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transverse strigulffi ; an elongate black spot along costa about \ ; a very 

 oblique triangular yellow-ochreous spot from costa about |, sometimes marked 

 with a black dot ; an elongate yellow-ochreous spot along apical portion of 

 costa, marked anteriorly with a black dot : cilia yellow-whitish, at apex with 

 two or three dark grey hooks. Hindwinga and cilia grey or pale grey. 



Khasi Hills, in October and March ; seven specimens. 



Acrocercops plocamis, n. sp* 



^. 10 mm. Head ochreous- whitish, face white. Palpi dark fuscous 

 second joint white at base and apex, with tuft of projecting scales beneath, 

 terminal joint white with two dark fuscous bauds. Antennse dark fuscous, 

 slenderly ringed with whitish. Thorax bronzy-ochreous, sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. (Abdomen broken.) Legs blackish, banded with white. Forewings 

 very narrowly elongate, moderately pointed, acute , whitish-ochreoua mostly 

 suffused with ochreous-brownish ; an undefined streak of black suffusion along 

 costa ; four narrow white transverse streaks edged with dark fuscous, first and 

 second at ^ and ^, slightly curved, dii-ect, third median, obliquely curved, 

 fourth at |, similar ; beyond thii'd is an outwardly oblique white dark-edged 

 .strigula from costa, and an oblique white mark below middle ; on anterior half 

 of wing are two or three dark fuscous striae parallel with and intermediate 

 between the white streaks ; a curved transverse silvery metallic dark-edged 

 line before appex : cilia whitish, with blackish subbasal and median lines round 

 apex, beneath tornus greyish. Hind wings dark gi-ey ; cilia grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in April (Pole") ; one specimen. 



Acrocercops convolula, n. sp. 



^ $ . 9 — 10 mm. Head whitish-ochreous mixed with grey, face white. 

 Palpi ochreous-fuscous, second joint white at apex, with tuft of loose project- 

 ing scales beneath, terminal joint white with two dark fuscous rings. Antennse 

 ochreous-whitish suffusedly ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous- 

 whitish irrorated with ochreous and dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, beneath 

 white, with lateral series of oblique dark fuscous streaks. Legs dark ochreous- 

 fuscous ringed with white, bristles of posterior tibias very short. Forewings 

 very narrowly elongate, parallel-sided, short-pointed, apex obtuse ; whitish- 

 ochreous, with numerous strong dark fuscous transverse strise, angulated above 

 middle, at first slightly, more acutely posteriorly ; the coalescence of these 

 tends to form a dark fuscous fascia before middle, and two pairs of oblique 

 dark fuscous costal and dorsal spots posteriorly ; alternating with these aro 

 oblique white costal and dorsal strigulse, variable and irregular, sometimes meet- 

 ing, last dorsal long and curved ; a curved oblique silvery transverse stria 

 towards apex, beyond which is a white dot on costa ; apex longitudinally 

 brownish-ochreous, suffused with dark fuscous anteriorly ; cilia grey, round 

 apex grey-whitish with a black subbasal line and dark grey median line, 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January, February, ]May, September, and October 

 (Pole) ; eight specimens. 



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