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scattered blackish scales anteriorly. Hindwings cleft firstly from before middle, 

 secondly from i, first segment dilated, apex rounded, second subacute, termen 

 very obliquely subsinuate, third linear ; dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, on lower 

 margin of third segment with a moderate black scale-tooth in middle, and 

 scattered black scales between this and base. 



Six specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in October, December, January, and March 

 (Pole). 



Harasmarcha liophanes, Meyr. 



Puttalam, Ceylon, in February, April, August, and November (Pole). 

 Occurs also in Reunion. 



Agdistis nanodes, n. sp. 



ft $. 15 — 16 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish-grey, some- 

 times whitish-mixed ; frontal prominence moderate, acute-conical. Palpi grey, 

 mixed with dark grey and white. Forewings very narrow, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex pointed, termen rather strongly oblique, 

 almost straight ; pale brownish-grey, costal and dorsal areas sprinkled with 

 whitish and dark fuscous, confluent towards base ; a cloudy dark fuscous dot in 

 disc at J, two below disc before and beyond middle, and one towards costa at 

 | : cilia pile fuscous mixed with whitish. Hindwings light fuscous, veins 

 darker ; a subdorsal groove ; cilia as in forewings. Undersurface of hindwings 

 beneath with flap of scales from lower margin of cell towards angle, covering 

 some black scales, and rows of minute raised black scales along basal portions 

 of veins 2 and 3 ; dorsal area clothed with dark fuscous scales. 



Four specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, in August, October, and November. The 

 species of this genus (usually attached to sea-coast plants) are extremely similar 

 superficially, and the accessory structural characters must be carefully noticed ; 

 the present species is the smallest known to me. 



EPIBLEMIDjE. 



Platypeplus mormopa, n. sp. 



ft. 19 mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous, mixed with dark grey 

 and white. Palpi ochreous-fuscous, mixed with darker. Abdomen grey. 

 Posterior tibiae with hairs ochreous-white. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, hardly oblique ; 

 whitish, mostly suffused with pale brownish, and strigulated throughout with 

 blackish ; a large roundish black blotch resting on middle of costa, and reaching 

 f across wing, with a small irregular projection in disc posteriorly: cilia grey. 

 Hindwings grey, rather darker posteriorly ; a short subdorsal groove and 

 marginal thickening from base, clothed with hairs, with a projecting marginal 

 hairpencil from near base ; cilia grey. 



Two specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February (de Mowbray, Alston). 



Eucosma leucaspis, Meyr. 



Maskeliya, Madulsima, Matale, and Puttalam, Ceylon, in May, October, and 

 November (Pole, Vaughan). 



