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segmental margins grey, on sides white, beneath wholly silvery-white. Poste- 

 rior tibiaj and tarsi blackish banded with white, above tufted with rough scales 

 and bristles. Forewings elongate, narrow, widest at ^, thence narrowed to 

 pointed apex ; dark purplish-bronze-fuscous ; two whitish-ochreous or pale 

 ochreous-yellowish spots, first on dorsum before middle, subquadrate, reaching 

 more than half across wing, second on costa at j, triangular, nearly reaching 

 tornus : cilia dark bronzy-fuscous. Hindwings and cilia dark bronzy-fuscous. 



Seven specimens, Maskeliya and Puttalam, Ceylon, in February, March and 

 June (Pole). 



Aeoloscelis triloxias, n. sp, 



$^. 9-12 mm. Bead prismatic shining ochreous-whitish, crown ochreous- 

 yellow. Palpi whitish-yellow, second joint sometimes with some blackish 

 scales. Antenna whitish ringed with fuscous. Thorax yellow-ochreous or 

 orange, sometimes irrorated with blackish grey. Abdomen greyish-ochreous 

 tinged with orange. Posterior tibiae with expansible whorls of long bristles. 

 Forewings narrow-lanceolate ; ochreous-orange, usually partially and sometimes 

 largely suffused with grey ; three slender oblique white streaks, more or less 

 margined beneath or posteriorly with dark grey suffusion, first from before ^ 

 of costa to ^ of dorsum, second from | of costa to near dorsum at §, third 

 curved downwards, from beneath costa about § to costa almost at apex : cilia 

 ochreous-orange, becoming paler and fuscous-tinged towards tornus. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Twelve specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February, April, June and July 

 IT vi/;/ 4/n (Pole). I note that Aelos celis theoris, Meyr., is however properly referable to 

 btatiunopoda. 



Plutellid.i-:. 



Gracilaria zachrysa, n. sp. 



$9- 14-15 mm. Head and thorax deep purple, face silvery-white. Palpi 



whitish, spotted beneath with ferruginous, apical half of terminal joint dark 



fuscous. Antenni3e whitish-grey ringed with dark grey. Abdomen dark grey. 



Middle tibise thickened with purple scales, tarsi white dotted with ferruginous. 



Forewings very narrow, parallel-sided, pointed, acute ; ferruginous-ochreous, 



along dorsum strigulated with deep purple, elsewhere suffused with bright 



deep purple ; a bright yellow patch along costa from ^ to near apex, reaching 



more than half across wing, lower edge with triaugulur deep purple indentation 



Ij.i. about middle of wing, costa with a few fine blackish dots : cilia dark grey. 



''^ "^ ^ . Hindwings and cilia dark grey, 



J, Y.\l\i\- " J) Yive specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, from March to June (Pole). 



Gracilaria prismatica, n. sp. 



$ 5. 13-15 mm. Head and thorax greyish-ochreous, mixed with dark grey, 

 face prismatic. Palpi greyish-ochreous, sull'uscdly irroratc d with dark fuscous. 

 Antennae greyish-ochreous ringed with dark grey. Abdomen dark grey, 

 beneath shining whitish-ochreous. Middle tibia) greyish-ochreous irrorated 

 with blackish, thickened and tufted beneath, tarsi white. Forewings sublinear^ 



