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ArticoUa cyclidias, n. sp, . . , ^ j:„u 



t 13-U mm Head and palpi dark grey, crown light ochreous or reddish. 

 Thorax f uscou., dorsally more or less ochreous, sides dark fu.cous. Abdomen 

 dark grey anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather obhquc ; dark 

 fuscous, sprinkled with blackish ; a narrow patch of pale ochreous suffusion on 

 dorsum from i to beyond middle ; a large roundish ochreous-whitish blotch 

 occupying apical | of wing, containing a central spot of ochreous suffus,on 

 . ' costal and terminal edges with some dark fuscous dots : cilia dark fuscous mixed 

 with ferruginous, with a blackish basal line. Hindwing. and cU.a dark grey. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Peradeniya. and Matale, Ceylon, m October, 

 January, and April (Pole, de Mowbray, Green). 



Eucosma cerogrujha, n. sp. mu ^ ^ol^ 



,.Jl t 10-12 mm. Head and palpi pale yellowish-ochreous. Thorax pale 



^ ochreous mixed with blackish. Abdomen dark grey, apex pale ochreous. 



^ Forewin.s elongate, moderate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently 



arched Tpex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique ; light yellowish-ochreous, 



• with se'veral pairs of irregular glistening ochreous-whiti.h transverse stn^ 



enclosing a few fine scattered black scales, and separated on costa by small 



blackish spots and strigul^ ; basal patch iU-defioed, blackish, with acute 



anc^ular projections on costa and dorsum and in middle ; cental fascia 



represented by a subquadrate blackish spot on middle of costa and a group 



of undefined blackish marks before tornus : cilia pale yellowish-ochreous, with 



a blackish apical patch. Hindwings and ciUa dark grey. 



Eight specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March and April (Pole). 



TORTUICID.K. 



^9 11-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brown-reddish sprinkled w.th 

 ^vhitish-ochreous. Abdomen grey. Forewings suboblong, costa anteriorly 

 Btrongly arched, prominent and dilated with rough scales in middle, concave 

 on posterior half, apex obtuse, termen vertical, rounded beneath ; brown-red- 

 dish with some scattered blackish scales, and several oblique irregular trans- 

 verse whitish-ochreous stri^ : cilia whitish-ochreous, with a brown-reddish 

 line Hindwings and cilia grey, in 9 darker ; 3 and 4 stalked. 



Twenty specimens, Maskeliya, Madulsima, Kaduganawa, Ceylon ; Coorg 

 (3,500 feet) ; from February to May. and in August and September (Pole, 

 de' Mowbray, Green, Vaughan, Newcome). 



_^ Epagoge probulias, n. sp. ,. „ ,• j vt, 



^0 10-14 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, partially tinged ^Mth 

 ? {JA brownish-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, more or less infuscated basally, 



^^ ^ second joint broadly rough-scaled above and beneath. Forewings elongate, 



costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, oblique ; whitish- 

 ochreous more or less strigulated with brownish or fuscous ; markmga 

 ochreouslfuscous ; basal patch indicated chiefly by an oblic,u8 transverse spot 



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