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above them ; a transverse purple-brownish fascia about |, some-what angulated 

 in middle, faint towards cosla, stronger and much darker on dorsal half : cilia 

 light yellow-ochreous, with subbasal series of undefined fuscous spots. Bind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 connate ; light fuscous, ochreous-tinged ; cilia as in forewings 

 but paler, 



Thi-ee spacimGns, Maskeli^a aiid Maturatta, Ceylon, in March, May, and 

 Oijtobj]r_(Polej de Mowbmy). 



^Lecithoce- a cliolopis, n. sp. ■? 



^, 16-17 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous, face and antennse '''t^- 

 ochreous-white. Palpi ochreous-white, towards base fuscous. Abdomen 

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

 termen almost straight, oblique ; 9 out of 7 ; rather dark fuscous : cilia fuscous. 

 Hindwings whitish-grey, greyer posteriorly ; cilia whitish-grey, becoming greyer 

 round apex. 



Two specimens, Koni, Burma, in September (Manders). Erroneously record- 

 ed by m^ foi-m3rly a3 lulicornelU, Zell., from which it differs by the neuration 

 and white face, 



Psammoris, n. g. 



Head smooth ; tongue developed. Antenna3 1, in ^ rather thick, simple, 

 basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, 

 second joint thickened with scales, shortly projecting beneath towards apex- 

 terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Posterior tibise with hairs 

 appressed above, projecting beneath. Forewings with 2 and 3 stalked from 

 angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 absent, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings 

 1, trapezoidal, termen sinuate, cilia 1 ; 4 absent, 3 and 5 connate or short-stalked, 

 6 and 7 stalked. 



Belongs to the Macrotona group. 



Psammoris carpcea, n. sp. 



^, 13-14 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreoug tinged with 

 yellow. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, second joint externally dark fuscous except 

 extreme base and apex. Antennce yellowish, apex suffused with dark fuscous, 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; ochreous-yellow, with some fine scattered black scales ; u 

 very small blackish spot on base of costa ; a rather curved outwardly oblique 

 thick black mark in disc about |, and a small round black discal spot before f : 

 cilia pale ochreous-yellowish, with a fine grey postmedian line, Hindwings 

 light grey, paler and whitish-tinged towards base ; cilia whitish-yellowish. 



Two specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January and July (Pole), 



Antiochtha stellulata, n. sp. 



$. 22 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellowish, slightly fuscous-tinged. Palpi 

 with second joint rather dark fuscous, suffused with pale ochreous-yellowith 

 towards apex, terminal joint longer than second, blackish, anterior and posterior 

 edges pale yellowish. Antennae pale ochreous-yellowish. Thorax rather dark 

 puri^lish-fuscous, somewhat mixed with pale ochrcous. Abdomen light 



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