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projections of blackish scales posteriorly. Abdomen greyish, anal tuft 

 ochreous-whitish, in S with two long expansible whitish genital hair- 

 pencils above. Fore wings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex tolerably pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 6 closely 

 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked ; light fuscous, suffusedly irrorated with 

 whitish points ; a black dot beneath costa near base ; a dark fuscous 

 streak along costa from \ to §, cut by two oblique whitish strigulte ; an 

 elongate dark fuscous spot in disc at |, and another at f , representing 

 discal stigmata ; a similar spot representing plical, rather before first 

 discal, connected with a black subdorsal dash beneath it ; a blackish dash 

 on fold beneath middle, and another at tornus beneath second discal ; an 

 oblique whitish strigula edged with dark fuscous from costa beyond f ; 

 a black dash resting on termen beneath apex : cilia fuscous sprinkled with 

 whitish. Hindwings iridescent-grey, paler and semihyaline anteriorly, 

 veins and termen darker grey ; cilia grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon ( Pole ) ; in March, May, and October, three 

 specimens. 



Chelaria isoptila, n. sp. 



S 9 • 16-21 mm. Head and thorax whitish sprinkled with fuscous. 

 Palpi white somewhat mixed with fuscous, second joint with moderate 

 rounded basal and apieal tuftf^ beneath, lower portion of each crossed by a 

 dark fuscous band, terminal joint with rough scales posteriorly forming 

 median and subapical projections, mostly suffused with dark fuscous 

 except base. ' Abdomen whitish-fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, scales rather 

 prominent at §, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 6 separate, 

 7 and 8 stalked ; fuscous, much mixed and suffused with white, with some 

 scattered dark fuscous scales, and small tufts of raised scales ; a blackish 

 dash near base above middle ; a streak of blackish irroration along basal 

 fourth of dorsum ; a very irregularly triangular dark fuscous blotch mixed 

 with blackish occupying median third of costa and reaching half across 

 wing ; a rather inwardly oblique narrow streak of dark fuscous suffusion 

 from tornus reaching more than half across wing, and a spot of dark fuscous 

 suffusion on costa beyond this ; a slender dark fuscous streak along termen : 

 cilia fuscovis irrorated with whitish, towards base whitish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline anteriorly, veins, apical area, and 

 termen suffused with dark fuscous ; cilia grey. 



Kandy, Ceylon, in February (Mackwood) ; Khasis, in October ; three 

 specimens. 



Chelaria scriniata, n. sp. 



S . 17 mm. Head and thorax whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous, 

 thorax with light brownish expansible posterior crest. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 second joint with apical margin and a fine submedian ring white, with 

 moderate triangular apical tuft beneath, terminal joint thickened with 

 scales somewhat projecting posteriorly beneath apex, white with four dark 

 fuscous oblique rings. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 very narrow, costa gently arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; 6 separate, 7 absent ; fuscous much mixed 

 and suffused with white ; three elongate dark fuscous marks on costa 

 anteriorly, two posteriorly, a flattened-triangular spot in middle, and three 

 small spots towards apex ; some scattered blackish scales on margins of 

 cell anteriorly ; slender black interrupted plical and median streaks on 

 posterior half of wing, and two or three black dashes towards costa 

 posteriorly : cilia fuscous irrorated with whitish. Hindwings grey, paler 

 and thinly scaled anteriorly, veins dark grej- ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Pundaluoya, Ceylon (Green) ; in May, one specimen. 



