﻿^99" Joum., Horn. Nat. Hist, Soc., Vol. XT I, Xo. 4. [Nw. 2, 11)05. 



^ Xjfloryeia pslloiis n. sp. 



}(\/ll'^Od ^ 1G-I7ram. Head, thorax and abdomen ocbreous--wlutish, head locsely 



^ i^ haired. Palpi white, lower | of second joint fuscous. Antennje strongly 



i/p^^^Wi^ biciliated (3). Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex 



f ,//[,4or' rounded obtuse, termon rounded, hardly oblique; 2 from ^, 7 to termen ; 

 i^ ' ^ pale whitish-ochreous, thinly scaled ; discal stigmata indicated by two or three 



' 'W'^MW ^ blackish scales, first sometimes absent ; an almost, marginal series of dark grey 

 Ul3^ 1*'*'^ V or blackish dots along termen, sometimes little marked ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 

 r. XVK' ■ ^"^ J Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish ; 3 and 4 stalked, T, and 7 stalked. _ | 



~~ Four specimens, Peradeniya and Yatiyantota, Ceylon, in March, September, I 



and November (Green). • 



Nephmtis n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts small, slightly raised. Antennae |, in ^ 

 filiform, simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, 

 recurved, second joint clothed beneath and on inner side with long, rough ex- 

 panded hairs, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi short, posterior tibia! clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with 2 

 from I of cell, 3,4, 5 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to about apex. Hind- 

 wings, 1, elongate-ovate, cilia J; 3 and 4 stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 short- 

 stalked. 



Allied to Xulori/cta, but distinguished by the rough hairs of palpi. The apex 

 of forewings is so rounded that the termination of vein 7 might be described as 

 indefinite. 



Nephantis serinopa n. sp, 



^ 9. 20-28. mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous, Palpi ochre- 

 ous-whitish, hairs internally marked with fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely round- 

 ed ; pale greyish-ochreous, with some fine scattered blackish scales ; extreme 

 costal edge whitish ; first discal stigma raised, dark fuscous, plical and second 

 discal indistinct, indicated by two or three dark fuscous scales, plical obhqucly 

 before first discal ; in (^ a bare whitish-ochreous patch towards dorsum near 

 base ; cilia whitish, towards base mixed with pale fuscous. Hindwings 

 whitish ochreous tinged with fuscous ; cilia, whitish, towards base fuscous- 

 tinged. 



Fivespecimens,Batticaloa, Ceylon, in April (Green). Larva conceals itself 

 beneath galleries of web and excreta on undersurface of leaves of cocoanut 

 palm ; in bad attacks the palm fronds are completely skeletonized ; a serious 

 pest (Green). 



CECOPHOUID/E. 



FAihchria autogramma n. sp. 

 ^ $. n mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi moderate, ochreous-yellow, 



/wLb ^ second joint blackish except towards apex. Antennas grey, ciliations U. 



yj^i^^- Thorax dark purplish-funcous, posterior extremity ochreous-yellowish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen oldiqnely 



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