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feiTuginous-oclireous and sometimes sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings and cilia rather dark fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; from Januarj^ to July, six specimens. 



Plutbllid.^. 



Lamyristis, n. g. 



Head shortlj'' rough-scaled ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. AntennsB ^, 

 in S ciliated, basal joint short. Labial palpi moderately long, rather 

 curved, somewhat ascending, second joint with compressed tuft of very 

 long rough projecting scales beneath, terminal joint shorter, rather 

 slender, obtuse. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Thorax with postei'ior ex- 

 pansible tuft of hair-scales. Abdomen in $ with large anal tuft. Anterior 

 tibice moderately long, loosely expanded with scales, tarsi very short ; 

 posterior tibiaj with appressed scales. Forewings with 2 from towards 

 angle, 7 and 8 long-stalked, 7 to termen, 9 and 10 from near 8, 11 from 

 somewhat before middle. Hindwings 1, oblong-ovate, cilia ^ ; 3 and 4 

 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 



I describe this genus here, because superficially the species has con- 

 siderable general resemblance to a Mach(Bro])teris, and also some points of 

 curious similarity in structure, but I do not consider that there is any real 

 connection. The true relationship of the genus is with Anticrates, Meyr. 



Lamyristis leucopselia, n. sp. 



(5 5 . 17-20 mm. Head ochreous-whitish more or less mixed with 

 fuscous. Palpi fuscous, tuft of second joint suffused with ochreous- 

 whitish towards base. Thorax dark fuscous, posterior edge marked with 

 white. Abdomen rather dark fuscous, anal tuft fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa rather strongly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly sinuate, oblique ; deep purple, suffusedly irrorated with dark 

 fuscous ; costal edge somewhat spotted with ochreous-whitish suflusion, 

 especially on a patch before middle ; a clear white spot on dorsum before 

 middle, and two white dots placed transversely above it ; a white dot on 

 dorsum before tornus ; three white dots on costa towards apex : cilia dark 

 purplish-fuscous, with white patches above and beneath apex. Hindwings 

 4lark bronzj^-fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal line. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May (Pole, Alston) ; three specimens. The white 

 patches in the cilia of forewings produce the Optical effect of the unusual 

 form of the apex and cilia in MachcBvopteris flienax. 



{To he continued). 



