﻿■^Kl?r Journ., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XVII., No. 3. [Feh. 15, 1907, 



raised tufts ; 7, 8, 9 approximated at base. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 

 5 parallel, 6 and 7 closely approximated towards base. 



Probably an early form in the line of development of Eucnsma. 



Sporocelis marmarojya, n, sp, 



^ 9- 10-18 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, partially finely sprinkled 



with whitish. Abdomen fuscous, sprinkled with darker. Forewings elongate, 



dilated, costa gently arched, bent at f , apex obtuse, termen subsinuate, oblique ; 



rather dark fuscous, strewn with blackish strigulp:-, costa suffused with 



bla ckish ; small scattered tufts of raised scales in disc ; basal, antemedian, and 



^/vT Bubterminal bands of purplish-leaden striae interspersed with irregular white 



' dots and scattered scales ; a larger white mark in disc beyond middle : cilia 



purphsh-leaden, mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; 

 cilia fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon ; in May and August, three specimens (de Mowbray, 

 Pole). 



Epihlema ancyrota, n. sp. 

 *42:^ ^^ 22-25 mm. Head and collar light brownish. Thorax grey-whitish, 



'*^J2i — ^ shoulders spotted with black, two dark grey dorsal dots. Abdomen grey, 

 «r <\'f> .^f^i Forewings very elongate, narrow, gradually dilated, costa slightly arched, apes 

 obtuse, termen subsinuate, little oblique, rounded beneath, costal fold strong, 

 reaching from base to middle ; silvery-grey, closely irrorated with white, and 

 strewn with more or less distinct dark fuscous strigulte ; a broad dark brown 

 suffusion, mixed with purplish-leaden, extending over costal half of wing from 

 near base to |, then suddenly contracted and continued as a narrow and less 

 defined costal suffusion to apex ; posterior half of costa with pairs of short 

 whitish strigulte ; an irregular dark fuscous spot in disc at 5, resting on edge 

 of dark costal suffusion ; a curved black linear mark from angle of costal 

 suffusion at I ; a series of six or seven short black linear marks before 

 termen ; a small dark fuscous apical spot : cilia grey, irrorated with white, 

 suffused with white towards base, on upper part of termen suffused with 

 brown towards tips. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; fuscous, becoming dark 

 fuscous posteriorly ; cilia fuscous, with pale basal hue, 



Maskeliya, Ceylon ; in January, March, June, and August, five specimens 

 (Pole, de Mowbray). 



Cydia porpota , n, sp. 



$ $. 13-15 mm. Head and palpi whitish-fuscous, second joint of palpi 

 tufted beneath, terminal very short. Thorax whitish, suffused with pale 

 fuscous, except posteriorly. Abdomen light fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, faintly 

 sinuate in middle, somewhat obliquely rounded beneath ; whitish ; costa 

 suffused with fuscous, and obliquely slrigulatcd with dark ferruginous-brown 

 and whitish ; dorsum suffused with fuscous and strigulated with darker fuscous ; 

 so.ne scattered fuscous or dark fuscous strigulic in disc anteriorly ; a small dark 

 fuscous spot beneath fold at ^, indicating angle of baaal patch ; a narrow, 



[4J 



