﻿Sept. 20, 1906.] Indian Micro- Lepuhplera. 4lO 



posterior tibiae clothed with very large dense expansible brush of hairs above, 

 all tarsi whitish-ochreous, posterior pair spotted with dark grey, with project- 

 ing scales at joints. Forewings linear-lanceolate, widest near base, thence 

 narrowed to acute apex ; dark fuscous-grey, faintly purplish-tinged ; a some- 

 what oblique whitish-ochreous mark from costa before f : cilia fuscous-grey 

 Hindwings dark fuscous, with a narrow longitudinal transparent patch in disc 

 from base to j ; cilia fuscous. 



One specimen, Matale, Ceylon, in October (Pole). i. 



^oloscelis theoris, n. sp. /Wiaw ^ 



$^. 10-12 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, back of crown yellow. Palpi, CxlThiAr^*- 

 antennae, and abdomen whitish-ochreous. Thorax yellow, Forewings narrow-- ^T Xl^// 'J^jJ 

 lanceolate, widest near base, thence gradually narrowed to acute apex ; fuscous, 

 becoming lighter and ochreous-tinged posteriorly; basal | bright yellow, e,4/i 



except a spot of groundcolour on costa near base, dividing line nearly straight ' 



or rather irregular, direct ; usually some very undefined pale yellowish suffu- 

 sion on costa about f : cilia pale brownish-ochreous, Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 pale brownish-ochreoua. 



Nine specimens, Puttalam, Peradeniya, and Maskeliya, Ceylon, in April, 

 May, September, and October (Pole, Green). 



Persicoptila Ubanotris, n, sp. 



$. 14 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae whitish-ochreous, face white, 

 antennae spotted beneath with dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous suffused 

 with yellow-orange. Abdomen white, suffused with whitish-ochreous towards 

 base, beyond middle with yellow-ochreous lateral spots edged above with dark 

 fuscous. Legs ochreous-yellowish, apex of joints white, anterior and middle 

 tibise obscurely banded with dark fuscous, tuft of posterior tibiae crimson- 

 whitish mixed with blackish. Forewings narrow-lanceolate; greyish-purple 

 irrorated with dark fuscous ; base narrowly yellow-orange ; a triangular 

 yellow-orange spot extending on costa from before middle to |, and nearly 

 reaching dorsum ; costa suffused with yellow towards apex : cilia pale greyish- 

 ochreous tinged with purplish and mixed with dark grey, round apex and 

 on costa whitish-ochreous partly suffused with yellow-orange. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February (Pole). 



Scyihris chelota, n. sp. 



^9. 9-11 nam. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax and abdomen light greyish- 

 ochreous ; abdomen in $ ochreous-white beneath, Forewings lanceolate, 

 moderately pointed ; 5 present ; light greyish-ochreous, sometimes fuscous- 

 tinged, generally more or less strewn with whitish, seldom with a few dark 

 fuscous scales ; sometimes a streak of whitish suffusion along fold ; plical and 

 second discal stigmata suffused, dark fuscous, sometimes indistinct : cilia 

 light grey or greyish-ochreous, base sometimes sprinkled with whitish, Hind- 

 wings I, cilia 3 ; 5 absent ; grey ; cilia light grey, sometimes ochreous-tinged. 



Nine specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, from July to September (Pole). 



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