﻿HT Journ., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc.^ Vol. XVIII., No. 4. [Nor. 15, 1908. 



Epicephala flagellata, n. sp. • 



$ . 9 mm. Head white. Palpi somewhat curved, white, second joint suffused 

 with grey except towards base. Antennas grey. Thorax white, shoulders 

 brownish. Abdomen grey, beneath whitish with lateral series of oblique 

 fuscous stripes, anteriorly darker. Legs white ringed with blackish-grey, 

 anterior pair suffused with dark grey. Forewings very narrowly elongate, short- 

 pointed, obtuse ; light ochreous-brown ; a rather narrow white streak along 

 dorsum from base to tornus ; moderate oblique white streaks from costa before 

 and beyond middle, reaching nearly half across wing ; two strongly curved 

 parallel transverse fine white lines about ^, preceded on lower half by an 

 oblique white streak ; beyond these are white costal and terminal marks not 

 reaching apex, and a small black central dot before apex : cilia grey, round 

 apex white with two fine black lines, at apex with a bar of blackish irroration. 

 Hindwings and ciha grey. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon, in March (Green) ; one specimen. Also similar to 

 Albistriatella, which however has the first curved posterior line represented by 

 two straight streaks placed at an acute angle. 



Epicephala trigonopltora, Turn. 



(Ornix trigonophora, Turn.. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1900, 21.) 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in August (Alston) ; one specimen. Comparing this with 

 my single Queensland specimen, I am unable to find any distinction. 



Epicephala albifrons, Stt. 



{Ornix albifrons, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. V, (n. s.), 122.) 



N. Coorg., 3,500 feet, in March (Newcome) ; one specimen, which seems 

 to be identical specifically with Stainton's example from Calcutta. 



Epicephala stauropa, n. sp. 



^. 10 mm. Head white. Palpi white, externally mixed with fuscous. An- 

 tennse dark grey, obscurely pale-ringed. Thorax white, shoulders fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey, beneath whitish with lateral series of oblique fuscous stripes. 

 Legs white banded with blackish, posterior tibiae greyish. Forewings very 

 narrowly elongate, moderately pointed, apex round-pointed ; pale fuscous 

 irrorated throughout with dark fuscous ; three moderately broad oblique white 

 streaks from dorsum reaching half across wing, first extended along dorsum to 

 base, its apex irregularly expanded, third slightly curved and followed closely 

 by a parallel white line ; three short oblique wedgeshaped white streaks from 

 costa before and beyond middle, and at f ; beneath the two last of these are 

 short blackish marks ; a curved transverse silvery-metallic line at f ; apical 

 area beyond this fulvous, edged beneath by a white mark, and inchiding a 

 central cross-shaped black dot ; a small silvery-metallic apical dot : ciha grey^ 

 round apex white with a black subbasal line. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey 

 tinged with ochreous. 



Khasi Hills, in September ; one specimen. 



Epicephala calasiris, n. sp. 



9. 10 mm. Head white. Palpi white, externally mostly dark fuscous except 

 towards base. Antennae dark grey, obscurely pale-ringed. Thorax dark, 



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