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8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 from near 7, 10 remote, rising from § of cell. 1] from ^. 

 Hindwings |, elongate-ovate, cilia \ ; 4 absent, 5 somewhat approximated to 3, 

 6 and 7 tolerably parallel. 



A peculiar genus, of which the position must at present be considered quite 

 doubtful. It can be regarded as an aberrant genus of Oecophorida, but it is 

 possible that it should form a new family ; the small head and swollen thorax, 

 widely divergent palpi, and peculiar position of veins 10 and 11 of forewings 

 are discordant characters which cause it to stand isolated. 



Erotis phosphora, n. sp. 



$ $ . 13-20 mm. Head, palpi, and antennas ochreous-whitish. Thorax 

 rose-pink spotted with dark grey irroration. Abdomen dark grey, sides and 

 apex ochreous-whitish, basal segment suffused with pink. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen strongly rounded, 

 oblique ; rose-pink, irregularly strewn throughout with small spots of dark 

 grey irroration ; a streak of dark grey suffusion along costa from before 

 middle to f ; somewhat larger dark grey spots in disc at § and §■, and on 

 dorsum at f : cilia rose-pink, with two lines of black points, basal third barred 

 with dark grey irroration. Hind wings grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline in 

 disc and towards base ; cilia light grey. 



Matale, Kegalle, Maskeliya, Kalutara, Ceylon (Alston, Pole) ; in July, 

 November, and December ; four specimens. 



Macrosaces, Meyr. 



The generic definition may be extended in the following points : labial palpi 

 with second joint sometimes expanded towards apex, terminal sometimes 

 longer than second ; forewings with 3 sometimes present, stalked with 2 or 

 separate ; hindwings seldom with 5 absent. 



Macrosaces negatella, Walk. 



(Gelechia negatella, Walk, Cat. XXIX, 631.) 



$$. 11-16 mm. Variable in depth of colouring, but always recognisable 

 by the transverse blackish blotch on costa at ^, reaching § across wing. Hind- 

 wings varying from pale, to dark grey. 



Maskeliya, Pattipola, Ceylon (Pole, de Mowbray, Fletcher) ; from Septem- 

 ber to May. 



Macrosaces amphiterma, n. sp. 



$Q. 10-14 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, irrorated with grey. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint considerably expanded with scales toward 

 apex, sprinkled with dark fuscous, with a dark fuscous subapical band, 

 terminal joint longer than second, with two dark fuscous bands. Antennas 

 whitish-ochreous ringed with fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; 3 absent ; whitish-ochreous, variably irro- 

 rated with fuscous, with some scattered blacktscales ; a small blackish spot at 

 base beneath costa, with a raised blackish tuft of scales beyond this : a 

 somewhat oblique-transverse line of raised blackish scales at ?, edged posteriorly 



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