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ringed with ochreous-whitish, posterior tibise with very large median tuft of 

 long curved pale yellowish scales mixed with blackish. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique ; 

 7 to apex ; whitish-ochreous, irregularly mixed with fuscous and sprinkled with 

 blackish ; a slender dark fuscous basal fascia, followed by a narrow clear 

 whitish-ochreous fascia ; a curved slightly oblique clear whitish-ochreous 

 transverse median line ; an irregular dark fuscous line round apex and termen : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, with dark fuscous antemedian and fuscous apical shades, 

 Hindwings with 3 absent, 6 to termen ; whitish-ochreous ; a narrow fuscous 

 streak along termen, sometimes interrupted, and a fuscous patch along posterior 

 half of costa ; submedian and subdorsal grooves suffused with light ochreous- 

 yellowish, latter with a very loug expansible pencil of whitish-ochreous hairs ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, with faint fuscous line. 



Diyatalawa (4,000 feet), Ceylon, in August and September (Fletcher) ; three 

 specimens. 



Timyra holocona, n. sp. 



^. 16 — 18 mm. Head dark fuscous, sides yellowish. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 externally suffused with pale yellowish, second joint much thickened with dense 

 projecting scales above and beneath, terminal joint very short, concealed. 

 Antenna} pale yellowish, basal joint dark fuscous, with anterior scale-projecticn. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, with angulated posterior ochreous-yellow mark. Ab- 

 domen dark fuscous, beneath whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous banded 

 with dark fuscous, posterior tibiae with expansible median tuft of whitish- 

 ochreous hairs becoming dark fuscous on upper half, basal joint of tarsi rough- 

 scaled above. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa anteriorly moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 stalked, 7 to costa ; dark 

 fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged ; a yellowish basal dot ; two irregular inwardly 

 oblique pale yellowish transverse lines before and beyond | ; a triangular 

 ochreous-yellow blotch on costa beyond middle, reaching more than half across 

 wing, and a yellow dot in disc beyond apex of this : cilia dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings with 3 absent, 6 to apex, dark fuscous, a submedian groove 

 containing an expansible pencil of very long whitish-ochreous hairs ; cilia dark 

 fuscous. 

 Maskeliya, Ceylon, in August, two specimens (de Mowbray). 

 Timyra dlpsalea, n. sp. 



^. 17—19 mm. Head orange, lower part of face infuscated. Palpi fuscous, 

 much thickened throughout with dense projecting scales beneath, second joint 

 internally with long expansible pale greyish-ochreous hairs, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, wholly clothed with dense scales. Antenna) about 1, dark 

 fuscous, basal joint with projecting scales anteriorly. Thorax fuscous, darker 

 anteriorly. Abdomen pale ochreous-yellowish. Legs fuscous, anterior pair 

 dark fuscous, streaked and dotted with white, posterior tibial with large median 

 tuft of curved ochreous-whitish scales becoming blackish and steel-metallic on 

 npper heilf, basal joint of tarsi rough-scaled above, Forewings elongate, rather 

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