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ish-grey scales. Palpi whitish, second joint with blackish subbasal and 

 median bands, with long rough projecting tuft beneath, terminal joint 

 with three blackish rings. Abdomen in c? whitish-ochreous, in 9 whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; whitish, irregularly sprinkled with blackish scales, veins streaked 

 obscurely with pale ochreous ; a black dot towards costa near base ; 

 stigmata obscurely indicated by some irregular grey markings, variable 

 and undefined, plical beneath first discal ; apical area clouded with grey ; 

 several very small dark grey marks on costa posteriorly : cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, with several grey lines. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Madulsima, Ceylon (Vaughan) ; in May and August, four specimens. 

 Nearly allied to the South African siccifolii, Wals. 



Hyi^elictis, Meyr. 



Founded on a single species, acrocJilor a, Meyr. ; the four additional species 

 here described are clearly congeneric, but require some enlargement of the 

 generic characters as under, viz., terminal joint of palpi varying from as 

 long as second to much shorter, variably thickened with scales sometimes 

 roughly projecting posteriorly, rarely slender : forewings with 6 to termen 

 or apex, T to costa, 8 out of 7 or absent, 9 seldom out of 7. Notwithstand- 

 ing these differences they have a peculiar and characteristic facies, and 

 are nearly related together. 



Hypelictis thyrsicola, n. sp. 



5 . 16-17 mm. Head and thorax greyish-ochreous sprinkled with 

 whitish. Palpi greyish-ochreous sprinkled with dark grey and whitish, 

 second joint very long, straight, porrected, above with long rough project- 

 ing white-tipped scales, terminal joint much shorter, obliquely ascending, 

 slender. Abdomen grey, anal tuft mixed with ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, rather oblique ; 6 to termen, 

 8 absent, 7 and 9 stalked ; greyish-ochreous, with a few scattered black 

 scales ; costa suffused with dark grey except towards apex, where it is 

 tinged with crimson ; stigmata indicated by small indistinct spots of grey 

 suffusion, discal approximated, plical rather before first discal ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous tinged or suffused with pale crimson except towards tornus, tips 

 dark fuscous except towards tornus. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia 

 greyish-ochreous, with light fuscous subbasal shade. 



Khasis ; in August and November, two specimens, 



Hypelictis freniger a, n. sp. 



c? 9 • 13-14 mm. Head and thorax dark violet-fuscous. Palpi dark 

 bronzy- fuscous, second joint with scales somewhat rough above towards 

 apex, terminal joint moderately thickened with scales. Abdomen dark 

 fuscoiis, anal tuft in S whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, bent down, termen very obliquely round- 

 ed ; 6 to apex, 8 absent ; dark violet-fuscous, with slaty-grey reflections ; a 

 very fine whitish curved or bent line from § of costa to tornus ; an ochreous 

 yellow or orange apical patch, anterior edge somewhat convex, enclosing 

 two or three fuscous wedge-shaped spots on termen ; a more or less 

 developed fine black line round apex and termen : cilia light ochreous- 

 yellowish, on costa and round apex dark violet-fuscous with basal half 

 ochreous-yellow cut by a fuscous bar beneath apex, beneath termen 

 infuscated. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia whitish-ochreous, more 

 or less suffused with fuscous. 



Khasis; in May, three specimens. 



Hypelictis liqiata, n. sp. 



c? 9 • 16-18 mm. Head and thorax rather dark violet-fuscous, head with 

 strong purple-blue gloss. Palpi bronzy-fuscous, second joint with scales 



