or suffused with ochreous-yellowish, posterior tibiae clothed with rough 

 projecting hairs beneath on basal half, posterior tai"si clothed with rough 

 projecting hairs above, more strongly in ^. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 posteriorly somewhat dilated, cnsta slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen s'raight, 

 rather oblique, rounded beneath ; 7 to termen ; purplish-fuscous, irregularly 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, sometimes posteriorly sprinkled with whitish- 

 ochreons ; a transverse elong.ate-triangular ochreouR-yellow blotch beyond middle, 

 apex downwards, more or less nearly touching both margins: cilia fuscous, 

 becoming ochreous-yellow towards base, with a darker fuscous subbasal line, 

 Hindwings pale ochreous-yellowish ; termen in § narrowly suffused irregularly 

 with fuscous, in $ only at apex and towards tornus ; cilia pale ochreous- 

 yellowish. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Peradeniya, and Pundalu-oya, Ceylon, in March 

 and August (Green). 

 ^ Macrolona 2)lat7jconia n. sp. 



jlh^ ' [is . $' ■^'^ — -^^ mm. Head and thorax ochreous-wliite. Palpi whitish irrorated 



'^(JTiC^ C^^ 1 ' with fuscous and dark fuscous, second joint roughened towards apex above and 



. borieath, terminal joint slightly shorter than second. Antennae very stout, 



|, j./vi/m'^ flatly compressed, ochreous-whitish, tip dark fuscous. Abdcmen ochreous- 



whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round 



'w _ pointed, termen sinuate, oblique, rounded beneath; 7 to termen, separate; 



*^^^f^ ochreous-whitish, towards costa and dorsum tinged and sprinkled with fuscous, 



f^,XMur< *)' costa posteriorly more or less suffused with fuscous j some scattered blackish 



<^, . j^ or dark fuscous scales on submedian fold ; irregular groups of black and dark 



-"^ \ fuscous somewhat raised scales representing stigmata, plical before first discal : 



['J m" ' ' cilia pale whiiishiochreous, outer half irrorated with fuscous. Hindwings 



with 3 and 4 connate or short-stalked, 6 and 7 long-stalked ; light 



fuscous ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, outer half irrorated with fuscous round 



apex. 



Two specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January (Pole). 

 Pharangitis n. g. 



Antennfe J, in ^ thick, simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, second joint thickened with scales, roughly 

 projecting towards apex beneath, terminal joint as long as second, slender, 

 acute. Foi-ewings with ?> absent, 2, 4, 5 separate, 8 and out of 7, 7 to 



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