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9. 28 mm. Head, palpi, and antennfE ochreous white. Thorax ochreous 

 ■white, with four black spots arranged in a diamond on back, and two others 

 on patagia. Abdomen whitish ochreous, Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 white closely speckled with black and suffused with bright pale blue except 

 along costal edge and at base ; black basal dots on costa and in middle ; 

 two small round black spots near base, viz., median and subdorsal, and three 

 others near beyond these, viz., subcostal, median, and subdorsal : cilia blue 

 white, basal third light ochreous yellow. Hindwings pale grey tinged with 

 whitish ; cilia as in forewings. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon, in March (Green) ; one specimen. A curious insect 

 of exceptional colouring, 



Comocritis tkesplas, n. sp. 



$. 34 mm. Head, palpi, and thoi-ax white. Antennse whitish-ochreous, 

 Abdometi pale grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, cbsta moder- 

 ately arched, apBx obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; pale greyish ochreous ; 

 a white basal fascia, leaving a small spot of ground colour on base of costa ; 

 a small white dorsal spot close beyond fascia ; a thick white streak along 

 costa from fascia to ^ ; an oblong yellow-ochreous patch extending through 

 lower part of disc almost from basal fascia, terminated by a crescentic white 

 mark in disc at |, and a quadrate white tornal spot connected with it, ground 

 colour above and below this patch suffused with black irroration ; an 

 irregular white streak from | of costa to middle of termen. with a projection 

 inwards from near upper extremity, space between this and preceding 

 white markings suffused with black and irrorated with white ; apical area 

 yellow-ochreous tinged with fuscous: cilia white. Hindwings dark grey; 

 cilia grey, at apex with a white patch. 



Kandy. Ceylon, in October (Green) ; one specimen. Very similar to 

 C. olympia, but easily distinguished by the ochreous apex of forewings, 

 abaence of black lines on veins in ochreous discal patch, and other details. 



PLUTELLIDAE. 



Phycodes taouopa, n. sp. 



$. 20 mm. Head dark fuscous, face brilliant deep prismatic green- 

 blae. Palpi white, towards apex black. Antennae dark purple fuscous. 

 Thorax dark btohzy fuscous, beneath pearly white. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 beneath with broad pearl white bands attennated laterally. Forewings elon- 

 gate, rather narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen hardly rounded, somewhat oblique ; 6 and 7 stalked ; dark bronzy 

 fuscous ; basal area slightly sprinkled with whitish ; a blackish fuscous trans- 

 verse line at | terminating in a semi-circular dorsal blotch, edged anteriorly 

 by a streak of white irroration, and posteriorly by a broad fascia of white 

 irroration, indistinctly double and narrowed towards costa ; a small white 

 mark on costa at i, whence an undefined streak of whitish irroration pro- 

 ceeds outwards beneath costa and again inwards to disc at § and thence to 

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