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cilia whitish, su (fused with pale fuscous except towards base, above apex white 

 with dark fuscous median and apical lines. Hindwings in $ tawny-f nscou5 # 

 in 9 rather dark fuscous ; cilia light fuscous, with darker subbasal line 



Two specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in June (Pole), 



Metrernis, n.g. 



Head loosely haired ; tongue apparently absent. Labial palpi moderate, 

 curved, ascending, second joint with rough projecting tuft of 3cales beneath, 

 terminal joint rather shorter than second, acute. Antennae -£, in $ rather 

 thick, simple. Posterior tibiae loosely haired above. Forewings with 2 from 

 before J, 3 and 4 long-stalked from angle, 5 straight, 7 absent, 8 and 9 

 stalked, 10 closely approximated to 8 towards base, 11 from f. Hindwings 1 } 

 elongate-trapezoidal, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 stalked. 



Metrernis ochrolina, n. sp . 



$ 9. 12-13 mm. Head brown, lower part of face and back of crown white. 

 Palpi white, towards base pale fuscous, terminal joint with a fuscous line. 

 Thorax white, shoulders fuscous tinged. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Fore wings elongate, costa moderately arched towards base, thence nearly 

 straight, apex round-pointed, termen concave beneath apex, thence obliquely 

 rounded ; white, ochreous-tinged except towards costa anteriorly ; dorsal half 

 more or less strigulated with fuscous, sometimes partly suffused with pale 

 greyish, with two indistinct dorsal blotches formed of suffused dark fuscous 

 strigae, first before middle, second broader, about J, with a whitish ochreous 

 mark above its upper anterior angle ; five golden-brown oblique marks on 

 posterior half of costa, first two giving rise to pale ochreous-yellowish lines 

 which run near costa almost to apex, fif tb apical, separated beneath by a white 

 dash from a pale ochreous-yellow subapical dash which extends into cilia ; an 

 indistinct pale yellowish longitudinal line in disc posteriorly ; a blackish dot on 

 middle of cermen, edged above with pale yellowish : cilia whitish, with two or 

 three indistinct grey bars on basal half, on upper half of termen fuscous-tinged 

 posteriorly, ab >ve apex white with golden-brown subbasal and ochreous apical 

 lines. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, with two faint grey 

 shades, darker round apex. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon (Alston, Pole). 



PlTJTELLIDyE. 



Pyrozela, n. g. 



Head loosely haired ; tongue developed. Antennae £, in $ shortly ciliated, 

 basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascend- 

 ing, with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, pointed. 

 Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae loosely scaled. Forewings with 

 1 bifurcate, 2 from near angle or 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 from 

 near 7, 10 from f, 11 widely remote, from before middle. Hindwings 1, 

 elongate-ovate, cilia ^-J ; 3 and 4 connate, 5, -6, 7 parallel, 8 free. 



Type P. xanthomima. Distinguished .from Mieza and allied genera by 

 neuration of hindwings. To this genus belongs Mieza sanguinicornis, Wals., of 

 which I have a good series, and also two undescribed Australian species. 



