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Six specimens, Maturatta and Maskeliya, Ceylon, in September (Pole, 

 Alston). 



Timyra palathodes, n. sp. 



$ $ . 14 — 16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen whitish-ochreous ; palpi 

 in $ with second joint infuscated towards base, dilated with rough projecting 

 scales towards apex beneath and internally excavated (spoon-shaped), ex- 

 cavation partly dark fuscous internally, terminal joint concealed, in $ 

 with second joint smooth-scaled, slender, terminal joint as long as 

 second. Antennae whitish, basal joint in $ with anterior scale-projection. 

 Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle tibia? with dark fuscous sub- 

 apical bands, posterior tibise clothed with rough yellow-whitish hairs, with dense 

 long median and shorter apical tufts partly suffused with grey and somewhat 

 mixed with blackish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 round pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 stalked, 7 to 

 costa, connate or short stalked with 7 ; ochreous-yellow ; small dark fuscous 

 spots on costa at and near base, and near base of dorsum ; three irregular 

 obscure brownish-ochreous fascia? at \, middle, and f , dilated in disc, and a 

 similar transverse line before second, sometimes mostly confluent with it, third 

 sometimes suffused with fuscous : cilia light brownish-ochreous. Hindwings 

 in $ dark grey, apex whitish-ochreous, with subdorsal groove enclosing long 

 ochreous-yellowish hair-pencil; in 9 g re y, apex and upper part of termen 

 suffused with whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Five specimens, Madulsima and Maturatta, Ceylon, in April. July, and 

 September (Vaughan, Pole). 



Timyra marmarltis, n. sp. 



£. 21 — 23 mm. Head light ochreous-yellowish, face paler and greyish-tinged. 

 Palpi long, basal joint dark grey, second joint clothed with long dense ochreous 

 whitish hairs above and beneath, terminal joint moderately long, much thick- 

 ened with dense dark grey hairs, obtuse. Antennas dark grey, basal joint with 

 strong anterior scale-tuft. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen pale 

 ochreous, marked laterally with dark fuscous. Legs dark purplish-fuscous, 

 obscurely ringed with ochreous-whitish, posterior tibiae wholly clothed above 

 with very long projecting curled whitish hairs slightly mixed with dark fuscous 

 and towards apex suffused with ochreous-yellow. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 3, 4, 5 approximated, 

 7 to apex; whitish-ochreous tinged with yellowish and irrorated with dark fuscous 

 a narrow dark fuscous basal fascia, followed by a clear pale ochreous-yellow 

 subbasal fascia, edged posteriorly with dark fuscous suffusion : a slender 

 cloudy dark fuscous slightly oblique median fascia, slightly bent in middle ; a 

 dark fuscous streak along termen : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, becoming ochre- 

 ous-yellow at base and on costa, with a dark fuscous subbasal line round apex 

 and on termen, beyond this tinged and somewhat mixed with fuscous. Hind- 

 wings posteriorly clothed with hair -scales, rather dark fuscous, disc more 

 or less broadly suffusad with light ochreous-yellowish ; a subdorsal groove 



