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blackish specks ; a small spot of fuscous suffusion on base of costa ; discal stig- 

 mata moderate, black, plical absent, but an additional dot beneath second 

 discal ; several minute blackish dots on posterior part of costa and termen : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 

 Nilgiris, 6,000 feet (Andrewes) ; in May, two specimens. 

 Periacma scrupulosa, n. sp. 



9 £ 16-18 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, sprinkled 

 with black except apex of second and base and apex of terminal joint, second 

 joint with blackish subapical ring. Antennae ochreous-whitish, ringed with 

 dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous sprinkled with blackish. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous, dorsally suffused with grey. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 7 to apex ; pale greyish-ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous and blackish; a 

 blackish dot on base of costa, one in middle of base, and one beyond and 

 between these ; stigmata cloudy blackish, plical rather beyond first discal ; 

 cloudy blackish costal dots on veins 8-12 : cilia pale fuscous irrorated with 

 whitish-ochreous, along costa and on basal third along termen whitish- 

 ochreous barred with blackish. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous 

 with faint greyish subbasal shade. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in January, three specimens. 

 Periacma metrica, n. sp. 



£ 9 16-19 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders blackish. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, somewhat sprinkled with blackish, second joint with 

 black subapical ring. Antennas whitish-ochreous, sometimes tinged with 

 fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with grey. Forewings elon- 

 gate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; 7 to apex ; pale greyish-ochreous, sprinkled with 

 blackish ; a black dot on base of costa, one in middle of base, and one beyond 

 and between these ; stigmata black, plical slightly beyond first discal ; a more 

 or less developed longitudinal streak of blackish irroration above middle, 

 hardly traceable anteriorly, usually distinct from above second discal stigma 

 to beneath costa before apex, where it forms a cloudy blackish spot ; a series 

 of blackish dots round posterior half of costa and termen : cilia pale fuscous 

 irrorated with whitish-ochreous, basal third more or less spotted with blackish 

 on costa with two entire blackish bars before apex. Hindwings pale grey ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in January, April, May, August and October; 

 ten specimens. Closely allied and very similar to the preceding species, but 

 differs by the distinctly broader fore and hind wings, the forewings somewhat 

 dilated posteriorly, the presence of the dark streak or at least spot beneath 

 costa posteriorly, and the antennas not ringed with dark fuscous. 

 Periacma limosa, n. sp. 



$ 9 14-20 mm. Head, palpi, antennas, and thorax light brownish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arch- 



