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Mf- Journ., nam. Kat. But. Sec, Vol. XV J, No. 4. [Nov. 2, lOOi), 



•whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwirgs and cilia ochreous--whitish. 

 One specimen, taken near Kandy, Ceylon, by myself in December. 

 Pyroderces selenopis n. sp. 



9. IC mm. Head and thorax light shining golden-ochreous, face whitish 

 tinged. Palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennae whitish, lined above and towards 

 base ringed with dark fuscous, towards apex with three dark fuscous bands. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, three basal segments dark brown dorsally, 

 Forewings elongate-lanceolate, long-pointed ; brownish-ochreous ; a fine incurved 

 transverse whitish line at f , above middle emitting a short whitish dash 

 ^ anteriorly, towards costa doubled and enclosing a fine blackish strigula, towards 



^ dorsum thickened and becoming silvery-metallic, followed by a subdorsal black 



dot ; wing beyond this suffused with pale ochreous-yellow, most strongly in 

 disc ; two indistinct whitish costal strigulse separated by a blackish dot beyond 

 f: cilia pale brownish-ochreous, Hindwings fuscous, with a transparent 

 patch towards base ; cilia light fuscous, becoming pale yellowish on costa 

 towards apex. 



One specimen, Pundalu-oya, Ceylon, in February (Green^. 

 Pyroderces magica n. sp. 

 '^ ^. y-12 mm. Head shining metallic bronzy-grey. Palpi yellow, anterior 



.edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennte dark fuscous, with broad 

 ' ■**'^" - - white subapical band, basal joint yellow in front. Thorax deep shining coppery- 



bronze. Abdomen bronzy-grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, long-pointed ; 

 deep shining brassy-bronze, basal fourth and apical § bright deep coppery- 

 purple ; fine transverse bluish-white lines at § and beyond middle, second 

 interrupted in disc ; cilia dark fuscous, base suffused with coppery-purple. 

 Hindwings dark grey, lighter towards base ; cilia purplish-grey. 

 Three specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February (Pole). 

 . Pyroderces spodochtha n. sp, 



$9. y-l*^ mni. Head and thorax ochreous, suffusedly mixed with 

 __nc*jjnXo ferruginous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, suffused with deeper ochreous, terminal 



eo^Te^A.* |J't>v:r. joint with dark fuscous subapical ring. Antennse ochreous-whitish, ringed with 

 dark fuscous or blackish, towards apex with three blackish bands with whitish 



3 interspaces. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, long- 

 pointed ; reddish-ochreous or ferruginous, partially irrorated with fuscous ; 

 markings whitish-ochreous, densely irrorated with blackish or dark fuscous, 

 more or less raised in disc ; a somewhat oblique fascia about I ; an upcnrved 

 streak from dorsum beyond middle obliquely outwards to § of costa, continued 

 along costa to near apex ; a terminal streak from tornus to apex, usually 

 interrupted in middle : cilia grey, round apex becoming light ochreous, at apex 

 ferruginous, with short dark grey line before tips beneath apex. Hindwings 

 linear, grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia light grey, ochreous-tinged. 



Sixteen specimens, Kandy, Ceylon, in December and February (Green). Bred 

 freely fromlarvaj feeding in r3iinous ran,S5e.s of a lac Coccid, Tachardia alhizzifs 

 »jG reen). 



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