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beyond ^, one beneath fold at |, one in disc above middle, five in a posterior 

 group in disc, and one on tornus ; a twice interrupted black streak along upper 

 half of termen : cilia ochreous-yellow, paler towards tips, on upper half of 

 termen wholly dark leadcn-grcy, Hindwings and cilia pale ochreous-yclIow ; 

 on undersurface a subcostal furrow from near base to |, covered by a deep fold 

 of membrane from beneath. 



One specimen. North Central Province, Ceylon, in December (Pole), The 

 generic name Ethmia, Hb. (which I had overlooked) supersedes Psecadia. 



Ethmia aeonlias, n. sp, 



$. 17-21 mm. Head and thorax pale whitish-fuscous, a dot on crown, two 

 subdorsal on each side of thorax and two posterior blackish. Palpi whitish, 

 submedian and subapical bands of second joint, and median band of terminal 

 ' '^^^ joint blackish. Antennte grey, basal joint grey-whitish, with a blackish dot. 



Abdomen grey, second segment and sometimes first and third with pale ochre- 

 ous-yellowish dorsal patches, apex ochreous-yellow. Forewings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; pale 

 whitish-fuscous, markings blackish ; a streak from base of costa to beneath 

 eosta at |, brown towards its middle ; an irregular streak along fold from base 

 to near middle, beyond apex of which lies a dot surrounded with whitish ; a 

 median longitudinal streak from before middle to termen beneath apex, its 

 posterior extremity bifurcate ; a series of irregular dots along posterior part 

 of costa and termen ; cilia whitish-fuscous mixed with ochreous-whitish, 

 towards tips ochveous-whitish, with dark fuscous spaces at aptx and middle of 

 termen. Hindwings fuscous-whitish, suffused with fuscous towards apex ; 

 cilia pale fuscous, on apical half and towards tornus wholly ochreous-whitish. 



Eight specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, in April and from September to January 

 (Pole). 



Elachistid^. 



Hieromaniis fihulata, n. sp. 



$. 13-14 mm. Head and thorax yellow-orange, face shining white. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous. Antennae whitish-ochreous, eyecap white. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings very narrow-lanceolate, widest near base, thence 

 narrowed to acute apex ; yellow-orange ; dorsum grey towards base ; a black 

 spot near dorsum beyond \, centred with a white dot ; beyond this a larger 

 golden-metallic dorsal spot, partially edged above irregularly with black ; a 

 variably developed fuscous terminal streak from apex to tornus, sometimes 

 wide towards costa : cilia fuscous, towards base tinged with orange-yellowish. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May and June (Pole, de Mowbray). 



Stathmopoda masinissa, n. sp. 



^. 17 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae whitish-ochreous, base of palpi dark 

 fuscous. Thorax dark purplish -grey, with a whitish-ochreous posterior dot. 

 Abdomen rather dark grey. Legs dark grey, middle tibiae rough-haired above, 



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