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Diyatalawa, Ceylon, in September (Fletcher) ; two specimens. The coloiir 

 of antenna? aifords a good leading point of distinction in this group. 



Tinea lilatyntu, Meyr. 



(5 2 . 14-20 mm. Head deejp yellow. Antennte ochreous-whitish. 

 Thorax yellow-ochreous, more or less suffused anteriorly with dark purple- 

 fuscous. Forewings yellow-ochreous, with faint purple gloss ; costal edge 

 more or less dark purple-fuscous towards base. Hindwings rather dark 

 purple-grey. 



Trincomali and Bppawela, Ceylon (Grreen, Fletcher) ; Cuddapah, 4,000 

 feet (Campbell) ; Nilgiris, 3,-300-6,000 feet (Andrewes) ; X. Coorg, 3,500 

 feet (Newcome) ; Koni and Mone, Burma (Manders) ; in May and June, 

 and from September to December. 



Trophimcea testata, n. sp. 



c5' $ . 10-12 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish, second 

 joint externally marked with dark fuscous. Antennte fuscous, ciliations 

 in (S 1|^, basal tuft ochreous-whitish. Thorax ochreotis-whitish, sonjewhat 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey-whitish, in $ with large 

 ochreous-whitish anal tuft. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded : 4 absent ; 

 whitish-ochreous sprinkled with white j)oints, and more or less strewn with 

 dark fuscous strigulte ; markings dark fuscous ; a narrow rather oblique 

 fascia near base, interrupted in middle ; an irregular somewhat oblique 

 fascia before middle ; a spot on costa beyond middle ; an irregular rather 

 inwards-oblique fascia about f , narrowed on costa ; a small spot on costa 

 towards apex, and a series of five along termen : cilia ochreous-whitish, 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous, tending to form undefined bars. Hindwings 

 with 4 absent ; pale grej^ ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Peradeniya and Madulsima, Cejdon (Green, Vaughan) ; in March and 

 April, seven specimens. Very like avenatella, but larger, and easily distin- 

 guished by absence of vein 4 in both wings. 

 Lepidoscia (/lobir/enc, n. sp. 



<S . 13-15 mm. Head fulvous-ochreous. Palpi with loosely projecting 

 scales, ochreous, somewhat mixed with dark fuscous. Antenna) dark 

 fuscous, ciliations 4, fasciculated. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated poste- 

 riorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded : 

 7 absent ; deep fuscous-purplish, sufFusedly strigulated with dark fuscous ; 

 costa irregularly strigulated with whitish-ochreous ; dorsum with a patch 

 of whitish-ochreous strigulation extending from 1 to |, widest before 

 middle, where it reaches ^ across wing ; several small whitish-ochreous 

 dots on termen : cilia fuscous-purplish mixed with dark fuscous, on termen 

 with two or three undefined bars of ochreous-whitish suffusion. Hindwings 

 and cilia rather dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous. 



