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Xylokyctid^. 



Amorbcea galbanea, n. sp. 



$ . 30-32 mm. Head orange, forehead and face whitish except on sides. 

 Palpi light-yellowish. Thorax rather dark-purplish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark-fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; 3 and 4 separate ; rather dark fuscous, with a 

 faint purplish or orchreous gloss ; extreme costal edge ochreous-whitish : 

 cilia fuscous, tips pale. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, from February to April (Green, Alston); three 

 specimens. This differs from the two previously described species of the 

 genus in having veins 3 and 4 of forewings separate, instead of stalked , 

 the same variation occurs within the limits of the allied genus Ptochoryctis, 

 but the genera are natural without further subdivision. 



Metathrinca meimion, n. sp, 



cJ . 24 mm. Head, palpi, and antennse blackish, second joint of palpi 

 suffused with whitish anteriorly. Thorax silvery-white. Abdomen whitish. 

 Ferewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; silvery-white ; costal edge blackish towards base ; a slender 

 slightly curved blackish streak from dorsum beyond middle, reaching about 

 half across wing ; several very fine linear dark-fuscous marks round apex 

 and termen : cilia white. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



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



Ptochoryctis anguillaris, n. sp. 



S $ . 12-lo mm. Head, palpi, and thorax, white. Antennse blackish. 

 Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; silvery-white ; 3 and 4 separate ; 

 a curved dark-fuscous streak running from f of costa to near apex ; a dark 

 fuscous streak running along termen from near beneath apex of preceding 

 to tornus, where it is expanded into an oblique bilobed fasciaform marks 

 reaching to middle of disc : cilia white, with dark-fuscous subbasalline, and 

 apical third fuscous. Hindwings ochreous-white ; cilia white. 



Hambantota and Maskeliya, Ceylon, in October and December (Fletcher, 

 Alston) ; two specimens. 



Ptochoryctis parabola, n. sp. 



2 . 25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen white, palpi infuscated 

 above towards base. Forewings moderately elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; 3 and 4 stalked ; 

 silvery-white; costal edge dark-fuscous towards base; dorsal area tinged 

 with ochreous ; a submarginal series of blackish dots round apex and 

 termen, that between veins 5 and 6 absent, one on each side of this 

 minute, one above apex and two nearest tornus large: cilia white. Hind- 

 wings ochreous-white ; cilia white. 



N. Ooorg, 3,500 feet in May (Newcome) ; one specimen. Similar to 

 rosaria, but in that species the palpi are blackish, and the submarginal dots 

 uniform and complete. 



Ptochoryctis illuvialis, n. sp. 



2 . 26 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi blackish, towards 

 base whitish internally. Abdomen whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; 3 and 4 

 -talked ; whitish-ochreous, with a faint grey tinge ; costal edge dark- 

 fuscous towards base ; a submarginal series of seven large black dots 

 round apex and termen : cilia ochreous-whitish, with dark-fuscous sub- 

 basal and fuscous subapical line. Hindwings ochreous-whitish; cilia 

 white. 



Khasis, in April ; one specimen. 



