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pale whitish-ochreous, tarsi pale whitish-ochreous banded with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 rather oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; dark fuscous, 

 slightly purplish-tinged ; stigmata brownish or pale brownish-ochreous 

 edged with some blackish scales, plical slightly beyond first discal, both 

 these small, second discal rather large : cilia purplish-fuscous, base mixed 

 with darker. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Maskeliya and Madulsima, Ceylon (de Mowbray, Green) ; in November, 

 January, and May, three specimens. 



Brachmia isomila, n. sp. 



c? . 20-22 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi pale ochreous, 

 second joint dark fuscous except extreme apex, anterior edge of terminal 

 joint suffused with dark fuscous. Antennas almost 1, dark fuscous, simple. 

 Abdomen fuscous, anal tu ft pale ochreous. Posterior legs pale ochreous 

 tibiae externally suffused with fuscous or dark fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 nearly straight, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; dark 

 bronzy-fuscous ; stigmata obscurely darker, plical slightly beyond first 

 discal, second discal forming a transverse-linear mark : cilia fuscous, with 

 two darker shades. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia as in forewings. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in April, two specimens. 



Brachmia paroristis, n. sp. 



<5 . 24-25 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, sides of crown pale- 

 sprinkled. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint dark fuscous except 

 towards apex, terminal joint sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennse 1, 

 dark fuscous, simple. Abdomen rather long, fuscous. Posterior tibise 

 whitish-ochreous, externally sufi'usedly mixed with dark fuscous, tarsi 

 whitish-ochreous somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 2 and 3 

 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; dark fuscous, faintly purplish- 

 tinged, towards middle third of costa more or less suffused with pale 

 ochreous-fuscous ; stigmata blackish, first discal forming a small oblique 

 spot, plical a larger irregular spot beneath it, both these more or less 

 edged posteriorly with pale ochreous, second discal represented by two 

 transversely placed dots edged with pale ochreous so as to form an 8-shaped 

 mark ; a cloudy pale ochreous-fuscous rather curved subterminal line, 

 thicker and more distinct on costa, indented beneath costa : cilia fuscous, 

 with rows of pale points. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia light fuscous. 



Madulsima, Ceylon (Vaughan) ; in May and June, two specimens. Much 

 like epomia, which however has termen of forewings somewhat sinuate, and 

 antennse of S distinctly ciliated (-|). 



