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porrecled, scaled. Posterior tibia; clothed with long hairs above. Forewirigs' 

 with 2, 3, 4 approximated from angle, 5 absent, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 short- 

 stalked, 11 widely remote, from before middle of cell, Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia § ; 3 and 4 connate. 5, fi, 7 parallel, 8 free. 



Perhaps related to the New Zealand genus Orthenclies. 



Stachyoils epichrysa n, sp. 



^, 19 mm. Head white, face sprinkled with grey, Falpi white, second joint 

 gi-eyish-tinged and irrorated with blackish, terminal joint with suljbasals, median, 

 and apical rings of blackish irroration. Anieana; grey ringed willi whitish; 

 Thorax whitish tinged and sprinkled with fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochrcous, 

 forewings elongate, rather nari'ow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen concave^ oblique ; white, pai'tially linged and 

 irregularly irrorated with fuscous, with scattered blackish strigulaj ; anterior § 

 of costa regularly strigulated with blackish ; three irregular brassy-golden 

 fascioe edged with pale fuscous, first subbasal, obsolete on costa, second some- 

 what before middle, third at §, narrow and more or less interrupted ; a small 

 fuscous spot on costa at * : cilia ochreous-orangCy externally with three rows of 

 dark purple-fuscous points, Hindwings pale grey ; cilia grey-whitioh. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in December (Pole), 



TiNEIDiE. 

 Opostega zelopa n. sp. 



9. 5 mm. Head and thorax white. Antennae light grey, eyecap white.. 

 Forewings lanceolate ; white ; a broad dark fuscous antcpior fascia, on costa 

 extending from ^ to middle, much dilated downwards and on dorsum extending 

 from n3:xr base to nsar toraus, a fine dark fuscous irregular line from f of costa 

 to termen beneath apex, area beyond this fuscous ; a minute black apical dot :: 

 cilia light greyish-ochrcous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish grey-ochreous. 



One specimen, Pundalu-oya, Ceylon, in May (Green), 



Gracilaria perisplienu n, sp, 



^9. 7 — 8 mm. Head bronzy-ochreous, face white. Palpi white. An- 

 tennae grey. Thorax bronzy-ochreous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Legs fuscous banded with white, middle tibiie not thickened. 

 Forewings narrow lanceolate ; bronzy-ochreous, sometimes much mixed with 

 daik fuscous ; four costal and three dorsal oblique white wedge-shaped streaks, 

 more oi less edged with darlc fuscous, first costal from before middle, fourth- 

 almost vertical, first dorsal frcm near base, second somewhat beyond first 

 costal, third tornal ; a Idack apical spot : cilia pale grey, at apex wilh a white 

 hook edged above with a black line and beneath with an ochreous bar.. 

 Hindwings and cilia light grey. 



'J wo spocunens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in April (^Pole). Tv^MAAAmJA . Vvl^i/yv^' 



t'rohi/lnphora stater ias n, sp. 



ft. 5 — (■ mm. Head, antennso, and thorax shining white. Forewing.s- 

 Hnceclate ; shining white ; three ol)lique slightly converging dark fuscous line* 

 f.-nm costa beyond middle, directed towards tornal spot but not reaching it^ 



