64 Mr. F. W. Edwards on some 



similar indeed. T. pennipes, O.-S., is said to have two 

 s-pines near the base of the front femora ; specimens which I 

 has'e examined from the Seychelles Is. show two long and 

 three or four short spines or bristles in this position. T. ex- 

 ornata, Bergr., and a closely allied species from W. Africa, 

 liave about eight small short spines on the underside of the 

 front femora near the base. This, again, indicates that we 

 are here dealing with only one genus. There are several 

 undescribed. African species of this genus in the British 

 Museum. 



9. Conosia irrorata, Wied. Aussereur. zweifl. Ins. i.574.3. 

 Dondra; Galle; Bentota [T. B. Fletcher). 



10. Eriocera crystalloptera, O.-S. Berl. ent. Z. 1887, p. 222. 



Madulsima {T. B. Fletcher); Pundaluoya [E. E. Green); 

 Haputale (Lt.-Col. Yerbury). 



The female is larger than the niale^ but otherwise very 

 similar. 



11. Eriocera humberti, O.-S. Berl. ent. Z. 1887, p. 221. 



Pundaluoya {E. E. Green), 2 ? . 



A specimen Avithout an abdomen from Uva P. Madulsima 

 (7". B. Fletcher) has the thorax entirely velvet-black, but 

 otherwise agrees with E. humberti, of which it maybe the 

 undescribed male. 



12. Eriocera ctenophor aides, sp. n., (^ $ . 



Ilufa, abdomine nigro nitido ; pedibus brunneis ; alls fuscis, maculis 

 tribus albis apicalibus. 



Head black, with a black pubescence. Antennse 8-jointed 

 in both sexes, but the last four joints indistinctly separated ; 

 scape dark fuscous, flagellura ochreous brown. Palpi 

 blackish. Thorax entirely brick-red, velvety in appearance, 

 except for a line round and just below the mesonotum, 

 which is shining and translucent. Post-alar calli and pro- 

 tuberance below root of wing with tufts of black hairs. 

 Legs uniformly dark brown, except for the red coxae ; 

 densely covered with somewhat accumbent black pubescence ; 

 stout and shorter than usual in Eriocera, giving the insect a 

 very Ctenophora-\\kQ appearance, which is heightened by the 

 form and colour of the abdomen. Wings dark brown, 

 lighter towards the anal margin and in the centre of some 



