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Journ., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc, Vvl. XVII, No. 1. [Apr. 23, IW6, 



apex obtuse, termen almost straight, rather oblique ; whitish-ochreons, tinged 

 with fuscous and irrorated with dark f nscong ; a dark fuscous dot on base of 

 costa, followed by an undefined whitish-ochreous tiot ; stigmata dark fuscous, 

 ■omotiinnn riitlinr large, plical somewhat b«f^K) first discal ; a small pra^tornal 

 spot of dark fuscous suffusion ; an almost marginal row of dark fuscous or 

 blackish dots along posterior portion of costa and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 mo re yelIowi»h_tow;ai'ds base^_with basal dots and a median line of darkjuscouR 

 irroration, on apical half with faint whitish-fuscous irroration. Hindwings 

 '^ grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, tinged with fuscous. 



Fifteen specimens, Peradeniya and Mftdiikima , Ceylon, from Febraary to 

 )^(l^£As -Ap**} (Green, Vaufehtw*) . Larva feeding in galleries several inches long on 



surface of moss-covered rocks, and pupating in an enlarged chamber (Green) ; 

 flpecimens of these galleries sent by Mr. Green are composed of silk covered 

 with grains of sand and fragments of lichen, moss, and incidental refuse ; from 

 similar undistinguished galleries two other species of different genera were also- 

 bred. Not only is this species very close to E. authcema aa noted above, but 

 also by its abscure and ordinary colouring exceedingly similar superficially ta 

 species of other genera, from which it must be carefully distinguished by 

 verifying the neuration. 



Tipha diaema, n, sp. 



^ 9. 17 — 22 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow, face paler, apex of 

 patagia and a posterior spot on thorax metallic-grey. Palpi light ochreous- 

 yellowish, in ^ with second joint dilated with long projecting scales towards 

 apex and excavated internally (spoon-shaped), interior of excavation metallic- 

 grey, terminal joint short, in 9 very long, normal. Antennae hght ochreous- 

 yellowish, towards apex suffused with grey. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, 

 Leg& pale ochreous-yellowish, anterior and middle tibi« with indistinct grey 

 Bubapical ring, posterior tibise and tarsi clothed with rough hairs above. Fore- 

 wings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; 2 remote, 3 from near angle, 4 and 5 stalked, 8 

 and 9 out of 7, 7 to costa ; dull orange-yellow ; a minute metallic-grey bla^k- 

 edged basal mark ; a small dark metallic-grey black-mixed spot in disc near 

 base ; three indistinct cloudy rather broad pale fuscous fascia), fii-st at i, 

 angulated in miJdle, second oblique, from towards middle of costa to before 

 tornus, third oblique, about f , little marked ; five linear longitudinal dark 

 metallic-grey streaks mixed with black, two on first fascia in middle and on 

 fold, one on second fascia in middle, and two stronger starting on anterior edge 

 of third fascia and continued along costa and termen respectively almost meet- 

 ing at apex : cilia ochreous-yellow, at apex with a cloudy dark fuscous spot, 

 Hindwings with 2 remote, in ^ 3 and 5 absent, in 9 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 

 approximated, 6 and 7 long-stalked, 6 in ^ to costa, in 9 to termen ; grey ; 

 in ^ a longitudinal median furrow throughout, suffused with whitish- 

 ochreous, auHusion extending round apex, and a long ochreous-yellow hair- 

 pencil from base, lying in a groove beneath coll, tornal area clothed with 

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