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arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, oblique ; 3 absent, 4 and 5 

 short-stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; rather dark fuscous, with a slight 

 purplish gloss ; an inwardly oblique cloudy darker shade from dorsum 

 before middle, reaching | across wing, often obsolete ; second discal stigma 

 cloudy, dark fuscous, also often obsolete ; a fine line of whitish scales from 

 | of costa to tornus, very indistinct except at extremities ; an interrupted 

 black line round apex and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, base more 

 ochreous, with a broad subbasal fuscous shade, above apex and beneath 

 tornus with rather dark fuscous patches. Hindwings fuscous, tinged 

 anteriorly with pale ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with fuscous subbasal 

 shade becoming obsolete on lower part of termen. 



Maskeliya and Patipola, Ceylon, throughout the year (Pole, Alston) ; 

 twelve specimens. 



Onebala butyropa, n. sp. 



<$ . 14-17 mm. Head light ochreous-yellowish. Palpi pale ochreous- 

 yellowish, lower half of second joint suffused with fuscous, anterior 

 edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennte pale yellowish, ciliations 2. 

 Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen whitish-yellowish, sometimes 

 tinged with grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique ; 2 and 3 short-stalked, 4 

 absent, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; rather dark purplish-fuscous ; basal area darker 

 purplish-fuscous, its margin formed by an irregular line from \ of costa 

 to § of dorsum ; stigmata cloudy, blackish, indistinct, first discal lying 

 on edge of this patch and plical rather obliquely before it ; a pale ochreous- 

 yellowish dot on costa at § : cilia dark fuscous, beneath tormts and to- 

 wards costal dot with patches of pale ochreous-yellowish suffusion. Hind- 

 wings pale grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with two fuscous shades. 



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



Onebala justa, n. sp. 



($ $ . 11-12 .mm. Head grey, face ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint grey except towards apex. Antennee rather stout, 

 whitish. Thorax grey irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Mid- 

 dle tibiee white ; posterior tibise dark fuscous, apical half white. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 rounded, oblique ; 2 and 3 short-stalked, 4 and 5 connate, 8 and 9 out of 

 7 ; grey closely irrorated with dark fuscous ; small ochreous-whitish dots 

 on costa at i and tornus : cilia dark grey with rows of whitish points. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Hambantota, Ceylon (Fletcher) ; in November, two specimens. 



Onebala ardua, n. sp. 



<5 2 • 19-21 mm. Head and thorax purplish-bronze, sides of crown och- 

 reous. Palpi dark fuscous, second joint ochreous-whitish towards apex, 

 terminal joint longer than second, whitish posteriorly. Antennee ochreous- 



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