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Endophthora phepsalias, n. sp. 



^. 9 mm. Head yellow'ochreoua. Palpi dark fuscous, base and apex of 

 terminal joint whitish. Antenna 1, grey. Thorax golden. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, apex round -pointed, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded, 6 and 7 stalked ; bright golden, toward 

 coata suffused with dark bronzy-fuscous ; six short white oblique strigulse on 

 posterior half of costa ; about twenty-five small white dots irregularly strewn 

 in disc ; about twelve small white dots along dorsum and termen, mostly 

 accompanied by small raised or projecting black dots : cilia pale whitish-golden. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February and May ; two specimens (Pole). 

 Decadarchis, Meyr. 



Head densely rough-haired, tongue obsolete. Antennse -», in S simple, 

 sometimes with subbasal notch, basal joint moderate, thickened with scales. 

 Labial palpi moderate, slightly curved, subascending, second and terminal 

 joints with dense tufted fringe of very long projecting scales beneath, teiminal 

 joint short. Maxillary palpi long, filiform, folded. Posterior tibiae clothed 

 With long hairs above and beneath. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 from about 

 4, 3 from angle, 6 absent, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 fi-om before middle, apex 

 turned up in repose. Hindwings 1, ovate-lanceolate, cilia 1 ; 2-4 parallel, 5 

 and 6 stalked, G to costa, 7 parallel. 



I am now able to re-constitute this genus as a good and natural one, well 

 characterised by the peculiar palpi. Besides the type D. simulans, I refer to 

 it the Australian mystacmella, Walk., and the three following species. 

 Uecadarchis platydeltu, n. sp. 



^ $. 18-27 mm. Head white. Palpi white, externally somewhat mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Antenna whitish-grey. Thorax white, with a fuscous 

 curved mark near posterior extremity. Abdomen whitish or pale grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, termen sinuate, 

 extremely oblique ; white, with a few scattered ochreous and brown scales ; two 

 flattened-triangular dark fuscous dorsal blotches, not reaching half across wing, 

 first extending from near base to before middle, second larger, extending from 

 beyond middre to tornus, enclosing a spot of whitish suffusion ; an irregular 

 dark fuscous apical dash, sometimes incomplete: cilia white, with two dark 

 fuscous lines more or less obsolete except round apex, tips suffused with 

 brownish. Hindwings grey, paler towards base ; cilia whitish-grey, more or 

 less suffused with white round apex. 



Ceylon (North Central Province), in November ; four specimens (Pole). 

 Decadarchis antimicras, n. sp. 



9. 14-22 mm. Head white. Palpi white, externally somewhat mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Antennie whitish, sometimes tinged with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 white, with a curved fuscous mark before posterior extremity. Abdomen 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, 

 termen sinuate, extremely oblique ; white with scattered dark fuscous scales ; 

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