﻿mC Joiirn., Bom. A\i(. nisi. Soc, Vol. XTI, No. 4. [Nov. 2, 1905. 



■wings elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse 

 terraen straight, rather oblique, rounded beneath ; blackish ; basal area metal- 

 lic golden-green, sometimes with coppery reflections, its edge straight, running 

 from ^ of costa to I of dorsum ; traces of an interrupted line of ground colour 

 within this, near and parallel to outer edge; beyond this a fascia of ground 

 colour, bisected by a greenish-silvery line, and followed by a white fascia, of 

 ■which the po.^terior edge is suffused and connected with iin upcurved crescentic 

 patch of white suffusion above middle, and expanded near dorsum ; pos- 

 terior area evenly sprinkled with silvery-whitish scales ; a silvery-metallic ter- 

 minal streak, becoming pale-blue on upper half ; cilia shining bluish-grey, 

 basal third blackish. Hindwings dark fuscous, lighter towards base ; cilia pale 

 fuscous, on upper half of termen whitish, with dark fuscous basal line. 

 Fourteen specimens, Kandy, Ceylon, in August and September (Green), 

 Tortricomorpha grammarcha n. sp. 



;t 23-24 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, hairs of crown mixed with fuscous 

 — AA ^^ ^^^^' frontal hairs brushed upwards between antennae. Palpi whitish- 



^^ " ochreous, second joint externally yellow-orchreous, in front fuscous-tinged 



-^ iHO^.'l? laterally slightly excurved, terminal joint half second, fuscous. Antenna 

 ' fuscous. Thorax brown. Abdomen fuscous, tip whitish-ochreous. Forewings 



elongate, posteriorly considerably dilated, costa gently arched, faintly sinuate, 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, hardly oblique ; brown ; extreme costal 

 edge yellowish from ^ to middle ; base of dorsum suffused with dark fuscous ; 

 a short yellow mark on middle of costa from which an obscurely indicated 

 yellowish line proceeds to dorsum beyond middle ; an obscure dark fuscous discal 

 spot at § ; a small triangular yellow spot on costa before apex, from which a 

 very faintly indicated yellowish line proceeds to termen below middle ; a 

 terminal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots ; extreme terminal edge whitish- 

 ochreous : cilia fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous, lighter towards base ; ciha 

 fuscous. 



Two specimens, Kandy and Feradeniya, Ceylon, in September (Green). 



Tortricomorplia diphtherina n. sp. 



/I ^ 9 . 22-23 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown brownish-tinged, in ^ 



"^ 1 with long frontal hairs brushed backwards between antennas. Palpi whitish- 



aW» I "*^ ochreous, in ^ laterally excurved, terminal joint in $ very short, in $ half 



second. Antenna) pale ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous mixed with 



brownish-ochreous or fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous mixed with 



fuscous in ^ with median lateral whitish-ochreous tufts brushed upwards to 



meet above. Forewings elongate, posteriorly considerably dilated, costa gently 



arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, hardly oblique ; rather dark 



fuscous more or less strewn with brownish-ochreous scales ; markings brownish 



ochreous obscurely edged with pale yellow-ochreous ; a basal patch, sometimes 



little marked, its edge running from beyond \ of costa to before middle of 



dorsum, bisinuate ; scroioval spots on costa before and beyond middle; an 



irregular discal patch extending from middle to I, in $ obscured by general 



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