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Peradeniya, Udagama, and Matale, Ceylon, from October to February ; 

 four specimens (Pole). 



Decadarrhh gephyrias, n. sp. 



$2. 12-18 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders dark 

 fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, apex of second and terminal joints whitish, 

 Antenme ochreous-whitish, ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen hardly rounded, extremely oblique ; pale whitish-ochreous, 

 with a few scattered dark fuscous seal s ; a broad dark purplish-fuscous stieak 

 mixed with black from base of cost > th ough middle of disc to apex, connected 

 by broad bars with costa about | and f , so as to enclose three semi-oval costal 

 blotches of ground colour, central much largest ai d containing a small undefined 

 blackish spot on middle of costa: cilia ochreous-whitish, sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, round apex with dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings grey, darker 

 towards apex ; cilia grey or whitish-grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May ; two specimens (Pole). 



Pylaztis, n. g. 



Head rough-haired ; tongue developed. Antennae B , basal joint moderate 

 thickened with scales. Labial palpi moderate, porrected, second and tern iral 

 joints clothed with long rough projecting scales beneath, terminal joint tLcrt. 

 Maxillary palpi moderate, porrected, loosely rough-scaled. Posterior tibiae 

 clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 from |, 3 from 

 angle, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from before middle. Hindwings §, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, cilia 2 ; i-4 parallel, 5 and 6 stalked, 6 to termen, 7 parallel, 



Pylcetis ophionota, n. sp. 



$. 13-19 mm. Head and palpi blackish-fuscous, hairs of crown whitish- 

 ochreous above. Antennae whitish-ochreous, basal joint blackish. Thoiax dark 

 fuscous, with broad whitisL-ochreous dorsal stripe. Abdomen pale ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, apex acute, termen slightly 

 sinuate, extremely oblique ; blackish-bronze; a fine whitish ochreous streak along 

 dorsum and termen throughout, upper edge five or six times irregularly sinuate : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous with some scattered blackish points, on costa blackish- 

 bronze except extreme base. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, 

 becoming paler and sometimes whitish-ochreous towards upper half of termen. 



Matale and Puttalam, Ceylon, in April and October ; five specimens (Pole). 



Crypsdhyris, n. g. 



Head densely rough-haired ; tongue obsolete. Antennas 1 or over 1, in £ 

 simple, basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, por- 

 rected, second joint beneath somewhat roughly scaled towards apex, with 

 several long bristles, terminal joint shorter than second, pointed Maxillary 

 palpi long, filiform, folded. Posterior tibiae clothed with long fine hairs. 

 Forewings with round discal impression in cell ; 1 b simple, 2 from angle, 4 and 

 5 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 absent, 11 from beyond middle, on discal 

 impression. Hindwings § , lanceolate, cilia 2 ; 2-7 parallel, or 5 and 6 stalked, 



