2IG b'ir G. V. Ilarnpson on 



Genus OxvcniRoTA, Mcyr. 



A. Palpi exti'iidiug twice the length of head ; ground-colour 



rnlous ceylonica. 



Y^. Palpi extendiiijr one and a half times len<ith of head. 



a. Palpi broadly sealed : {riound-colour riifuus jntrado.va. 



h. Pal|ii slenderly sealed; jirouiid-eoluur whiti.sh tinged 



with rufous mesocola. 



(1.) Oaychirota ceylonica, sp. n. 



(? . Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with some 

 Avhitish. Fore wing rufous overlaying pale scaliug- and with 

 slight dark in-oration ; the scale-teeth on inner margin 

 black ; black points at middle and end of cell. Hind wing 

 rufous overlaying pale sealing and Avith slight dark irrora- 

 tion ; the scale-teeth on inner margin black. 



Hub. Cevlon^ Peradeniya (Thwaites), 1 cJ type. Exp. 

 11- mm. 



(2.) Oxycldrota paradoxa, Mevr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, 

 p. 438. 

 Hab. Qui;en.sland; N. S. Wales. 



(3.) Oxycldrota mesocola, sp. n. 



O.rychirota parado.La, Wlsiu. Monograph of Christmas I. p. 75 (1900), 

 nee Meyr. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with rufous 

 and irroratcd with a few dark scales. Fore wing whitish 

 tinged with rufous; medial, postmedial, and subterniinal 

 bands formed of fuscous and silvery scales ; the small scale- 

 teeth of inner margin formed of black scales. Hind wing 

 whitish tinged with rufous and sparsely irroratcd with black; 

 obscure antemedial, medial, postmedial, and terminal pale 

 rufous bands; the small scale-tectli of inner margin formed 

 of black scales. 



JIab. Indian Ocean, Christmas I. [Andreivs], 2 c{,5 ? 

 type. Exp. 8 mm. 



Pyhalin.^. 

 (2 a.) Vitessa c/laucoptera, sp. n. 



Head and thorax orange-yellow ; tiiird joint of palpi, 

 antennae, and spots on collar and tegulse black; legs and 

 abdomen black banded with greenish grey ; anal tuft orange. 

 Fore wing greenish grey with orange patch at base, with a 



