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interior of excavation wholly dark grey, terminal joint concealed. Antenna} 

 whitish-ochreous, more yellow towards base. Thorax dark coppery-bronze. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, tibiae yellowish-tinged, anterior 

 tibia? with dark grey band, posterior tibiae and basal joint of tarsi roughened 

 with hairs, partially suffused with yellow and irregularly banded with dark 

 grey at middle and apex of tibia?, and apex of two basal joints of tarsi. 

 Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa moderately arched towards base, thence 

 nearly straight, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 2 

 tolerably remote, 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent, 7 and 9 short-stalked, 7 to costa, 8 

 absent ; dark brown, basal third dark purple-fuscous ; a triangular white 

 blotch on dorsum beyond \, reaching more than half across wing ; a cloudy 

 ochreous-yellow dot on costa before middle ; a triangular ochreous-yellow 

 patch extending along costa from middle to f, and reaching more than half 

 across wing : cilia light fuscous, at base tinged with ochreous-yellowish. 

 Hindwings with termen sinuate ; 2 remote, in ft 3 and 5 absent, in 9 3 and 4 

 stalked, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 long-stalked ; rather dark fuscous ; in ft a 

 subdorsal furrow throughout, filled with very long expansible pale fuscous 

 hairs ; cilia pale fuscous. 



Two specimens, Madulsima, Ceylon, in April (Vaughan). 



Timyra tetraclina, n. sp. 



ft 9- 16 — 18 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, lower half of second joint infuscated, in ft with second joint dilated 

 with long projecting scales beneath towards apex and excavated internally (s-poon- 

 shaped), interior of excavation mixed with dark grey, terminal joint concealed, 

 in $ second joint with tuft of rough projecting ochreous-yellow hairs towards 

 apex beneath, terminal joint longer than second. Antenna? pale ochreoug- 

 yellowish, indistinctly ringed with fuscous, basal joint in ft with anterior scale- 

 projection. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior 

 femora and tibia? suffusedly banded with dark fuscous, middle tibia? banded with 

 dark fuscous and with tuft of yellow scales above towards base, posterior tibia? 

 roughened with ochreous-yellow scales, with dense expanded median tuft of 

 long ochreous-whitish hairs suffusedly banded with grey, and smaller apical 

 similar tuft marked with black, tarsi with interrupted dark fuscous line above. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa anteriorly moderately, posteriorly slightly 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 

 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 connate with 7; yel'owish-orange, markings fuscous- 

 purple ; a small spot on base of costa ; five narrow transverse fascia?, first at 

 £, rather inwardly oblique, second at }, rather outwardly oblique, third median, 

 oblique, irregularly angulated or dilated, fourth at f , irregular, fifth terminal, 

 meeting fourth at tornus ; a small discal spot beyond third, sometimes connect- 

 ed with it : cilia pale ochreous-yellowish, on costa yellowish-orange. Hind- 

 wings with 2 in ft near 3, in 9 remote ; in ft whitish-ochreous, posterior third 

 suffused with dark fuscous, with a deep groove along fold containing a very long 

 expansible whitish-ochreous hair-pencil ; in 9 g r ey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



