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margin of thorax slenderly white. Abdomen dark grey. Forewmgs 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termeii 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous-yellow : a broad dark fuscous 

 streak along costa from base, tinelj'' white-edged beneath, broadest in 

 middle of wing, terminated hj a fine oblique whit<! strigula ab(.>ut §, 

 beyond this is a narrower blackish-fuscous costal streak to near apex, 

 cut by a second fine white oblique strigula, and followed by two small 

 white dots before apex, these markings margined beneath by a light 

 ochreous-brown streak ; a brown streak edged with black from near base 

 along dorsum and termen to apex, on terminal edge marked with a 

 slender white striga edged with blackish : cilia ochreous-yellowish, on 

 costa with basal and postmedian dark fuscous lines, at apex with broad 

 dark fuscous bar. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 

 Khasis, in March ; one specimen. 

 Tinea mellijlua, n. sp. 



S . 13-16 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous 3'ellow, face, shoulders, 

 and palpi dark fuscous. Antennas dark grey. Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; light yellow ; a suffused grey streak alonji- costa 

 from base to f , where it is replaced by an orange streak edged anteriorly 

 on both margins with grey and marked with a white oblique strigula edged 

 anteriorly with dark grey ; this costal streak is sometimes tinged with 

 orange suffusion beneath, and a smaU blackish-grey spot adjoins it in 

 middle ; a narrow dark grey streak along dorsum from \ to origin of cilia, 

 thence continued as an irregular subterminal streak to a small apical spot 

 of blackish irroration, with white adjacent dots above and beneath : cilia 

 light yellow, on costa with fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 grey- whitish. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in September and October, three specinu'Di^. 

 Tinea zalocoma, n. sp. 



cJ 2 . 11-13 mm. Head ochreous- whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, tip 

 whitish. Antennoe gTe3^ Thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, long- 

 pointed, acute ; light grey mixed with white and pale ochreous-yellowish ; 

 costa irregularly strigulated or irrorated with blackish ; markings formed of 

 blackish irroration mixed with pale ochreous-yellowish suffusion ; roundish 

 spots beneath costa at ^ and before middle, and smaller dorsal spots opposite 

 these ; a larger subtriangular spot on costa at f , its apex nearly reaching 

 a small tornal spot ; an undefined apical spot : cilia whitish-yellowish 

 mixed with whitish. Hindwings lanceolate, grey ; cilia light grey. 

 Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in February, four specimens. 

 Tirwa spharagistis, n. sp. 



$. 14mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous. Palpi blackish, terminal joint 

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