﻿448 Jouru., Bom. Nat. Hht. Soc, Vul. XVIII., No. 2. [Aj^rll IB, 1908. 



iiTterually excavated and filled with black scales ; in $ with terminal joint and 

 anterior edge of second blackish. Antennae ochreous-whitish ringed with dark 

 fuscous, basal joint in ^ with large anterior scale-projection. Thorax rather 

 dark fuscous, with ochreous-whitish stripe on each side of back. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous dorsaily suffused with fuscous towards base. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish banded with dark fuscous, posterior tibise and tarsi above with short 

 rough orange scales mixed with black, and long scattered whitish and black 

 scales, forming a tuft before middle of tibias. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather strongly 

 oblique ; 7 to termen, y out of 7 ; dark fuscous ; all veins marked by ochreous- 

 whitish lines, sometimes partially tinged with ochreous-yellow ; costal edge pale 

 ochreous-yellowish : cilia whitish-ochreous, base more yellowish, with two dark 

 fuscous shades. Hindwings with 3 absent in ,^,6 to termen ; gi-ey, in ^ with 

 broad whitish-ochreous patch extending through disc from near base to near 

 termen, beneath which is a groove containing pencil of whitish-ochreous hairs ; 

 cilia whitish-ochi-eous, with two indistinct fuscous shades except on upper 

 portion of termen. 



Kandy and Pei-adeniya, Ceylon, in August, October and February; five 

 specimens fGreen). 



Timyra xanthaula, n. sp. 



$. 19 — 22 mm. Head, palpi, antennee, thorax and abdomen ochreous-yellowish ;^ 

 centre of crown tinged with fuscous ; palpi alike in both sexes ; anterior edge 

 dark fuscous ; antennae with a dark fuscous line on basal joint ; shoulders with 

 a. fuscous spot. Legs whitish-ochreous banded with blackish-grey, posterior 

 tibiae and basal joint of tarsi orange with a black lateral line, above clothed with 

 rough yellowish hairs mixed with black, with a large median tuft of yellowish 

 hairs tipped with black. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique ; 7 to termen ; ochreous-yellowish, 

 deeper on margins ; a moderate somewhat oblique deep ochreous-yellow median 

 fascia, with traces of fuscous edging ; two fuscous longitudinal lines in disc 

 before this, coincident towards base, and one along fold not reaching fascia ; a 

 series of interneural fuscous streaks on posterior half of wing: cilia whitish- 

 ochreous with a black subapical line, basal half deep ochreous-yellow. 

 Hindwings with 3 absent, 6 to termen ; whitish-ochreous ; submedian and 

 subdorsal grooves, latter containing expansible whitish-ochreous hairs ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. 



Palni Hills (6,000 feet) ; three specimens (Oampbellj. 

 Timyra sclicenota, n. sp. 



^9" 24 — 27 mm. Head orange-yellow, centre of crown bronzy. Palpi alike 

 in both sexes, orange-yellow, anterior edge black, terminal joint in $ almost 

 wholly blackish. Antennae ochreous-yellowish, anteriorly suflused with fuscous, 

 in V I'inged with fuscous, basal joint in ^ with large anterior tuft of curved 

 yellowish scales mixed with dark grey. Thorax dark fuscous, with ochreous- 

 yellow stripe on each side of back. Abdomen enxnge-ycllow, towards base 

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