INDIAN MWR0-LEP1D0PTERA. 417 



orange suffusion ; palpi stout, truncate. Forewings elongate, costa posteriorly 

 arched, apex acute, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; shining dark purplish- 

 bronzy- fuscous, a broad suffused dull orange patch extending along dorsum from 

 base to beyond middle, towards extremity projecting triangularly upwards so as 

 nearly to touch costa : cilia rather dark bronzy-fuscous. Hind wings dark bronzy- 

 fuscous ; cilia rather dark bronzy-fuscous. 



Twenty specimens, Puttalam and Peradeniya, Ceylon, in January, March 

 and from September to November (Green, Pole). Larva feeding in fungus-beds 

 of the common Termite (Green) ; this curious habit should be further investi- 

 gated. The flattened coxae and femora appear to form a protective plating 

 of the sternum, which is probably connected with this mode of life. 



Monopis hemicitra, n. sp. 



$$. 15-20 mm. Head light ocbreous-yellow, hairs in ft forming a flat 

 projecting ridge over palpi. Palpi dark fuscous, apex pale, terminal joint 

 longer in $ . Antenna? pale grey. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen pale 

 yellow-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa strongly arched, apex pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded, more strongly in ft ; 2 and 3 out of 4, 7 and 8 

 long-stalked or coincident ; blackish-brown ; several blackish-leaden raised 

 scaletufts towards submedian fold ; a large irregular trapezoidal pale ochreous- 

 yellow patch extending on costa from § to f , narrowed downwards, with a 

 rounded projection on lower side reaching § across wing ; discal impression 

 large, within this patch, not transparent : cilia blackish-brown mixed with dark 

 slaty leaden. Hindwings pale bronzy-ochreous, in 9 suffused with grey ; cilia 

 light ochreous-yellowish. 



Five specimens, Puttalam, Ceylon, in November (Pole.) Very like monacliella , 

 but abundantly distinct structurally by the different neuration (in monachella 

 2 is nearly or quite connate with stalk of 3 and 4, 6 and 7 are stalked, 

 8 separata), scaletufts on forewings, and facial tuft of ft ; the costal patch 

 of forewings is broader as well as yellower, and the projection on lower side 

 is less developed in monachella. 



Nemotois scitulellus, Walk. 



(Glyphipteryx scitulella, Walk. Tin., 839 ; Nemotois cori/batdis, Meyr.) 



I had missed Walker's type of this species. 



