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apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, more or less 

 sprinkled with fuscous ; a dark fuscous dot on base of costa, and another be- 

 neath it ; stigmata moderate, dark fuscous, plical elongate and often small, ob- 

 liquely beyond first discal ; an almost marginal series of dark fuscous dots round 

 termen and apical portion of costa : cilia whitish-ochreous, faintly sprinkled 

 with whitish-fuscous, with a faint whitish-fuscous antemedian shade. Hind- 

 wings pale whitish-ochreous-grey or whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Eight specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, in February and from July to September 

 (Pole). 



Dactylethra, n.g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts loosely spreading ; tongue developed. 

 Antennse |, in ^ serrulate, simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, second joint with long dense rough pro- 

 jecting tuft beneath, terminal joint as long as second, loosely scaled, acute. 

 Posterior tibiae rough-haired above. Forewings with 2 from near angle, 2, 3, 

 4 parallel, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, 

 apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, cilia ^ ; 2 remote, 3 ancj 4 connate, 5 

 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Apparently related to the Ypsolophus group. ^ , 



Dactylethra tetroctas, n. sp. '_ Ca^:j<^^ M" . l-ti? -J 



^$. 14-15 mm. Head, palpi, antennas, thorax, and abdomen ochreous- 

 white ; second and terminal joints of palpi with blackish supramedian and 

 usually less marked subbasal rings, tuft suffused with brownish, seldom mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; ochreous-white ; a dark fuscous dot towards costa near 

 base, and two transversely placed in disc at i ; about eight short oblique brown 

 strigulse on costa ; transverse undefined patches of ochreous-brown suffusion in 

 disc at 5, beyond middle, and towards termen, first narrow, second broader, 

 reaching costa, third largest, somewhat mixed with black scales and bounded 

 by a grey terminal streak ; between these are two lilac-grey sometimes whitish- 

 centred irregularly 8-shaped spots in disc before middle and at f, first rather 

 oblique, second shorter : cilia brownish, "with rows of whitish points. Hind- 

 wings fuscous- whitish ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Ten specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, in August, October, and November 

 (Pole). 



(^To he continued.) 



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