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form a chamber (Green). The two food-plants are closely related, Leguminosa ; 

 the apparent difference in habits is curious, but the two sets of specimens seem 

 exactly alike in characters, except that the ^<!/ZosJa-feeders are larger. 



Gracilaria dogmatica, n. sp, 



^^9- 7 — 9 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-brown, with two broad 

 metallic-grey longitudinal streaks, scales of crown projecting between antennaa, 

 face white. Palpi white, terminal joint thickened with scales towards apex. 

 Antennae grey obscurely ringed with whitish. Abdomen grey, with a dark 

 shining grey lateral stripe, beneath pale yellow. Legs densely scaled, 

 ochreous-white, anterior and middle femora and tibiaa blackish, posterior tibias 

 more or less infuscated above. Forewings very narrowly elongate, moderately 

 pointed, acute ; light ochreous-brown, suffused with yellow-ochreous on 

 margins posteriorly ; three small groups of blackish scales on dorsum ; a broad 

 whitish-yellowish triangular patch extending over central third of costa, and 

 reaching f across wing, edged with a few blackish scales ; some undefined dark- 

 fuscous suffusion towards apex: cilia grey, round apex with basal third yellow- 

 ochreous, rest with several rows of black points. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia 



grey. 



Trincomali, Puttalam, Ambulaingoda, Galle, Hambantota, Peradeniya, and 

 IMyatalawa, Ceylon, from September to November, February to April, and in 

 June (Pole, Fletcher, Green) ; eight specimens, 



Gracilaria ox7/delta,n.sp. 



$. 8 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen rather dark violet-f nscous, face pale 

 yellowish. Palpi ochreous- whitish, ii'regularly irrorated with blackish, terminal 

 joint thickened with scales shortly projecting beneath towards apex. Antennae 

 dark fuscous ringed with whitish. Anterior and middle legs dark violet- 

 fuscous, tarsi white except at tips, posterior legs ochreous-whitish irrorated with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings very narrowly elongate, short-pointed, dorsum with 

 four rather broad scale-projections ; violet-fuscous irrorated with dark fus- 

 cous ; a clear pale yellow narrow or moderately broad triangular patch, resting 

 on costa before middle, nearly reaching dorsum, edged with a few black scales, 

 its costal margin marked with two minute black dots ; some undefined spots of 

 ochreous-brownish suffusion towards apex: cilia fuscous, round apex brownish 

 with several rows of black points. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



N. Cooi-g, 3,500 feet, in May (Newcome) ; two specimens. 



Gracilaria hp,miconis, Meyr. 



{Antiolopha hemiconis, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., (1894, 25.) 



I have suppressed the genus Antiolopha, finding the scaling of the palpi aa 

 unreliable character in this group. 



Gracilaria metadoxa, n. sp. 



^9. 10 — 11mm. Head yellowish-white, scales of crown projecting over 

 forehead. Palpi yellow -whitish, more or less sprinkled with grey, second joint 

 with scales projecting beneath at apex, terminal joint thickened with scales 

 forming a small subapical projection in front. Antennte yellow-whitish ringed 



