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first discal ; small whitish spots on costa at § and before § ; whitish dots on 

 dorsum at \ and towards tornus, latter sometimes connected with second 

 costal spot by a curved series of three or four small whitish dots : cilia dark 

 purple-fuscous, with rows of whitish specks, on basal third slenderly 

 barred with ochreous-whitish, extreme base ochreous-whitish. Hindwings 

 ochreous-whitish tinged with grey: cilia ochreous-whitish, with a faint 

 grey shade. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole); in February, May, July, November and 

 December, nine specimens. Distinguishable from stellulata by the round 

 white second discal stigma, represented in that species by a minute dot 

 with a second dot below it. 



Onebala oxyzona, n. sp. 



6 2 • 10-12 mm. Head and thorax rather dark purplish-fuscous, sides 

 of crown ochreous-yellowish. Palpi whitish-yellowish, second joint irrorat- 

 ed with dark fuscous except towards apex, terminal joint longer than 

 second, with incomplete blackish line on each side. Antenna; ochreous- 

 whitish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique; 3 

 absent, 4 and 5 connate, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; purple-fuscous, sprinkled with 

 blackish; costal edge more or less yellowish; markings deep ochreous- 

 yellowish ; some undefined suffusion towards costa and fold about | ; two 

 narrow cloudy transverse fascise, first before middle, sinuate, second at J, 

 interrupted in disc ; a cloudy ring representing second discal stigma ; two 

 dots on costa posteriorly, and a line along termen : cilia dark purple-fuscous 

 sprinkled with whitish points, basal third slenderly barred with yellowish. 

 Hindwings with 4 absent (as well as 3) ; grey ; cilia grey, sprinkled with 

 whitish points. 



Maskeliya and Matale, Ceylon (Pole) ; from February to April, and in 

 August, eleven specimens. 



Onebala vigilax, n. sp. 



6 ■ 21-24 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous or pale ochreous tinged 

 with brownish, shoulders dark fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second 

 joint more or less irrorated with blackish except towards apex, terminal 

 joint longer than second, with an incomplete blackish line on each side. 

 Antennas light ochreous-yellowish, ciliations 1. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly 

 arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique ; 

 2 and 3 stalked, 4 absent, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; pale yellow-ochreous, partially 

 tinged with brownish, and thinly sprinkled with dark fuscous or black ; an 

 undefined basal fascia of dark fuscous irroration ; two undefined transverse 

 shades of dark fuscous or blackish irroration, first from J of costa to | of 

 dorsum, angulated on fold, second from # of costa to f of dorsum, obtusely 

 angulated in disc, followed by a paler shade with a few white scales ; 



