﻿SeT* Journ,, Bom. .Va/. Hist. Soc, Vol. XVI, No. 4. [Nov. 2, 1905. 



Notocelia helota n. sp, 



^. 15 mm., 9 20-26 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, sometimes 

 Ttiixed with brownish. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly 

 straight, rather oblique, rounded beneath ; bent up and shortly oppressed to 2 near 

 origin of htter ; dark bronzy-fuscous, obscurely strigulated with leaden-grey ; 

 and ochreons-whitish discal dot at I ; cilia bronzy-fuscous, with darker subbasal 

 shade. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia light fuscous, with darker subbasal shade. 



Four speciraenn, Maskeliya and BaduUa, Ceylon, in July and November 

 (Green, Pole). — ■ 



Lipoptycha ochropa n. sp. 



]1 $. S-d mm. Head, antennae, and thorax pale fuscous, face whitish-ochreous. 



,^0-^ Palpi ochreous-whitish. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings moderately elongate, 



/ t posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termpn slightly 



^^^^^ sinuate bpneath apex, rather obliquely rounded, light fuscous, obscurely striated 



\h,^j^t^. yfi'iih dark fuscous, striae rectangularly bent in middle, alternate dark striae, 



'"^"^^ purplish-leaden on costal half ; co.sta strigulated with whitish ; towards middle 



y^\\\ ^^ ) ^^ dorsum four of the alternating striae of ground colour becoming more whitish 



very obscurely indicate a dorsal blotch ; four black dots before lowef portion of 



termen ; cilia whitish; fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal line becoming sharper 



and blackish round apex. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia whitish, with 



dark fuscous subbasal line. 



Three specimens taken by myself at Kandy, Ceylon, in December. 



Eucelis Hb. 



I agree with Lord Walsingham that this name should be adopted for the 

 genus standing in my Handbook as Epinotia. 



Eucelis crilica n. sp. 



^. 12-14 mm. Head and thorax grey, slightly ochreous-tinged, shoulders 

 mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, little oblique, rounded beneath; 

 olive-fuscous, posteriorly whitish-tinged, .with scattered blackish-fuscous, 

 strigulae ; costa strigulated throughout with blackish-fuscous, posteriorly with 

 whitish interspaces ; angulated outer edge of basal patch indicated by dark 

 fuscous suffusion ; central fascia suffused, dark fuscous, narrow on costa. broad 

 and ill-defined in disc, obsolete towards dorsum ; veins posteriorly lined with 

 dark fuscous, and a longitudinal patch of dark fuscous suffusion between 

 central fascia and termen above middle ; a silvery-metallic transverse mark 

 before middle of termen, preceded by four elongate black dots ; apex blackish, 

 edged beneath by a curved whitish strigula : cilia pale fuscous, more or less 

 irrorated with whitish, towards apex suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey, with grey sub- 

 basal shade, dorsum with fringe of long blackish hairs. 



Two specimens, Surat, Bombay, in October (Maxwell-Lcfroy). Larva feeds 

 in spun-up shoots of Cojamis indicus (Maxwcll-Lcfroy). 



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