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 DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MIORO-LEPIDOPTERA 



BY 



E. MbYRIOK, B.A., P.R.S., F.Z.S. 



II. 



(Continued from page 153 of this Volume.) 



XYLORYCTIDiE. 



Ptochoryctis ancistrias. n. sp. 



$$. 13-23 mm. Head whitish, sides brownish. Palpi pale ochreous, 

 terminal joint with anterior edge suffused with dark fuscous. Antennae rather 

 dark fuscous, pectinations blackish. Thorax white, sometimes brownish-tinged. 

 Abdomen whitish, in $ with more or less developed ferruginous bands. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; 4 absent, 7 to costa ; shining white, towards dorsum and 

 termen faintly ochreous-tinged ; a dark fuscous line posteriorly more or less 

 suffused with brownish, running from J of costa to dorsum before tornus, 

 strongly rounded-angulated in middle so as to approach termen, more or less 

 obsolete or interrupted on angle, subsinuate inwards on lower half and be- 

 coming stronger and darker towards dorsum ; sometimes a faint brownish 

 longitudinal mark in disc preceding this line ; a more or less marked dark 

 fuscous marginal line round apex : cilia white, round apex with a dark fuscous 

 median line interrupted beneath apex, and tips fuscous-tinged. Hindwings 

 ochreoua-whitish or pale whitish-ochreous-grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Seven specimens, Maskeliya and Puttalam, Ceylon, from January to May 

 (Pole, de Mowbray, Alston) ; the single Puttalam specimen is much the smallest. 

 This species differs from the others in the neural characters specified, but 

 is otherwise nearly related^ and does not at present seem to require generic 

 separation. 



Ptochoryctis scionota, n. sp. 



$. 16-17 mm. Head and palpi white. Antennas white, ringed and 

 towards apex suffused with grey, pectinations blackish. Thorax white, posteri- 

 orly tinged with ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique ; 

 shining white, towards dorsum faintly suffused with pale ochreous : cilia 

 white, beneath tornus pale whitish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish, sometimes 

 faintly greyish-tinged ; termen tinged with pale greyish-ochreous ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, more ochreous-tinged towards tornus. 



Three specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, in April and August (Pole). 



Ptochoryctis acrosticta, n. sp. 



$ 9. 11-15 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs white ; abdomen 

 in $ with several more or less indicated ferruginous rings ; tarsi indistinctly 

 spotted with grey. Antennae dark grey, towards base white, pectinations 

 blackish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round- 



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