﻿GOC? Jouni., Bom. Nut. Hist. Soc., Vol. A 17, No. 4. [Ntv. 2, 1905. 



JTypelicliii acrochlora n. sp. 



<J. 18 mm. Head, palpi, anteniiRj, and thorax dark purplish-bionzy-fus- 

 cous. Abdomen fuscous, Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa anteriorly 

 moderately arched, posteriorly nearly straight, apex rounded, termen somewhat 

 obliquely rounded, apex somewhat distorted and bent over so as to be concave 

 beneath ; dark shining purplisli-bronzy-fuscous; a hardly paler obtusely angu- 

 lated transverse line from ^- of costa to tornus ; iipical distorted portion pale 

 shining^ ochreous : cilia shining bronzy-fuscous, basal half-mixed^ with pale 

 ochreous and ferruginous. Hindwings fuscous, paler towards base, subdorsal 

 hairs pale whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous, partially suffused with pale 

 fuscous, round apex with darker fuscous. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February (Pole), 



Ypsolophus (lelfaspis n, sp, 



^. 21 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi with second joint dark fus- 

 cous, tip grey-whitish, tuft long, rather triangular, terminal joint much longer 

 tlian second, ochreous-whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous, with subapical dark 

 fuscous band, Antennas greyish-ochreous ringed •with dark fuscous. Abdo- 

 men rather dark fuscous. Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated 

 posteriorly, costa gently arched, somewhat sinuate in middle, apex rouiic!- 

 pointed, termen concave, little oblique, rounded beneath ; greyish-ochreous, 

 strigulated with fervuginous-brown ; a small blackis-h spot on base of costa and 

 a dot beneath costa near base ; costal edge anteriorly pale rosy, strigulated with 

 blackish ; a triangular blackish i-pot on costa before middle, reaching ^ across 

 wing ; a transverse streak of ferruginous-brown suffusion from dorsum before 5, 

 reaching more than half across wing ; discal stigmata small, ferruginous-brown, 

 near together ; an undefined fascia of ferruginous-brown suffusion about |, 

 terminating on costa in a darker spot mixed with blacLish : cilia pale ferruginous, 

 with an indistinct grey line. Hiudwings rather dark fuscous ; cuia fuscous. 



One specimen, Kandy, Ceylon, in September (Green). 



XYLOnYCTin.K, 



A mphonlis n, g , 



Antenna) -i, in ^ minutely ciliated, basal joiiit thickened with scales above. 



— ' ' \ Vyithout pectcn. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with 



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<\/il{ • c3'y rough scales beneath, terminal joint as long as second, acute. Anterior tibias 

 and tarsi very short, posterior tibia3 loosely haired. Forewings with costal 

 scale-projections before and beyond middle ; 2 from * of cell, 3 from angle, 7 

 to costa, 8 absent. Hindwings 1, oblong-ovate, termen not sinuate, cilia §; 3 

 and 4 connate or stalked, 5 parallel, G and 7 stalked. 

 Allied to Xyhrijcta. Type A. camelodes. 

 Amphoritis camelodes n, sp. 



■Y^ l|» 9. 20 mm. Head fuscous- whitish. Palpi whitish, terminal joint sprinkled 



with fuscous except at apex, with a blackish subapical ring. Thorax fuscous- 

 whitish mixed with pale brown. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings 



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'^ — ■ , elongate, moderate, cosla moderately arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen 



