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4. Apex of forewings much produced . . . . . . /)kena:v. 



Apex of forewings not produced . . . . . . iimatula. 



'}. t'orewings moderate, with dark median fascia . . frenigera. 



Forewings rather narrow, without fascia . . . . vcrnacula. 



(j. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous . . . . . . meliccra. 



Head and palpi brownish or dark fuscous . . 7. 



7. Forewings with 7 and 8 stalked . . . . . . receptella. 



Forewings with 7 and 8 separate . . . . . . 8. 



8. Apex of forewings produced, head dark fuscous . . Iwrrifera. 

 Apex of forewings not produced, head brownish . . 9. 



9. Apex pointed, tibial hairs whitish-ochreous . . . . halhtrepta. 

 Apex round-pointed, tibial hairs grey . . . . ceramina. 



Maclusropteris taciturna, n. sp. 



(S $ . 24-27 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous, more or less mixed 

 or suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forew^ings elon- 

 gate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen hardly sinuate, 

 oblique ; 7 absent, 9 and 10 approximated or stalked ; fuscous, suffusedly 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, without defined markings : cilia fuscous sprink- 

 led with pale ochreous, more or less obscurely barred with dark fuscous 

 suffusion. Hindwings rather dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Madulsima and Hakgala, Ceylon (Vaughan, Green) ; from March to May, 

 five specimens. 



Machceropteris receptella, Walk. 



(Tme« receptella, Walk, Cat. XXVIII, 479.) 



c? 2 . 16-20 mm. Posterior tibias in J with extremely long expansible 

 grey hairs. Forewings with apex pointed, produced, termen sinuate, 

 oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 and 10 approximated or short- 

 stalked ; fuscous, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 dark grey. 



Peradeniya, Colombo, and Trincomali, Ceylon (Green, Mackwood, 

 Fletcher) ; in April, July, October and December, seven specimens. 



Mach<Bropteris halistrepta, n. sp. 



S 2 . 23-27 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-brownish, usually more 

 or less variably irrorated with dark fuscous. Palpi brownish, hairs suffused 

 with dark purple-fuscous except towards base. Abdomen rather dark 

 o-rey. Posterior tibice in <3 with long whitish-ochreous hairs. F'orewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen somewhat sinuate , 

 oblique ; 7 separate, to costa, 9 and 10 approximated ; lilac-brown, closely 

 irrorated with brownish-ochreous, usually with some irregular undefined 

 and variable groups of dark fuscous scales : cilia lilac-brownish irrorated 

 with pale ochreous, more or less barred with dark fuscous, especially at 

 apex. Hindwings rather dark purplish-fuscous ; cilia fuscous sprinkled 

 with ochreous-whitish. 



