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trunks (Green) ; case consisting of a broad elliptic-oblong arched upper roof 

 (12 mm. long, 5 mm, broad), with four neat round holes arranged midway 

 between corners and centre, and a slighter and less extensive floor beneath 

 this, constructed of silk covered with lichen-grains and refuse, colour varying 

 from grey-whitish to greyish-ochreous ; the lateral connections outside the 

 perforations are often worn away. 



Crypsithyris hypnota, n. sp. 



9. 13 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sides of face mixed with fuscous. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous,, except towards apex. 

 Antennas whitish-ochreous, ringed with fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, irro- /l>'1^^ 



rated with fuscous, shoulders with a dark fuscous spot. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous and 

 dark fuscous ; base suffused with dark fuscous ; a streak of dark fuscous 

 suffusion along fold from base to beneath discal impression ; discal impres- 

 sion semi-transparent, followed by a round cloudy spot of dark fuscous suffu- 

 sion : cilia whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings with 

 transverse vein entire ; grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, mixed with pale 

 grey towards base. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon, in February ; one specimen (Green). Larva case-bear- 

 ing, feeding on lichens under rock-ledges (Green) ; case tortoise-shaped, con- 

 sisting of a broad oval arched upper roof (13 mm. long, 10 mm. broad) of 

 silk covered with sand and refuse, whitish-grey mixed with brown and black, 

 and a less extensive lower floor of whitish silk. 



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