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Pseudodoxia cretata, n. sp. 



^9. 13-16 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax ochreoua white, Becond 

 joint of palpi externally suffused with dark fuscous except apex. Abdomen 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; 8 often absent ; white, more or less sprinkled 

 with pale fuscous and sometimes a few dark fuscous scales ; a black dot on 

 base of costa ; a fine black dash beneath costa near base ; stigmata rather 

 large, black, plical beneath or hardly before first discal ; a series of irregular 

 black dots along posterior part of costa and termen : cilia white, irrorated with 

 fuscous. Hind wings light grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 

 Four specimens (three bred), Peradeniya and Matale, Ceylon, in February, 



40^^^ March, and November (Green, Pole). Closely allied to P. sepositella, but' 



77 certainly distinct by the white head and general colouring, and the position of 



• l\\fM^M^ ths plical stigma, which in P^ se positel la is always obliquely before first discal. 



The three bred specimens were reared by Mr, Green from larvae feeding in 

 I Lvt**^ *^® same way &■& sepositel la, and in cases of precisely the same form ; he sent 



me the three cases, carefully labelled with individual numbers corresponding 

 to the specimens, and I see no difference in form ; in both species the indi- 

 vidual cases vary much in colour and appearance, according to the nature of 

 the sand-grains and refuse employed in their construction, and one of the 

 cretata cases is elegantly marbled with dark grey and white, 

 Pseudodoxia zopheropa, n. sp, 



<J$. 12-14 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark bronzy-fuscoua. 

 Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; bronzy-fuscous, suffusedly irrorated 

 with dark fuscous ; stigmata obscure, dark fuscous, plical beneath first discal : 

 cilia bronzy-fuscous. Hindwings pale bronzy-fuscous ; cilia whitish-fuscous. 



Six specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, in February, November, and December 

 Pole). 

 . Epicallima isopselia, n. sp. 



t/6/t\tX ^ ^9. 8-10 mm. Head deep shining bronze mixed with dark fuscous, sides 



> I .ij^ iliW. and face white, collar mixed with white. Palpi white, second joint suffused 

 with deep bronze externally except towards apex, terminal joint blackish. 

 '[kC{/^ « ' Antennae blackish spotted with white, ciliations in ^ 2. Thorax shining orange- 



bronze. Abdomen dark bronzy-fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 I 7. )C^lil 6OO costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded j 

 shining bronzy-orange ; markings shining white, edged with dark fuscous 

 suffusion ; a slender basal fascia not reaching costa, somewhat extended on 

 dorsum ; slender direct fasciae at 5 and §, second interrupted in middle ; some 

 irregular subconfluent spots round apex and termen : cilia whitish with a 

 dark fuscous apical line, basal half orange, towards tornus suffused with 

 fuscous. Hindwings lanceolate, cilia 2 ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; cilia dark 

 bronzy-fuscous. 

 Four specimens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, in February (Green, Pole). 



