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ti moderate orange transverse band slightly beyond middle, anterior edge 

 marked with two round golden-metallic spots, upper followed by a large black 

 dot, lower slightly posterior, band posteriorly margined by two golden-metallic 

 spots preceded by a few black scales, upper small, lower large, hardly anterior, 

 between these a suffused elongate orange-yellow projection extends to termeu 

 and is continued as a white line along termen to apex: eilia bronzy- whitish, 

 on costa white. Hindwings grey ; cilia bronzy- whitish. 



Diyatalawa, Ceylon (Fletcher) ; Nilgiris, 3,500 feet (Andrewes) ; from July 

 to September, seven specimens. Distinct by the ochreous-bronxy grouud 

 colour, white costal edge and cilia, and white suffusion of tibias. 



Cosmopteryx man/pulari>!,n. sp. 



^$. 10 mm. Head dark fuscous, crown with three fine white lines, face 

 whitish. Palpi white lined with blackish. Antennas blackish lined with white, 

 three apical joints white, then five blackish, one white, one blackish, one white, 

 three white with fine apical blackish rings, several white. Thorax dark fus- 

 cous, with three fine white lines. Abdomen orange, sides and segmental 

 margins fuscous, two apical segments fuscous, margins whitish. Posterior 

 tibias blackish with white median ai;d apical rings, and a silvei-y ring near apex. 

 Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long- produced, caudate ; dark 

 fuscous ; dorsal edge white towards base ; a fine white somewhat oblique 

 subcostal line from base to | ; a fine white median line not nearly reaching 

 base or band ; a fine white subdorsal line from beneath apex of subcostal to 

 rather near band ; costal edge white for a short distance before band ; a broad 

 ochreous-yellow transverse band beyond middle, anterior edge marked with 

 two pale golden-metallic spots, upper followed by a black dot, lower larger and 

 somewhat posterior, posterior edge marked with two pale golden-metallic 

 spots preceded by some dark fuscous scales, lower larger, hardly anterior, from 

 between these a sinuate yellow streak becoming white on posterior half extends 

 along termen to apex : cilia fuscous, on costa whitish towards posterioi;' edge 

 of band. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May (de Mowbray) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in October 

 and November (Newcome) ; three specimens. This and the two next species 

 have the band yellow, not orange, margined on each side with two golden- 

 metallic spots ; C. manijmlaris is the smallest of the three, and is distin- 

 guished by the median line not nearly reaching base, 



Cogmopleryx aculeata, n. sp. 



$^, 12-13 mm. Head rather dark bronzy-fuscous, crown with three fine 

 white liQes, face bronzy-whitish. Palpi white lined with dark fuscous. 

 Antennae blackish lined with white, four apical joints white, then five blaekish, 

 one white, one blackish, two white. Thorax rather dark bronzy".fuscous, with 

 three fine white lines. Abdomen light orange, sides and segmental margins 

 pale shining fuscous, last two segments pale fuscous with whitish margins. 

 Posterior tibiae dark fuscous with white median, anteapical, and apical rings. 

 Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long-produced, caudate ; 

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