THE PLUME-MOTHS OF CEYLON. 
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- Orneodes niphostrota, Meyr. 
(Plate H, figure 10.) 
Orneodes niphostrota, Meyrick, T. E. S., 1907, 507. 
• “ Male and female. 21-22 mm. Head and thorax white tinged 
or sprinkled with pale ochreous. Palpi moderate, ascending, loosety 
scaled, terminal joint § of second ; gray, terminal joint white towards 
apex. Antennae pale whitish ochreous. Abdomen whitish, with 
subbasal and subapical bands and lateral stripes of fuscous irroration. 
Legs whitish, anterior femora and tibiae suffused with dark fuscous 
externally. Forewings white ; basal half tinged with ochreous and 
partially sprinkled with dark fuscous, especially on base of costa 
and towards base of lowest cleft; segments crossed by four fuscous 
fasciae sprinkled with blackish, and an additional blotch on first two 
segments between third and fourth fasciae, the blotch and upper 
half of second fascia darker than the rest, first three fasciae moderate, 
angulated on fourth segment, first obsolete towards costa, third 
narrow on fourth and fifth segments, fourth narrow throughout, 
subapical, all widely separated on sixth segment : cilia ochreous- 
whitish, slightly tinged with fuscous on fasciae. Hindwings white ; 
basal third irrorated with dark fuscous, except at base ; segments 
crossed by four rather narrow curved or angulated fuscous fasciae 
sprinkled with blackish : cilia as in fore wings.’ 5 
This is another species which is so far known only from the 
Maskeliya district, where the type-specimens were taken in October 
and January. My two examples, for which I am indebted to 
Messrs. Pole and De Mowbray, were both collected at light in 
September. 
Orneodes microscopica , n. s. 
Male. Expanse 7 mm. Labial palpi moderately long, porrect, 
third joint about half length of second ; pale fuscous-gray, banded 
with dark fuscous at apices of joints. Antennse fuscous, roughened 
with scales above. Head fuscous, a white spot on vertex between 
the prominent black eyes. Thorax fuscous, grayish anteriorly and 
laterally. Abdomen fuscous, paler on first two segments. Legs 
pale grayish ; spurs on posterior tibia long and strong, the inner 
proximal spur much the longest. 
Fore wing cleft firstly from slightly beyond J, secondly from about 
5 , thirdly from slightly beyond J, fourthly from rather beyond J, 
fifthly from slightly within £■; first segment narrow, segments 2-6 
linear : pale gray : first segment with six fuscous-brown costal 
spots, fourth at J, very broad and bar-like, nearly reaching fifth 
(at |), which is also broad but narrower than the fourth; other 
segments apparently crossed by several narrow transverse fuscous- 
brown bands only distinct towards termen ; all segments with a 
minute blackish-fuscous terminal dot, that in first segment largest 
