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Narthecoceros, n.g. 



Head with appressed scales ; tongue developed. Antennae 1, thick, flatly com- 

 pressed throughout, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, 

 curved, ascending, second joint thickened with scales, roughly expanded towards 

 apex above and beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, acute. Posterior 

 tibiae rough-haired above. Forewings with 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 

 7 to termen. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, apex round-pointed, termen faintly 

 sinuate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 long-stalked. 



Type N. platyconta, Meyr. Having now obtained a second allied species, I 

 consider the characters warrant generic separation from Macrotona, from 

 which the genus is distinguished by the flatly-compressed antennas, second joint 

 of palpi roughened above towards apex, and terminal joint shorter than second. 



Narthecoceros xylodes, n. sp. 



ft. 20-21 mm. Head and thorax pale greyish-ochreous sprinkled with 

 fuscous. Palpi pale brownish-ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous. Antennas 

 whitish-ochreous tinged with fuscous, with two narrow dark fuscous subapical 

 bands. Abdomen light ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; 

 whitish-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous ; a moderate dark fuscous suffusion 

 along costa from before middle to apex, and dorsal half posteriorly more or 

 less suffused with dark fuscous irroration, space between these sometimes 

 forming an undefined pale streak ; stigmata undefined, dark fuscous, plical very 

 obliquely before first discal ; undefined cloudy dark fuscous dots along posterior 

 part of costa and termen : cilia fuscous with rows of ochreous-whitish points, 

 on termen with whitish-ochreous basal shade. Hindwings rather dark 

 fuscous ; cilia as in forewings, but lighter and more yellowish-tinged towards 

 tornus. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February and March (Pole). 



Macrotona parcena , n. sp. 



ft. 23-2 5 mm. Head, antennas, thorax, and abdomen light brownish-ochreous. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint dark fuscous except apex, terminal joint 

 tinged with fuscous externally. Forewings elongate, narrowed towards base, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, rather oblique ; 7 to apex, 9 

 separate ; light brownish-ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with pale brownisli and 

 a few black scales ; a minute black subcostal dot near base ; discal stigmata 

 small, cloudy, dark brown, first resting on a transverse cloudy purple-fuscous 

 mark beneath it, between first and second a cloudy fuscous dot in disc rather 

 above them ; a transverse purple- brownish fascia about |, somewhat angulated 

 in middle, faint towards costa, stronger and much darker on dorsal half : cilia 

 light yellow-ochreous, with subbasal series of undefined fuscous spots. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 connate ; light fuscous, ochreous-tinged ; cilia as in forewings 

 but paler. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya and Maturatta, Ceylon, in March, May, and 

 October (Pole, de Mowbray). 



