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Sect. A. Hind wings with vein 5 present, ridge discal. 



Ancylometis trigonodes, n. s. 

 $ , 11 mm. Head ochreous-yellow, face whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi light ochreous-yellow, terminal joint dark fuscous except 

 apex, second joint somewhat rough above towards apex. Antenna? 

 and thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, segmental 

 margins ochreous-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints and 

 posterior tibiae whitish-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind margin 

 obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous, very slightly purplish-tinged ; a 

 large ochreous-white triangular patch, mixed with pale yellow in 

 middle, occupying median area, its base extending on costa from 

 one-third to five-sixths, its apex narrowly truncate and resting on 

 inner margin beyond middle, its posterior side with a short 

 triangular projection below middle ; a small dark fuscous spot on 

 costa at two-thirds ; a few yellow-whitish scales forming an 

 obscure cloudy line from anal angle to posterior side of triangular 

 patch near costa ; cilia dark fuscous, basal half obscurely barred 

 with whitish-grey-ochreous. Hind wings fuscotts-grey, becoming 

 much paler and semitransparent on basal half ; a thickened dark 

 fuscous ridge along lower margin of cell from near base to angle, 

 its anterior extremity suffused with ochreous-whitish ; cilia grey, 

 becoming whitish-ochreous round anal angle and on inner margin. 



Port Louis, Mauritius ; one specimen, in May. 



Ancylometis scceocosma, n. s. 



t?, 11 mm. Head and palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint of 

 palpi rather stout. Antennae greyish-ochreous, suffusedly annu- 

 lated with dark fuscous. Thorax and abdomen greyish-ochreous, 

 suffusedly irro rated with dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed 

 with ochreous-whitish. Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, hind margin obliquely rounded ; 

 whitish-ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous, tinged with yellowish 

 round dark markings ; costa suffused with dark fuscous ; a small 

 dark fuscous basal patch, its outer edge irregular and mixed with 

 black ; a large round blackish-fuscous dot in disc at one-third, and 

 a second on fold slightly beyond it, connected by a fuscous 

 suffusion; a third in disc at two-thirds, a fourth directly beneath 

 it and connected with it by a pale yellow-ochreous spot, and a fifth 

 on inner margin beneath this; hind margin broadly suffused with 

 fuscous; cilia fuscous, mixed with whitish-ochreous (imperfect). 



