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suffused with whitish -ochre ous at base, with three indistinct darker lines. 

 Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 



Khasis ; in August and September, six specimens. Nearly allied to the two 

 preceding, but the markings of the palpi are different from either : also 

 characterised by the yellow head, dark general colouring, and discal interrup- 

 tion of first transverse line. 

 Macrosaces lucubrata, n. sp. 



$ $ . 9-10 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous irrorated with grey 

 and fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint moderately thickened, 

 irrorated with dark fuscous except at apex, with a blackish subapical ring, 

 terminal joint as long as second, with a black band below middle. Antennae 

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

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

 termen very obliquely rounded ; 3 absent ; dark fuscous, base of scales 

 whitish-ochreous ; a small blackish spot at base beneath costa, and a black 

 scaletuft beyond it edged posteriorly with whitish-ochreous ; a nearly straight 

 direct transverse raised black line at §, somewhat enlarged on costa, slightly 

 sinuate above and below middle, strongly edged posteriorly with whitish- 

 ochreous or yellowish ; second discal stigma raised, black, strongly edged with 

 whitish-ochreous or yellowish, and a similar spot beneath it, their pale margins 

 usually confluent ; a whitish-ochreous spot on costa at f, whence proceeds a 

 very indistinct whitish-ochreous angulated transverse line, preceded by some 

 blackish irroration ; a cloudy waved line of blackish irroration along posterior 

 part of costa and termen : cilia fuscous, sometimes mixed with dark fuscous, 

 sprinkled with whitish-ochreous points, sometimes faintly barred with whitish- 

 ochreous suffusion. Hindwings in $ grey or rather dark grey, in $ blackish 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



Maskeliya, Peradeniya, Matale, Ceylon (Pole, Green ) ; in July, August, 

 December, and January ; five specimens. 

 Macrosaces glebaria, n. sp. 



$ $ . 11-14 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish, crown irrorated with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint moderately thickened, dark 

 fuscous except apex, terminal joint" as long as second, with blackish subbasal 

 ring. Antennas whitish-ochreous, ringed or suffused with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-yellowish suffusedly banded with fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 short-stalked ; dark fuscous, more or less 

 sprinkled with whitish-ochreous ; a small black spot at base beneath costa, and 

 one on dorsum near base ; a black subcostal tuft towards base ; stigmata 

 moderately large, raised, black, plical slightly before first discal, these two 

 together with costal and dorsal black spots tending to form an interrupted 

 rather bent transverse line, second discal sometimes pale-edged, with an 

 additional spot beneath it ; a pale ochreous-yellowish subtriangular blotch on 

 costa about f , whence proceeds a very indistinct whitish-ochreous angulated 



