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oblique,, slightly rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked ; grey, obscurely mottled •with rather 

 dark fuscous : cilia grey, mixed with rather dark fuscous Hind wings and cilia grey. 

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

 Struthisca mesocentra n. sp. 



^ 9. 13-18 mm. Plead ochreous. Palpi vei*y short dark fuscons, An- 

 tenna3 in ^ fuscous, pectinations 4 in $ pale ochreous. Thorax and abdomen 

 pa le grcyish-ochre ous. Forewinga e longtite^ost a gently arched, apex round- 

 pointiil^ ttruK'u very obliquely rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous, costal edge yel-- 

 lo wish-tinged ; a round blackish spot towards dorsum before ^, and one in disc 

 slightly before middle ;. a- blackish bar f r-ora middle of doi-sum, reaching nearly 

 half across wing, sometimes incomplete ; a fuscous fascia from costa before apex 

 narrowed downwards and not reaching tornus ; a series of black dots along 

 posterior half of costa and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, Hmdwings light 

 fuscous • cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Three specimens, Kandy, Ceylon, in March (Green), 

 Struthisca tliramiis n. sp. 



^ 15 mm., 9 25 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellowish. Palpi short, pale 

 ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous except towards apex. AntennjB pale ochre- 

 ous, in 9 mixed with fuscous, pectinations in ^ 3. Thorax fuscous, patagia in 

 ^ whitish-ochreous. Abdomen pale ochreous, sv.fOused with fuscous on sidea 

 and posteriorly, anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly di- 

 lated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather 

 strongly oblique ; in $ whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, in ^ 

 whitish-fuscous coarsely strigulated with dark fuscous ; base of costa dark 

 fuscous ; a sti*aight dark fuscous fascia from beneath costa before middle to 

 middle of doi-sum ; a roundish spot of dark fuscous suffusion in disk beyond | f 

 in (J two or three dark fuscous strigulaj towards apex : cilia in ^ whitish- 

 ochreous, in 9 whitish -fuscous. Hindwings and cilia light fuscous. 

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

 Struthisca siderarcha n. sp, 



^, 15 — 17 mm., 9 22 mm. Head ftiscous, crown mixed with pale ochreous. 

 Palpi moderate, pale ochreous mixed with dark fuscous. Antenna? pale ochreous, 

 in 9 mixed Avith fuscous, pectinations in ^ 6, fuscous. Thorax purplish- 

 bronzy- fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings moderately broad, more elon- 

 gate in 9 , costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 in $ purplish-bronzy-fuscous, in 9 metallic bluish-leadeu-fuscous, in both 

 sexes coarsely strigulated with dark fuscous ; a moderate dark fuscous fascia 

 from I of costa to middle of dorsum ; a dark fuscous bar from costa at §, 

 reaching half across wing : cilia purplish-fuscous. Hindwings bronzy-fuscous,, 

 darker posteriorly : cilia purplish-fuscous. 

 Four specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February (Pole), 

 Melasina Boisd. 



Characters extended as follows : Forewings sometimes with 8 and 9 stalked, or 

 9 and 10 stalked, or \i and 10 out of 8, or all veins separate. These difference& 



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