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MacJueroptens limatula, n. sp. 



(S . 22 mm. Head brownish. Palpi brownish, slightly sprinkled with 

 whitish points. Thorax brownish-ochreons sprinkled with dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderate- 

 ly arched, apex pointed, termen sinuate, very oblique ; 7 to apex, separate, 

 9 and 10 remote ; ochreous-brownish, some scales finely tipped with black ; 

 a broad streak of whitish-ochreous suffvision along fold from near base to 

 beyond middle, and a rather elongate patch in disc beyond middle : cilia 

 purplish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, basal third brownish-ochre- 

 ous limited by a fine black line. Hind wings and cilia dark grey. 



Hakgala, Cejdon, in April (Green) ; one specimen. 



Machceroptevis frenic/era, n. sp. 



2 . 24-25 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-fuscous sufl'used with 

 darker and more or less mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen rather dark 

 grey, protruded ovipositor as long as abdomen. Forewings elongate, mode- 

 rate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; 7 to apex, separate, 9 and 10 remote ; light fuscous irrorated 

 with dark fuscous, tending to form transverse strigulee ; a transverse streak 

 of dark fuscous suffusion from beyond middle of costa to dorsum before 

 tornus : cilia whitish-fuscous, with several fuscous lines. Hindwings rather 

 dark grey ; cilia grey, with darker subbasal line. 



Colombo, Ceylon, in November (Mackwood) ; two specimens. 



MachcerojJteris vernacula, n. sp. 



5 . 14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous. Abdomen dark grey, 

 apex ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately 

 arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 7 to apex, sepa- 

 rate, 9 and 10 separate ; lilac-brown, irrorated with dark fviscous : cilia 

 brownish, with two dark fuscous lines. Hindwings dark purple-grey ; cilia 

 grey, with darker subbasal line. 



Madulsima, Ceylon, in June (Green) : one specimen. 



Machceropteiis melicera, n. sp. 



(5' $ . 21-30 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous. Thorax whitish- 

 ochreoiis, anteriorlj^ suffused with fulvous-ochreous. Abdomen grey. 

 Posterior tibise in S with moderate whitish-ochreous hairs. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, produced, termen 

 sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 sometimes connate or short-stalked, 7 to costa, 7 

 and 8 sometimes stalked, 9 and 10 remote ; whitish-ochreous, more or less 

 strewn with small f erruginous-ochreous spots and strigulse ; costa suffused 

 with ferruginous-ochreous towards base ; sometimes two very oblique 

 fuscous fascia} before and beyond middle respectively, edged with ferru- 

 ginous-ochreous, and a streak running from lower extremity of first through 

 middle of second to costa before apex, but these markings are sometimes 

 very faintly indicated or quite obsolete : cilia whitish-ochreous mixed with 



