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on this ; two blackish-fuscous dots on tranverse vein, partially whitish- 

 edged; a blackish-fuscous triangular blotch with apex touching these 

 dots, base rather near and parallel to termen, edged posteriorly by a 

 band of whitish-ochreous suffusion; a dark fuscous terminal line: cilia 

 light greyish-ochreous suffused anteriorly with fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, 

 anteriorly paler and tinged with whitish-ochreous ; cilia light brownish. 



Palni Hills (Campbell) ; two specimens. 



Onebala straminicornis, n. sp. 



5 2 • 18-20 mm. Head and thorax purplish-bronzy-fuscous, with an 

 ochreous line above eyes. Palpi pale ochreous-yellowish, second joint 

 suffused with fuscous except towards apex, terminal joint longer than 

 second, dark fuscous anteriorly. Antennae whitish-ochreous. Abdomen 

 fuscous, apex ochreous-yellowish. Middle tibiae ochreous-yellowish, with 

 dark fuscous basal and median bands ; posterior tibise dark fuscous, apex 

 yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, 

 costa slightly arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex round-pointed, termen 

 concave, rather oblique ; 3 absent, 4 and 5 short-stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 

 rather dark purple-fuscous, in J somewhat mixed with pale ochreous 

 suffusion towards costal area between J and f ; a triangular blackish- 

 fuscous blotch obscurely edged with pale ochreous, extending on dorsum 

 from \ to middle, and reaching f across wing ; an indistinct small oblique 

 blackish-fuscous mark on middle of costa ; a narrow transverse blackish- 

 fuscous spot on transverse vein, obscurely pale-edged, upper end enlarged ; 

 an indistinct slender pale ochreous line from § of costa to dorsum before 

 tornus, preceded by an undefined fascia of blackish-fuscous suffusion dilated 

 m disc so as to reach preceding spot : cilia light ochreous-yellowish, with 

 a broad fuscous antemedian shade, with fuscous patches at apex and 

 tornus. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia pale fuscous, base whitish-ochreous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Alston, de Mowbray), in April and October ; two 

 specimens. 



Onebala figurata, n. sp. 



6 ■ 17-18 mm. Head and thorax light bronzy-fuscous or ochreous- 

 bronze, with white line above eyes. Palpi fuscous, second joint whitish 

 towards apex, terminal joint longer than second, whitish with dark fuscous 

 anterior line. Antennee white, ringed and lined with blackish. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Middle tibise white with dark fuscous basal and median 

 bands, posterior tibise fuscous with apex whitish and dark fuscous sub- 

 apical ring. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique ; 3 absent, 

 4 and 5 short-stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; light fuscous, slightly purplish- 

 tinged, more or less suffused with whitish-ochreous on costal half ; a small 

 spot of dark fuscous suffusion on base of costa ; a fascia-form blackish- 

 fuscous spot from dorsum before middle, reaching 1 across wing ; a short 



