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Elachistidae. 



Stathmopoda hexatyla, n. sp. 



$$.18-20 mm. Head yellow-ochreous, face paler. Palpi whitish-ochre- 

 ous, base dull bronzy. grey. Antennae pale ochreous, ciliations in A 6. 

 Thorax yellow-ochreous, with three anterior leaden-grey spots. Abdomen 

 whitish-grey. Posterior tibiae and tarsi at apex of joints with grey spots and 

 expanded whorls of yellow-ochreous scales. Forewings linear-lanceolate, 

 widest near base, attenuated to acute and slightly curved apex ; deep ochreous- 

 yellow ; three round motallic leaden-grey spots in disc, first almost basal, 

 second at £, third at § : cilia pale #reyish-ochreous to grey. Hindwings linear, 

 cilia 8 ; pale grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous or greyish. 



Maskeliya and Madulsima, Ceylon, in April, July, and October ; four speci- 

 mens (Pole, Vaughan). 



Stagmatophora arachnitis, n. sp. 



$9- 14-17 mm. Head and thorax ferruginous-ocbreous, face whitish, 

 sides of crown slenderly white. Palpi whitish, second joint ferruginous 

 except apex, terminal joint longer than second, with base and two bands 

 blackish. Antennae white, with blackish annulationg connected by a blackish 

 line. Abdomen grey, basal half golden-ochreous. Forewings lanceolate, 

 apex slightly curved ; 7 and 8 out of 6 ; ferruginous-brown ; very slender 

 white lines finely edged with black as follows, vis,, an irregular line from 

 beneath base of costa to £ of disc, nearly meeting at an acute angle an oblique 

 white mark beneath fold, a line along fold from base to beyond middle, a line 

 along costa from near base to § , where it forms a transverse white posteriorly 

 black-edged mark reaching nearly half across wing, and an irregular angulated 

 line from beneath costa at 2 through disc almost to apex of this mark ; a sub- 

 triangular leaden-grey-metallic laterally black-edged spot beneath this mark, 

 separated from it by a light ferruginous-ochreous spot ; some irregular marks 

 between this and apex, and an elongate apical spot light ferruginous-ochreous, 

 surrounded with fuscous suffusion ; a transverse black mark from costa at f , 

 edged posteriorly with whitish : cilia ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous 

 towaed* base, beneath tornus greyer. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January, February, May, and July ; six specimens 

 (Pole). 



Stagmatophora notochorda, n. sp. 



#$. 10-13 mm. Head, palpi and antennae ochreous-whitish, terminal joint 

 of palpi with dark fuscous anterior line except towards base. Thorax light 

 reddish-brown, with broad ochreous-whitish dorsal stripe. Abdomen pale 

 ochreous. Forewings narrow-lanceolate, 7 and 8 out of 6 ; light brown, slightly 

 reddish-tinged ; a fine costal streak from near base to f , a fine median line 

 from base to §, a broad dorsal streak (sometimes partially broken up with 

 ground colour) from base to tornus, and fine streaks on veins posteriorly 

 ochreous-whitish ; undefined marks of black irroration on upper edge of dorsal 

 streak rt \ and beyond middle, first sometimes strong, oblique, and sometimes 



