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Sfegmonts 2 — ^4 partially or wholly dark fuscous above (number of dart segments 

 Variable). Forewings white ; first segment fuscous, with four blackish white- 

 edged spots, fourth apical ; second segment fuscous, with three dark fuscous 

 bands, hiirtited by white spots edged with blackish-fuscous ; segments 3— G 

 crossed by two anterior series of undefined dark fuscous dots, and four posterior 

 pale greyish-ochreous fascia), edged with dark fuscous, but these vary much 

 hi distinctness and are often partially obsolete ; usually a distinct blackish- 

 fuscous spot on middle of sixth segment, Hmdwiugs white, with six transverse- 



series of pale ochreous spots, speckled with black. - 



[4, Eigh-t specimens, Maskeliya, Geylon, in January, May, and July (Pole), 



■p^ _Orneodc8 trachyptera, n.sp. 



$ 9. 10 — 13 mm. Head palpi, antennfe, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous 

 mixed with whitish ; palpi with second joint dilated with rough scales toward* 

 apex above and beneath, terminal joint thickened with loose scales towards apex 

 anteriorly. Forowings with costa roughened with projecting dark fuscous 

 scales, except on the white markings ; whitish, densely irrorated with dark 

 fuscous, so as to appear dark grey ; costa with six or seven small semioval 

 ochreous-white spots, not reaching more than half across first segment ; other 

 segments crossed by about six series of ochreous-white dots, united by out- 

 wardly oblique Whitish dashes in the cilia to form zigzag linos. Hindwings with 

 ground colour and zigzag lines as in forcwings. 



Six specimens,. Puttakim and MaskcHya, Ceylon, ia March, May, November 

 and December (Pole, de Mowbray). 



PTEUOPnORlD^-G. 



Cosmoclostis pesseuta, n. sp. 



^ 9' 12 — 13 mm. Head brownish-ochrcoua, front of crown while. Palpi 

 short, whitish', sprinkled with fuscous. Thorax white, anterior and posterior 

 margins ochreous. Abdomen in ^ white, in-egnlarly marked with ferrugin- 

 ous ; in 9 P>ile yellow, last three segments markt d with ferruginous. Fore- 

 ■winga cleft from before ^, segnients linear ; white, costal half irrorated with 

 fuscous fromf base of wing to middle of fi-rst segment ; first segment with a 

 small dark fuscous mark on its lower margin near base, dark fuscous bands 

 ftbout middle and |, and some irregularly strewn dark fuscous scales posteriorly ^ 

 second segment with dark fuscous bands towards base, beyond middle, and 

 before apex, variable in development and first two sometimes very wide ; cilia 

 light ochreous-grey, somewhat suffused with whitish opposite white areas. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Two specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, in February and April (Pole), 



Cosmoclostis aglaodesma, Meyr. 



Puttalaro, Ceylon, from October to January (Pole). Occurs also in Eastern 

 Australia, and some of the South Pacific and Malayan Islands. 



Trichoplilus xerodes, Meyr. 



Poradeniya, Ceylon, in October (Green, Pole). Widely distributed in 

 Australia, 



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