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with anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennae ochreous-whitish. Thorax 

 grey. Abdomen whitish-yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 posteriorly slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 almost straight, rather oblique ; 3 absent, 4 and 5 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 

 grey, slightly violet-tinged, somewhat sprinkled with whitish ; costal edge 

 ochreous-whitish from J~f ; a small oblique dark fuscous mark on costa at f , 

 and a transverse spot of fuscous suffusion from dorsum opposite reach- 

 ing half across wing, both edged posteriorly with whitish ; discal stig- 

 mata dark fuscous, slightly whitish-edged, an additional similar dot 

 beneath and slightly beyond second discal; an almost straight slender 

 white line from $ of costa to dorsum before tornus ; a black line round apex 

 and termen: cilia whitish-ochreous, towards base more yellowish-tinged, 

 with a fuscous antemedian shade. Hindwings grey tinged with ochreous- 

 yellowish; cilia as in forewings. 



Patipola, Ceylon (Alston) ; in April, one specimen. 



Onebala byssina, n. sp. 



S . 19 mm. Head fuscous-whitish. Palpi greyish-ochreous, second 

 joint suffused with whitish towards apex, terminal joint longer than second, 

 whitish, anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennae fuscous-whitish, spotted 

 and near base lined with dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 pale whitish-yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly 

 somewhat dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, 

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

 sprinkled with dark fuscous ; a small dark fuscous spot on base of 

 costa ; costal edge ochreous-whitish from ^ to | ; a small oblique blackish 

 mark on costa at |; a small dark fuscous spot on dorsum at -- ; 

 stigmata small, dark fuscous, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal, 

 an additional dot beneath and slightly beyond second discal ; a faintly 

 incurved slender ochreous-whitish line from -J of costa to dorsum before 

 tornus, edged anteriorly with rather dark fuscous suffusion ; several dark 

 fuscous marginal marks round apex and termen: cilia whitish-ochreous 

 with several suffused fuscous lines, towards base more yellowish- tinged. 

 Hindwings whitish-yellowish, apex and upper part of termen suffused 

 with fuscous ; cilia whitish-yellowish. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in June, one specimen. 



Onebala aerophones, n. sp. 



6 2 • 16-20 mm. Head and thorax bronzy-fuscous, face paler. Palpi 

 fuscous, second joint suffused with ochreous-whitish towards apex, terminal 

 joint longer than second, ochreous-whitish, anterior edge dark fuscous. 

 Antennae ochreous-whitish spotted and near base lined with dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, sometimes suffused with grey. Posterior tibiae 

 fuscous, apex whitish, with a dark fuscous subapical ring. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa slightly 



