﻿Apr. 23, 1906.] Indian mcTo-Lepldoptera. -14^— 



Tnodified dark grey hair scales ; cilia whitish-yellowish, becomingCgreyish-tinged 

 towards tornus. 



Four specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, from December to Febrtiary (de Mow- 

 bray). 



Tipha irivJiroa, n. sp. 



^ 9. 14 mm. Head and palpi glossy whitish-ochreons ; palpi in ^ with 

 second joint broadly dilated beneath with projecting scales towards apex and 

 ex cavated i nternally (spoon-shaped), mixed with dark grey towards apex and 

 interior of excavation wholly dark grey, terminal joint concealed. Antenirae h 



whitisTi-ochreous, moi-e yellow towards base. Thorax dark coppery-bronze. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous. L«gs whitish, tibise yellowish-tinged, anterior 

 tibiae with dark grey band, posterior tibiae and basal joint of tarsi roughened 

 with hairs, partially suffused with yellow and irregularly banded with dark 

 grey at middle and apex of tibiae, and apex of two basal joints of tarsi. 

 Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa moderately arched towards base, thence 

 nearly straight, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely roxmded ; 2 

 tolerably remote, 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent, 7 and 9 short-stalked, 7 to costa, 8 

 absent ; dark brown, basal third dark purple-fuscous ; a triangular white 

 blotch on dorsum beyond |, reaching more than half across wing ; a cloudy 

 ochreous-yellow dot on costa before middle ; a triangular ochreous- yellow 

 patch extending along costa from middle to |, and reaching more than half 

 across wing ; cilia light fuscous, at base tinged with ochreous-yellowish, 

 Hindwings with termen sinuate ; 2 remote, in ^ 3 and 5 absent, in 9 3 and 4 

 stalked, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 long-stalked ; rather dark fuscous ; in ^ a 

 subdorsal furrow throughout, filled with very long expansible pale fuscoua 

 hairs ; cilia pale fuscous. 



Two specimens, Madulsima, Ceylon, in April (Vau^an). 



Timyra tetraclina, n. sp. 



$ 9- 16 — 18 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, lower half of second joint infuscated, in ^ with second joint dilated 

 with long projecting scales beneath towards apex and excavated internally (Fpoon- 

 «haped), interior of excavation mixed with dark grey, terminal joint concealed, 

 in 9 second joint with tuft of rough projecting ochreous-yellow hairs towards 

 apex beneath, terminal joint longer than second. Antenna) pale ochreous- 

 yellowish, indistinctly ringed with fuscous, basal joint in ^ with anterior scale- 

 projection. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior 

 femora and tibias suffusedly banded with dark fuscous, middle tibiae banded with 

 dark fuscous and with tuft of yellow scales above towards base, posterior tibies 

 roughened with ochreous-yellow scales, with dense expanded median tuft of 

 long ochreous-whitish hairs suffusedly banded with grey, and smaller apical 

 similar tuft marked with black, tarsi with interrupted dark fuscous line above, 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa anteriorly moderately, posteriorly slightly 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 

 stalked, 7 to .costa, 9 connate with 7; yelJowish-orange, markings fuscous- 



