﻿Sept. 20,1906.] Indian Micro- Lepulopfera. -*WC' 4-6$ 



Epicallima semantris, n. sp. 1? t ih 



^$. 9-11 mm. Head and thorax shining orange-bronze, forehead shining Z*''^-*^ 

 white. Palpi orange, terminal joint dark fuscous, tip whitish. Antennas white rvw*^*^ j ^ 

 ringed with dark fuscous, ciliations 1. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, f", / r^ , ■ 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; deep orange ; markings white, finely edged with dark fuscous irrora-/^'7'^t^'//' %^^J 

 tion ; a short almost dorsal mark from middle of base ; a narrow somewhat 

 oblique fascia from before j of costa to middle of dorsum ; a rather large 

 subquadrate spot on costa nt §, more or less confluent beneath with a praetornal 

 spot of purplish-fuscous suffusion ; a suffused purplish fuscous apical spot, 

 extended along termen : cilia orange-yellow, towards tornus suffused with 

 purpliah-fuscous. Hindwings narrow -lanceolate, cilia 3 ;grey ; cilia light grey. 



Six specimens, Puttalam and Kurunegala, Ceylon, from July to December -^0*7 



(Pole). -^ 



Scalideutis, n. g. 



Head with loosely approssed scales, side tufts rather spreading ; tongue 

 developed. Antennte f, in ^ pubescent, simple, basal joint moderately elon- 

 gate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, with appressed 

 scales, second joint not reaching base of antennae, terminal joint somewhat 

 shorter than second, acute. Posterior tibias clothed with long fine hairs above. 

 Forewings with 2 from I, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from before middle. 

 Hindwings 1, very elongate-ovate, cilias ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 absent. 



Allied to Borkhausenia. 



Scalideutis escharia, n. sp. 



(^$. 17-20 mm. Head whitish- ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second 

 joint suffused with dark fuscous. Antennae grey. Thorax fuscous, posterior 

 extremity whitish-ochreous. Abdomen grey, apex whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; pale fuscous, finely irrorated with dark fuscous ; 

 spots of dark fuscous suffusion on costa near base and before middle, and a 

 larger dark fuscous spot on costa at f , costa between these and beyond last 

 often more or less broadly suffused with whitish-ochreous ; stigmata blackish- 

 fuscous, plical rather beyond first discal, second discal very large, adjacent and 

 sometimes confluent with third costal spot ; sometimes an additional dark fus- 

 cous dot between and below discal stigmata ; sometimes obscure dark fuscous 

 dots round apex and termen : ciha whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fus- 

 cous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Seven specimens, Maskehya, Ceylon, in February and May (Pole). 



Ethmia zelcea, n. sp. 



^. 30 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-yellow ; 

 two irregular dots on crown, one on basal joint of antennae, three anterior and 

 two posterior dots on thorax blackish ; anal tuft very large, Forewings elon- 

 gate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, ttrmen nearly straight, rather 

 oblique ; deep ochreous-yellow ; thirteen black dots, viz., one in middle of base 

 two small ones beneath costa near base, one in disc at ^, one beneath costa' 



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