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Thorax pale yoUow, anterior third dark bronzy-fuscous, (Abdomen broken.) 



Forcwings rather broadly lanceolate ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; markings pale 



3:^ ochreous-ycllow ; a patch occupying basal L its edge acutely angulatcd near 



^ costa, beneath this slightly concave •, rest of costa marked with eight shori; 



oblique strigulie ; a slender waved streak along termen, on lower half dilated 

 into a triangular spot : cilia pale ochreous-yellow, at apex with two dark fuscous 

 hooks. Hindwings whitish-grey, more ochreous-whitish towards base ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March (Pole). 



Tinea pachyspilOf, n. sp. 



^$. It -14 mm. Headlight greyish-ochreous. Palpi and antennre light 

 fuscous. Thorax light greyish-ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous. Abdomen 

 greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded •, light greyish-ochreous 

 sprinkled with fuscous ; a round fuscous spot in disc near base ; stigmata re- 

 presented by round rather dark fuscous spots, first discal largest, plical beneath 

 and sometimes confluent wiih first discal, an additional spot beneath and more 

 or less confluent with second discal: cilia pale greyish-ochreous, somewhat 

 mixed with light fuscous towards base, becoming ochreous-whitish towards 

 tips. Hindwings bronzy-grey ; cilia pale bronzy-grey. 



Three specimens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, in March (Green) ; but also stated by 



Mr. Green to be common in every bungalow" throughout the island. Larva 



case-bearing, feeding on flannel, fur, &c., all the year round (Green) ; case 



relatively large, fusiform-cylindrical, composed of silk covered with grains of 



sand and fragments of cinder and brick-dust. 



., _^ Nemotois coryhantis n. sp. 



fciUU^ I " ^9. 13-15 mm. Head in (^ dark indigo-grey, in 9 face metallic-grey, 



_^ crown ochreouK-yellowish. Palpi ochroous, hairs dark fuscous. Antennas in ^ 



J./^V /y -n-bite, towards base dark fuscous and thickened with metallic-blue scales, in 9 



■whitish ringed with dark grey, basal half much thickened, with purple-fuscous 



scales, uppermost dark fuscous and terminating abruptly. Thorax in ^ dark 



purple -bronzy-fuscous, in 9 bronzy-grey margined with orange. Abdomen dark 



grey. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex 



obtuse, termen rather strongly oblique, slightly rounded ; bright orange ; a shot 



silvery-metallic longitudinal streak from base above middle : a rather narrow 



direct fascia of ground colour, in $ antemedian, in 9 median, enclosed by two 



bluish-silvery-metallic lines, second finely edged anteriorly with dark fuscous, 



and interrupted by an orange dot above middle ; wing beyond this wholly bright 



coppery-purple, in 9 mixed with blackish-fuscous : cil'a in $ purple-bron7y, in 



9 dark purple-fuscous. Hindwings rather dark purplish-grey, darker and 



more purple in 9 ; cilia grey. 



Six specimens, Peradeniya and Kandy, Ceylon, in July, August, and Decem- 

 ber (Green), 



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