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joint rather short, obtuse. Maxillary palpi long, filiform, folded. Posterior 

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

 angle, 3 and 4 closely approximated at base, 7 and 8 out of 6, 7 to costa, 10 

 remote, 11 from ^. Hindwings 1, ovate-lanceolate, cilia I ; towards base a 

 longitudinal transparent patch in cell ; 2 remote, 3 and 4 stalked from angle, 

 5 absent, 6 and 7 long-stalked. 



Drimylastis telamonia, n. sp. 



£ $ . 10-11 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi and antennae dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; white ; two small blackish 

 marks on costa towards base ; a broad direct dark fuscous fascia rather before 

 middle ; a small black spot on costa before J ; some ochreous scales posteri- 

 orly in disc and towards margins ; costa and termen round apex suffused with 

 blackish irroration : cilia grey, irrorated with white and blackish, becoming 

 whitish towards tornus. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Three specimens, N.C. Province, Ceylon, in November (Pole). 



Thie% othello, n. sp. 



$ 9. 11-20 mm. Head and palpi blackish-fuscous. Antennas slightly over 

 I, in $ stout, somewhat flattened, pale ochreous, base blackish-fuscous. 

 Thorax whitish-ochreous, anterior edge blackish-fuscous. Abdomen pale 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; all veins separate ; pale yellowish-ochreous ; 

 costa more or less suffused with fuscous anteriorly, sometimes very little, 

 usually from base to about f, darkest at base, sometimes whole costal half of 

 wing tinged with fuscous : cilia pale yellowish-ochreous. Hindwings with all 

 veins separate ; whitish-ochreous tinged with grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 deeper towards base. 



Twelve specimens, Puttalam, Peradeniya, Kandy,Ceylon, from July to March 

 (Pole, Green). This belongs to the group which I have called Chrysoryctis ; 

 but in view of gradational forms, I find it now impracticable to maintain 

 Chrysoryctis as a distinct genus. 



Peritrana, n. g. 



Head rough-haired ; tongue absent. Antenna? a, in $ shortly ciliated, 

 basal joint moderate. Labial palpi moderately long, subascending, second 

 joint loosely rough-scaled beneath, with two or three bristles at apex above, 

 terminal joint shorter than second, smooth-scaled, obtuse. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Posterior tibiee clothed with long hairs. Forewings with 1 b simple, 

 2 from -i, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 absent, 11 from before 

 middle. Hindwings 1, ovate-lanceolate, cilia 1 ; 2-4 parallel, 5 and 6 tolerably 

 approximate at base. 



Peritrana clistacta, n. sp. 



$Q. 12-18 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi grey sprinkled with blackish, 

 apex whitish. Antennae grey. Thorax whitish, shoulders suffused with dark 

 grey. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, pointed, acute whitish 



