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crown ochreous-tinged or whitish- sprinkled. Palpi with second joint dark 

 brown, apical edge ochreous-whitish, with rather short triangular apical tuft 

 beneath and scales triangularly expanded towards apex above, terminal 

 joint whitish, anterior edge sufiased with dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 

 of J "l- Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft of S pale ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, little 

 oblique ; 7 to apex ; violet-fuscous ; extreme costal edge pale ochreous 

 except towards base ; stigmata obscure, dark fuscous, discai approximated, 

 plical slightly before first discai ; a series of dark fuscous dots round pos- 

 terior part of costa and termen : cilia fuscous, sometimes tinged with och- 

 reous. Hindwings fuscous; cilia light fuscous, with darker subbasal shade. 



Eppawela and Puttalam, Ceylon (Green, Pole) ; Khasis ; from July to 

 October, five specimens. 



Holaryra, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts loose ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 developed. Antennse f, in S ciliated, basal joint moderately elongate, 

 without pecten. Labial palpi very long, porrected, second joint expanded 

 with dense rough projecting scales above and beneath, longest towards 

 base above and towards apex beneath, terminal joint much shorter than 

 second, obliquely ascending, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, 

 filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiee rough-haired above. 

 Forewings with 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa or apex, 11 

 from middle. Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal-ovate, apex obtuse, termen 

 rather sinuate beneath apex, cilia | ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated, 6 

 and 7 approximated at base or short-stalked. 



Type -H". ampycota. Allied to Dichojiieris and Trichotaphe, but with labial 

 palpi differing from both. 



II . isoclera, n. sp. 



J . 17-18 mm. Head and thorax fuscous sprinkled with whitish.. 

 Palpi dark fuscous slightly sprinkled with whitish, terminal joint whitish 

 with dark fuscous supramedian ring. Antennal ciliations 2. Abdomen 

 grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly rounded, rather oblique ; fuscous finely sprinkled with whitish ; 

 stigmata rather large, blackish, plical somewhat beyond first discai, an 

 additional dot beneath and slightly before second discai : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous mixed with grey, towards base spotted with grey. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia light greyish. 



Maskelijra, Ceylon (de Mowbray, Pole) ; in January and April, three 

 specimens. 



Solaxyra ampycota, n. sp. 



c? . 26 mm. Head and thorax purplish-fuscous tinged with ferruginous. 

 Palpi with second joint dark fuscous, upper and apical edges sprinkled 

 with whitish, terminal joint whitish, anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennal 

 ■ciliations f . Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, narrow at base and 

 posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, rather bent at |, apex obtuse 

 termen slightly rounded, hardly oblique ; purplish-fuscous, suffused with 

 ferruginous-brownish except towards costa anteriorly ; costal edge and 

 cilia ferruginous from \ to apex ; stigmata obscure, dark fuscous, each 

 marked with a grey-whitish dot, discai approximated, plical smaller, rather 

 before first discai ; a spot of dark fuscous suffusion on dorsum rather 

 beyond second discai: cilia ferruginous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



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



Trichotaphe, Clem. 



I have described two Indian species, sandycitis and planata, and now re- 

 cord sixteen more. 



