﻿fm Jonrn., Bom. Nat. Ilist. Soc, Vol. XVI, No. 4. [Nov. 2, 1905, 



riatypeplus erolias n. sp. 

 it* (? $. 13—16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous-brown, mixed 



with blackish. Antenna} brown. Abdomen fuscous. Fore wings rather shorl- 

 triatiguLir, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, little ob- 

 lique, rounded beneath ; brown, more or less suffused with light losy-crimson 

 especially on margins, strigulated Avith dark fuscous, and strewn with spots of 

 raised leaden scales, some of which are sometimes tipped with white ; a small 

 irregular whitish-ochieous spot in disc at § ; cilia dark grey, basal half barred 

 with rosy -crimson. Hindwings dark fuscous, lighter towards base; cilia grey, with 

 darker subbasal line; in ^ beneath v/ith shallow subdorsal groove, and scales some- 

 what raised towards tornusj dorsal cilia thickened and curled towards torn us. 

 ;^^ " Five specimens, Maskeliya, Yatiyantota, and Peradeniya, Ceylon, in February, 



March, July, September, and November (Green, Pole). 

 PLati/peplus phijUochlora n. sp. 



^. 15 — 17 ram. Head, palpi, and thorax dull green. Antennae grey. 



Abdomen dark grey, with long lateral hair pencils on each side from near base. 



Brush of posterior tibiae' black on inner side. Forewings rather elongate, 



) posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, 



hardly oblique, rounded beneath ; rather light green ; costa strigulated with 



black and whitish ; basal third more or less strigulated with blackish ; central 



"^ fascia deeper green, more or less mixed with black, narrowest on costa, 



^-j anterior edge undefined, posterior well marked, somewhat irregular, partially 



edced with white ; a dark fuscous blotch, angular and edged with white above, 



roundish beneath, before middle of termen, between this and central fascia a 



short curved transverse dark fuscous mark ; suifused white strigse above this_, 



connecting with costal striguloe ; tornal space more or less sprinkled with 



blackish and whitish ; cilia dark grey, with two or three whitish ochreous bars 



f~^ beneath apex, towards tornus whitish. Hindwings with subdorsal groove and 



I hair pencil ; dark fuscous ; cilia grey, with darker «ubbasal shade. 



' Three specimens, Peradeniya, Kandy, and Haragam, Ceylon, in July and 



August (Green). 



PlaUjpeplus creserias n. sp. 



^. 17 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, mixed with whitish ochreous. Palpi 

 >^ ochreous white, dark fuscous, above except towards apex. Antennae pale 



fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa rather strongly arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, little 

 oblique, rounded beneath ; fuscous, densely aad sufEusedly strigulated 

 throughout with whitish-ochreous, with some scattered dark olive-green scales ; 

 costa dark fuscous, with pairs of ochreous-whitish strigulse terminated by short 

 leaden streaks, beneath costa some reddish-ochreous suffusion ; basal patch 

 indicated on dorsal § by dark fuscous intermixture, outer edge bent in middle ; 

 a small brown spot on middle of costa ; a triangular darker fuscous pra;tornal 

 spot, sprinkled with ochreous-whitish ; a triangular pinkish fuscous apical 

 patch, streaked with dark olive-green ; cilia grey, mixed with ferruginous 



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