﻿Nov. 2. 1905.] huUan MicrO'Lepidoplera. (^ bO'^ 



rounded ; ochreous-yellow, with some scattered dark fuscous scales ; markings 

 dark purplish-fuscous ; a basal fascia, widest on costa ; stigmata moderate, plicll 

 shghtly beyond first discal ; a suffused elongate spot on costa towards m'iddle ; 

 a triangular spot on dorsum towards middle, its apex almost confluent with 

 phcal stigma ; a thick suffused curved subterminal line from | of costa to 

 tornus ; cilia ochreous-yellow, dark fuscous on costal extremity of subterminal 

 iine. Hindwings grey, veins dark fuscous ; cilia pale ochreous, with two 

 fuscous shades disappearing towards apex. 



_^ One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole), 



Macrosaces n.g. P OO^ 



Antennte 1, in $ thick, serrulate, simple, basal joint moderate, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with loosely 

 appressed scales, terminal joint as long as or shorter than second, slender, acute. 

 Posterior tibi« rough-haired above. Forewings with 2 from angle, 3 absent, 7 

 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from middle of cell. Hindwings 1, ovate-lanceolate, cilia 

 1^ ; 3 and 4 connate. 

 A development of the Phceosaces group. Type M. thermopa. 

 Macrosaces lliermopa n. sp, 



$. 18 mm. Head ochre<5us. Palpi long, whitish-ochreous, second joint 

 suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous except at apex, terminal joint as long aa 

 second, sprinkled with dark fuscous, AntennjB fuscous. Thorax ochreous 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-grey, apex whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa, gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded; rather deep ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous 

 scales, on dorsal half and costal edge irrorated with dark fuscous ; a small dark 

 fuscous spot on base of costa ; an irregular dark fuscous blotch in disc at ^, 

 representing anterior stigmata ; second discal stigma dark fuscous, and a' 

 similar dot below it, but obscured by dorsal irroration ; a suffused dark 

 fuscous apical blotch ; cilia yellow-ochreous, paler towards tips, with a faint 

 fuscous shade, above apical blotch grey, Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



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

 Psaliica n, g. 



Antennae 1, in $ thick, serrulate, single, basal joint moderate, without pecten, ,^ o >1^v(a . 



Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened wirh appressed scales^ (' ^ m 



terminal joint as long as second, acute. Posterior tibiae rough-haired above' "^ '^■^- ^ 

 Forewings with 2 from angle, 3 absent, 7 and 8 stalked. 7 to termen, 11 from '^^3 , ) 



middle. Hindwings 1, elongate ovate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate. 



Allied to Ma<:rosaces. 



Psaltica monocliorda n. sp, 



$. 14 mm, Head glossy whitish-fu.^cous. Palpi whitish-fuscous, second 

 joint sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennas pale fuscous. Thorax light glossy 

 fuscous. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous, Forewings elongate, rathe°r na^l-row 

 costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obhquely 



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