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fuscouH, with dark fuscous basal line, Forewings in $ beneath with expan- 

 sible subcostal fringe of hairs before middle. 



Khasi Hills, in July and August ; twenty specimens. 



Struthisca mysteris, n. sp. 



$ 19-22 mra„ 9 28-32 mm. Head light ochreous-yellowish, lower part of 

 face dark fuscous. Palpi very short, loosely scaled, fuscous. Antenna fus. 

 cous, basal joint pale yellowish, pectinations in $ 12. Thorax light fuscous. 

 Abdomen light greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, in $ moderate, in 9* 

 narrower, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 5 absent, 8 and 9 stalked; pale fuscous, with scattered cloudy dark fuscous 

 strigulas ; these cause obscure indications of a cloudy dark transverse mark 

 _Jrom disc before middle to dorsum, preceded by faint pale suffusion : cilia 

 pale fuscous or greyish-ochreous. Hindnings thinly scaled, grey; cilia light ^ 

 greyish-ochreous. 



Madulsima and Peradeniya, Ceylon, from July to September ; six specimens 

 (Vaughan, Green). 



Struthisca zygitis, n. sp. 



(J 13-Umm., 2 19-22 mm. Head and thorax whitish irrorated with fus- 

 cous, lower half of face fuscous. Palpi short, slender, fuscous, apex of joints 

 whitish. Antennae whitish sprinkled with fuscous, pectinations n. Abdomen 

 light greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa ' moderately 

 arched, more strongly in 9, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly 

 oblique ; 9 absent ; whitish, sometimes partially tinged with fuscous, str^^wn 

 throughout with fuscous or dark fuscous strigulse ; an irregular transverse 

 median fascia, and a spot beneath costa at |, more or less indicated with fus- 

 cous suffusion, but usually very ill-defined : cilia whitish, sprinkled with pale 

 fuscous. Hindwings and cilia pale fuscous or whitish-fuscous. 



Puttalam, Ceylon, from September to June ; ten specimens (Pole). 

 Struthisca charadrias, n. sp. 



^ 18-23 mm., 9 28-31 mm. Head and thorax light fuscous, sprinkled 

 with whitish. Palpi very small, slender, fuscous. Antenna whitish, pectina- 

 tions in $ 5, lined with fuscous. Abdomen pale whilish-fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, r.ther dilated posteriorly, costa posteriorly mode- 

 rately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; all veins 

 present, separate ; whitish finely irrorated with fuscous, sometimes forming 

 indistinct strigulse ; the absence of irroration forms a more or less distinct 

 suffused white median streak from near base to f , costal area above this more 

 or less suffused with fuscous: cilia whitish-fuscous. Hindwings and cilia 

 fuscous-whitish. 



Hambantota, Ceylon, from June to August ; ten specimens (Pole). 



Sapheneutis, n, g. 



Head loosely rough-scaled ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antenuc^ ^ in 

 $ biciliated with fascicles. Labial palpi moderate, porrected or ascending 

 loosely scaled, obtuse. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae clothed with 



