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COPROMORPHID.E. 



Co/iromorpha metallilis, n. sp. 



,J$. 15-19 ram. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, thoracic crest 

 suffused with fuscous. Palpi fuscous irrorated with darker, apex of second 

 joint, and base and apex of terminal joint, ochreous-whitish. Antennae whitish- 

 ochreous mottled with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, fuscoue- 

 sprinkled. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly rounded, little oblique ; 2 from near angle, 3 and 4 closely approximated 

 towards base, 5 approximated at base, 7, 8, 9 closely approximated towards 

 base ; whitish-ochreous mixed with purplish-fuscous ; costa finely strigulated 

 with dark fuscous ; about seven more or loss irregular transverse series of 

 small pale yellowish raised tufts edged anteriorly with dark fuscous and 

 posteriorly with metallic purple : cilia whitish-fuscous, mixed with darker, 

 with rows of pale points, Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated ; 

 fuscous paler towards base : cilia fuscous-whitish, with pale fuscous subbasal 

 shade. 



Five specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, in April and October (Pole). 



Copromorpha efflorescens, n. sp, 



9. 17-19 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, face with a fuscous frontal band. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, apex of terminal joint whitish. Antennae whitish-ochreous, 

 suffusedly mottled with dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders and 

 crest fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous mixed with fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, narrowed anteriorly, costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen somewhat rounded, hardly oblique ; 2 from towards angle, 3, 4, 5 

 closely approximated, 7, 8, 9 closely approximated ; fuscous (actually ribbed 

 with dark fuscous scales with pale bases) ; about seven irregular transverse 

 series of ochreous-yellow tufts, edged anteriorly with dark fuscous and poste- 

 riorly with metallic slaty-purple ; several yellow-whitish marks on veins at f, 

 above and below middle : cilia light slaty-fuscous, with rows of pale points. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 separate, 5 closely approximated to 4 ; fuscous ; cilia 

 pale fuscous, tips whitish. 



Four specimens, Matale and Madulsima, Ceylon, in April and from October 

 to December (Pole, Vaughan). Very like the preceding species, but easily 

 distinguished by the different form of forewings, which are very obviously 

 broader posteriorly, whilst in metaUitis they are nearly the same width through- 

 out ; the differences in neuration, darker colouring, and posterior whitish marks 

 in disc are also characteristic. 



Chlidanotid^. 



I find it necessary to form this new family for the reception of the three 

 "K'Uf^O following genera, together with Trymalitis, described in my last paper and 

 there referred to the Phaloniadoi, and also Archhnaga, there referred to the 

 Plulellidce. The family is in fact intermediate between the Phaloniadoi and 

 JipihUmidce on the one hand, and the Plutellidce on the other, and appears to 

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