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Lid ian Jlicro-L cpidoptera . 



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and dark f usoous, above tornus with a patch of ochreous-whitish suffusion. 

 Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia whitish-fuscous, with darker subbasal line. 



One specimen, Haragam, Ceylon, in July (Green). 



Platupeplus threnodes n. sp. 



$. 28 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark ashy-fuscous, palpi with ochreons 

 spots beneath apex of second and on terminal joint, Antennee grey. Abdomen 

 rather dark fuscous, apex of anal tuft whitish. Fore wings elongate, posterior- 

 ly rather dilated, oosta moderately arched, apex rounded, termen almost 

 straight, little oblique, rounded beneath ; blackish-fuscous, closely and 

 suffusedly sLrigulated with shining purplish-leaden, less so towards costa ; a 

 small roundish blackish spot in disc at f , and another above tornus; cilia 

 purplish-leaden. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia light grey, with darker 

 subbasal line. 



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



Platijpeplus hemiopta n. sp. 



(^. 28 m n. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax light-brown. Abdomen 

 fussou3, anal tuft whitish, Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated costa, 

 moderately arched, apex rounded, termen slightly rounded, little oblique ; 

 ferruginous-brown, suffusedly strigulated with purplish-leaden, costal half pale 

 yellow-ochreous strigulated with prismatic whitish-ochreous, costa strigulated 

 with dark fuscous, and on anterior half suffused with ferruginous-brown ; some 

 scattered black strigulse on dorsal half, and an irregular black transverse mark 

 above tornus ; a d'lrk fuscous suffusion towards termen beneath apex, concave 

 beneath ; cilia brown mixed with leaden, with a pale ochreous apical patch. 

 Hindwings rather dark fuscous, with a small flap of white scales^beneath costal 

 area before middle ; cilia light grey, with darker subbasal line. 



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



PljLtijpeplus rhi/nchias n. sp. 



(J $. 24-29 mm. Head, antennas and thorax brown, face dark fuscous. 

 Palpi brown mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish fuscous mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded, termen nearly straight, little oblique rounded beneath ; ferruginous- 

 brown, strigulated and more or less suffused with purplish-fuscous, except 

 towards base ; costa strigulated with dark fuscous ; a small irregular triangular 

 blackish spot above tornus ; an irregular pale ochreous terminal fascia strigu- 

 lated with darker, indented by a downwards-oblique acute projection of 

 ground colour nearly or quite touching termen below middle, which is edged 

 by two blackish strigae, upper curved along margin of terminal fascia to apex, 

 lower running towards costa at 1, terminal fascia suffused upwards beneath 

 this cilia ; reddish-fuscous irrorated with whitish-ochreous, with two dark 

 fuscous lines. 



Hindwings rather dark-grey ; cilia pale grey, with darker subbas^al line. 



Four specimens, Kandy and Yatiyantota, Ceylon, in March and November 

 (Grcon). 



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