﻿C09 ' Jcurii., Bom. Nat. IJist. Soc, Vol. XVI, No. 4. [Xuv. 2, 1905. 



> Archimaga ii. g. 



UttA Head with loosely appressed hairs ; ocelli present ; tongue short. Antennro 



'^owfTi^ |jin ^ stout, simple, basal joint short, -without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, 



curved, ascending, second joint thickened with rough scales beneath, terminal 



' K'/ii 4/1 joint shorter than second, acute. Mixillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibia) with 



loosely appressed scales. Forewings with 2 from I of cell, 3 from towards 



angle, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to costa, 10 from near 7,11 remote, from beyond 



middle, secondary cell absent. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal-ovate, cilia I ; 3 and 



4 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 free. ^ . 



Allied to Eilarographa^oi which it may be a development. 

 Archimaga pyractis n. sp, 



$. IG— 17 mm. Head brownish-ochreous, sides of crown fuscous, collar edged 

 with ferruginous. Palpi white, basal joint ochreous, second joint ochreous or 

 fuscous above. Antenna ochreous. Thorax white. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, faintly 

 sinuate, apex round-pointed, termen deeply and abruptly concave, oblique, 

 rounded-prominent beneath ; white, towards dorsum and termen greyish-tinged ; 

 dorsum irregularly spotted with dark fuscous sufEusion, extending about ^ 

 across wing, largest spot praitornal ; six reddish-orange oblique wedge-shaped 

 strigula) from posterior half of costa, marked with rather dark fuscous on costa, 

 first two larger and more oblique, becoming whitish-ochreous dowBXvards, sixth 

 abruptly angulated and running to apex ; produced apical area otherwise 

 tinged with leaden-grey, and marked beneath with a longitudinal ochreous-yellow 

 blackish-edged bar ; terminal area tinged with whitish-ochreous ; a black 

 praiterminal dot in middle, and two towards tornus ; ciHa whitish-ochreous, 

 basally brown at apex and yellow beneath it (imperfect). Hirdwings whitish 

 ochreous, tinged with grey towards tornus, with a preterminal series of faint 

 grey spots, apex yellower ; ciha -Thitish-ochreous. 



Two specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February and March (Pole). 

 Irianassa n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue short. Antennje i, in ^ 

 simple, basal joint short, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved^ 

 ascending, second joint with appressed scales, shghtly rough beneath, terminal 

 joint short, thick, obtuse. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae smooth- 

 scaled. Forewings with 2 from middle of cell, 3 from t, 4 from angle, 7 to 

 termen, 8 to costa, 9 and 10 from near 8, 11 remote, from middle of cell, 

 secondary cell well-defined. Hindwings 1, ovate, cilia 4 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 

 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 rather approximated towards base, 8 free. 

 Allied to Hilarographa. 

 Irianassa sapphiropa n. sp. 



^. 17 mm. Head dark fuscous, with a bright deep blue bar above middle 



of face, collar and sides of crown pale metallic blue. Palpi fuscous, towards 



base whitish-fuscous. Antenna; dark fuscous. Thorax greenish-bronze. 



Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly considerably dilated, 



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