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lower half of termen with basal third blackish. Hindwings with veins all 

 separate ; brassy-grey ; cilia grey-whitish, 



Matale and Madulsima, Ceylon (Pole, Fletcher) ; in May and August, 

 three specimens. 



CrypsitTiyris spectatrix, n. sp. 



cJ $ . 11-13 mm. Head light ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, apex 

 whitish. Antennse dark fuscous. Thorax rather dark bronzy-fuscous. 

 Abdomen light fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa mode- 

 rately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 

 stalked ; dark bronzy-fuscous, somewhat paler-sprinkled in disc ; a distinct 

 whitish semi-hyaline oval longitudinal spot in disc before middle, formed of 

 two adjacent circular impressions : cilia bronzy-fuscous, paler towards tips, 

 Hindwings light bronzy-grey ; cilia bronzy- whitish. 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; Nilgiris, 3,500 feet (Andrewes) ; in May 

 and June, three specimens. 



Crypsithyris sopor ata, n. sp. 



J $ . 11-13 mm. Head light brownish. Palpi dark fuscous, apex 

 ochreous-whitish. Antennse rather dark fuscous. Thorax brownish mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked ; pale ochreous-brownish, coarsely irrorated with 

 dart fuscous ; a small obscure semi-hyaline ochreous-whitish spot in middle 

 of disc, sometimes followed by a cloudy spot of darker suffusion ; slight indi- 

 cations of a lighter and more ochreous streak along dorsum, tending to be 

 edged above with a dash of dark fuscous suffusion before discal semi-hyaline 

 spot : cilia light brownish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 rather light grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, 



Maskeliya and Madulsima, Ceylon (Pole, deMowbray, Fletcher) ; in Janu- 

 ary, February and May, twelve specimens. 



An obscure insect, most \^kQ fissella, but longer-winged, with hyaline spot 

 much less developed and more inconspicuous, and without the dark fuscous 

 suffused spot immediately beneath it. 



Tinea schoenoploca, n. sp. 



S • 9 mm. Head white. Palpi white, with a black line above, An- 

 tennse grey. Thorax ochreous-whitish, anterior margin suffused with 

 blackish. Abdomen pale grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, extremely 

 oblique ; yellowish-white ; markings blackish ; a very oblique wedge-shaped 

 patch extending over basal fourth of costa, its apex reaching in disc to 

 near middle ; about fifteen variable oblique lines from costa, reaching half 

 across wing, mostly approximated in three groups before middle and at 

 f and ^ respectively, their apices received by an irregular discal streak 

 running to apex ; an irregular oblique triangular patch from dorsum, 



