INDIAN MWR0-LEP1D0PTERA. 147 



Five specimens, Maturatta, Ceylon, in July (Pole). 



Macrernis rostrata, n. sp. 



£. 18-21 mm. Head and thorax light brownish-ochreous, faintly lilac- 

 tinged, hairs of crown projecting between antennas. Palpi pale ochreous, mixed 

 with deeper ochreous and dark fuscous. Antennas whitish-ochreous, faintly 

 fuscous-ringed. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 sinuate, oblique ; brownish-ochreous, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales ; 

 a dark fuscous mark along base of costa ; a dark fuscous streak of somewhat 

 raised scales along dorsum from base to tornus, enclosing a groove along vein 

 1 b, with a flap of hairscales curved over it from above towards base, upper 

 edge of streak with two strong projections at ^ and ■§, first triangular, reaching 

 half across wing, second fascia-like, parallel to termen, reaching above middle 

 of wing ; a suffused dark fuscous streak along termen : cilia light brownish- 

 ochreous, with one or two indistinct fuscous lines. Hindwings whitish- 

 ochreous-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Six specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January, February, and July (Pole, 

 Alston, de Mowbray). It seems probable that Frisilia nesciatella, Walk., 

 though described as a male, is the female of a species of this genus, in which 

 case the generic name Frisilia would have to be adopted ; but I am not yet 

 able to identify with certainty Walker's species. 



Heliangara, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, face retreating ; tongue developed. Antenna 

 over 1, thick, compressed, in $ simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi moderately long, curved, ascending, smooth-scaled, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, acute. Posterior tibia? rough-scaled above. Forewings 

 with 2 from angle, 3 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 and 10 from near 

 7, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 1^: 3 and 4 

 stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 long-stalked. 



A genus of very peculiar facies, but apparently bearing much the same 

 relationship to Narthecoceros that Tipha does to Macrernis. 



Heliangara lampetis, n. sp. 



$Q. 11-13 mm. Head shining ochreous-bronze, face paler. Antenna? 

 ochreous-yellowish, tip infuscated. Palpi ochreous-yellow. Thorax shining 

 purple-bronze. Abdomen rather dark bronzy-fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, somewhat sinuate beyond middle, apex round- 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; bright shining purple-coppery- 

 bronze ; a suffused orange-yellow patch extending along dorsum from \ to f , 

 narrowed to extremities, not reaching half across wing ; two parallel thick 

 transverse ridges of raised scales about §: cilia light shining yellowish, more 

 or less mixed with bronzy and pale purplish towards base. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, thinly scnled in disc ; cilia rather dark fuscous. 



Twelve specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, from September to November (Pole). 



