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Pseudodoxia pinarodes, n. sp. 



£. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous or pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint ochreous-whitish towards apex. Antennae 

 whitish-ochreous, more or less suffused with fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous sprinkled with fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous, sprinkled 

 with fuscous and dark fuscous, especially towards costa and posteriorly ; 

 stigmata large, blackish, plical beneath first discal ; sometimes some cloudy 

 dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and upper part of termen : cilia 

 pale greyish-ochreous, sometimes mixed with fuscous, Hind wings varying 

 from pale fuscous to grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, sometimes with suffu- 

 sed fuscous subbasal shade. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in January, ten specimens. Smaller than 

 P. triastis, with the forewings shorter and broader, and costa somewhat more 

 arched. 



Pseudodoxia cryptias, n. sp. 



$ 9. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax grey. Palpi whitish-ochreous suffusedly 

 irrorated with dark grey except at apex of joints. Antennae dark grey. 

 Abdomen dark grey, sides of anal segment suffused with ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded ; grey, irrorated with dark grey ; second 

 discal stigma sometimes perceptible, dark grey : cilia grey, sometimes mixed 

 with darker, sprinkled with pale points. Hindwings and cilia in $ grey, in 9 

 dark grey. 



Madulsima, Ceylon (Vaughan, Green) ; in May and June, five specimens. 



Pseudodoxia agorwa, n. sp. 



<J. 14 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint 

 blackish-grey except apex. Antennae pale greyish-ochreous becoming grey 

 towards base. Thorax grey suffused with blackish anteriorly. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; grey, sometimes 

 slightly whitish-sprinkled, or posteriorly sprinkled with fuscous ; base of costa 

 suffused with blackish ; stigmata rather large, black, plical rather before first 

 discal ; sometimes some cloudy blackish marginal dots round apex : cilia pale 

 grey, sprinkled with darker and whitish points. Hindwings grey, rather thinly 

 scaled in disc and towards base ; cilia pale grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in February, two specimens. Allied to seposi 

 tella, but distinguished by the small size and very narrow forewings. 



Pseudodoxia pier ophcea, n. sp. 



$ $ • 17-21 mm, Head and thorax dark fuscous, irrorated with whitish, 

 Palpi whitish, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous except towards apex of 

 joints. Antennas fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous irrorated with grey. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; fuscous, more or less irregularly sprinkled with 



