INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 409 



Six specimens, Puttalam and Kurunegala, Ceylon, from July to December 

 (Pole). 



Scalideutis, n. g. 



Head with loosely appressed scales, sidetufts rather spreading ; tongue 

 developed. Antennae §, in $ pubescent, simple, basal joint moderately elon- 

 gate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, with appressed 

 scales, second joint not reaching base of antennae, terminal joint somewhat 

 shorter than second, acute. Posterior tibiae clothed with long fine hairs above. 

 Forewings with 2 from f, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from before middle. 

 Hindwings 1, very elongate- ovate, cilias ; ?> and 4 connate, 5 absent. 



Allied to Borkhausenia. 



Scalideutis escharia, n. sp. 



<£$. 17-20 mm. Head whitish- ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second 

 joint suffused with dark fuscous. Antennae grey. Thorax fuscous, posterior 

 extremity whitish-ochreous. Abdomen grey, apex whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; pale fuscous, finely irrorated with dark fuscous ; 

 spots of dark fuscous suffusion on costa near base and before middle, and a 

 larger dark fuscous spot on costa at §, costa between these and beyond last 

 often more or less broadly suffused with whitish-ochreous ; stigmata blackish- 

 fuscous, plical rather beyond first discal, second discal very large, adjacent and 

 sometimes confluent with third costal spot ; sometimes an additional dark fus- 

 cous dot between and below discal stigmata ; sometimes obscure dark fuscous 

 dots round apex and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fus- 

 cous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Seven specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February and May (Pole). 



Ethmia zelcea, n. sp. 



£. 30 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-yellow ; 

 two irregular dots on crown, one on basal joint of antennae, three anterior and 

 two posterior dots on thorax blackish ; anal tuft very large. Forewings elon- 

 gate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, ttrmen nearly straight, rather 

 oblique ; deep ochreous-yellow ; thirteen black dots, viz., one in middle of base, 

 two small ones beneath costa near base, one in disc at £, one beneath costa 

 beyond f , one beneath fold at f , one in disc above middle, five in a posterior 

 group in disc, and one on tornus ; a twice interrupted black streak along upper 

 half of termen : cilia ochreous-yellow, paler towards tips, on upper half of 

 termen wholly dark leaden-grey. Hindwings and cilia pale ochreous-yellow ; 

 on undersurface a subcostal furrow from near base to f , covered by a deep fold 

 of membrane from beneath. 



One specimen, North Central Province, Ceylon, in December (Pole). The 

 generic name Ethmia, Hb. (which I had overlooked) supersedes Psecudia. 



Ethmia acontias, n. sp. 



$. 17-21 mm. Head and thorax pale whitish-fuscous, a dot on crown, two 

 subdorsal on each side of thorax and two posterior blackish. Palpi whitish, 



