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



Chrijsoryctis synnma n. sp. •' -iiUo^ •»« ~7»> 



$. 12-19 mm. Head ochreons-yellow. Palpi dark fuscoas. Antenna3 pale ffl.Txj/// 



Ftisco ns. darker-ringed. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen bronz y- V- 



fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex ^^{ 



round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; shining ochreous-yellow - 

 a rather narrow dark purplish-fuscous basal fascia ; costal edge slenderly suffus- 

 ed with dark fuscous to near middle ; a more or less undefined fuscous terminal 

 fascia, anterior edge irregular, running from ^ ot costa to tornus : cilia pale 

 yellowish irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous. Hindwings bronzy-fuscous 

 sometimes posteriorly dark fuscous ; cilia pale fuscous. 



Two specimens, Maskeliya and Yatiyantota, Ceylon, in March (Pole, Green), 

 Very closely allied to some of the Australian species of the genus, yet apparently 

 distinct ; it differs from all by the rather narrow dark basal fascia, the Aus- 

 tralian species having either a broad fascia or else only the extreme base dark. 



Monopis dicycla n. sp, 



$. i\ mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, tip whitish-ochreous. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, paler towards apex, basal joint whitish-ochreous. Tho- 

 rax whitish-ochreous, patagia dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings lance- 

 olate ; 7 and 8 stalked ; fuscous mixed with dark fuscous ; discal impressioa 

 paler and thinly scaled, surmounted by a pale ochreous-yellowish mark ; two 

 connected light ochreous-yellow semicircular dorsal spots, extending from near 

 base almost to tornus, not reaching half across wing, with a small dark fuscou» 

 spot lying between them beneath discal impression : cilia ochreous-yellow 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February (Pole). Allied to ferruginelta, 

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Monopis tripetala n. sp. 



9. 17 mm. Head white, side tufts dark fuscous with pale ochreoas tips. 

 Palpi fuscous, terminal joint pale ochreous. Antennae pale ochreous. Thorax 

 dark bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen light ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen oblique, slightly 

 rounded; 6, 7, 8 separate ; dark parple-fuscous ; three semioval ochreous-whitish 

 blotches, first largest, extending on dorsum from near base to middle, and 

 reaching f across wing, second extending on costa from before middle to f and 

 reaching nearly half across wing, third extending on dorsum from f to tornus 

 and reaching I across wing : cilia dark fuscous, beneath tornus ochreous-whitish, 

 Hindwings whitish-ochreous suffused with pale bronzy-fuscous ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



One specimen, Peradeniya, Ceylon, in December (Green). Allied to the 

 Australian M. meliorella. 



Tinea hrachyehlora n. sp, 



9. 15 mm. Head ochreous-fuscous mixed with blackish. Palpi rather dark 

 fuscous. Antennae pale ochreous-yellowish, basally mixed with dark fuscous. 



