some exotic Micro-Lepidoptera. 271 



elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, hind 

 margin somewhat obliquely rounded; whitish-oehreous, towards 

 margins more yellowish-tinged; cilia whitish-oehreous, yellowish- 

 tinged. Hind wings oblong-ovate, very pale whitish-oehreous ; 

 cilia whitish-oehreous. 



Point de Galle, Ceylon ; two specimens in November. 

 Walker's genus Dosara is a synonym of Eurycreon, and 

 his genus Araxes a synonym of Crambus. 



BOTYDID.E. 



Maegarodes, Gn. 



Margarodes nereis, n. s. 



5 , 52 — 54 mm. Head greenish-white, lower angles of face 

 triangularly deep ferruginous, meeting on lower margin. Labial 

 palpi deep ferruginous, lower half white. Maxillary palpi wholly 

 deep ferruginous. Antennae white above, yellow-ochreous beneath. 

 Thorax very pale whitish-greenish, shoulders bright ferruginous. 

 Abdomen greenish-whitish, apex light ochreous. Legs greenish- 

 whitish, anterior pair with tibiae and apex of femora, middle pair 

 with tibiae, except towards apex, ferruginous. Fore wings elongate- 

 triangular, costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind 

 margin oblique, slightly bowed ; pale ochreous-greenish, irrorated 

 with green- whitish, especially on veins posteriorly, with prismatic 

 reflections ; a moderate ferruginous costal streak, beyond middle 

 becoming rapidly paler, beyond two-thirds reduced to a slender 

 line along costal edge, bordered beneath throughout by a moderate 

 suffused white streak, becoming less defined and more greenish- 

 white posteriori} 7 ; a blackish transverse-linear discal dot ; a hind 

 marginal series of black dots between veins ; cilia with basal half 

 green-whitish, terminal half light shining silvery-grey. Hind 

 wings with colour as in fore wings, but somewhat obscured by 

 numerous whitish hairs, becoming denser towards base ; hind 

 marginal dots as in fore wings, but more elongate transversely ; 

 cilia as in fore wings. 



This species is described by Walker and Moore as 

 M. glauculalis, Gn., which it certainly is not, if Guenee's 

 description is correct, which there is no reason to doubt. 

 This species is closely allied to M. tritonias, Meyr., and 

 M. oceanitis, Meyr., but quite distinct. 



Kandy, Ceylon ; two specimens. The British Museum 

 has a series. 



