COSMOETERYGID 5S. 
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smoothly appressed scales. Forewings 2 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 
7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hind wings |, lanceolate, cilia 3 ; 2-5 
parallel, 6 and 7 somewhat approximated. 
Allied to Limnoecia. 
Passalotis irianthes, n. sp. 
. 12 mm. Head shining iridescent brassy-bronze, face silverjr- 
raetallic. Palpi yellowish, anterior edge of terminal joint dark grey. 
Antennae dark purplish-fuscous, scape whitish, projection dark 
fuscous above, base and apical fourth of stalk whitish. Thorax 
coppery-purple. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; shining coppery- 
bronze, becoming deep coppery-purple posteriorly ; a straight slender 
direct grey-whitish fascia slightly beyond | : cilia coppery-purple, 
outer half dark grey. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia dark grey. 
Formosa, Bengeti, March (S . Issilci) ; 1 ex. 
Limnoecia clinodesma, n. sp. 
S ? . 11 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark shining bronze, second 
joint of palpi pale yellowish except apex. Fore wings narrow, 
widest near base, thence attenuated to acute apex ; shining dark 
purplish-bronze; a rather oblique somewhat irregular yellowish- 
white fascia at very narrow on costa : cilia fuscous. Hindwings 
dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 
Java, bred September (Dr. L. G. E. Kalslioven) ; 2 ex. 
Ascalenia thoracista Meyr. 
Fiji, bred from larva feeding on flowers of Albizzia lebbelc 
( Leguminosae)(N. Phillips) ; and also occurs at Sydney, N. S. Wales 
(Dr. A. J. Turner). Doubtless imported with its foodplant from 
India, its home. 
Ascalenia centropselia, Meyr. 
The blackish base of forewings is followed by an obscure broad 
fascia of greyish-ochreous suffusion, outer edge oblique, the dark 
fuscous plical stigma perceptible beyond this. Antennae dark 
fuscous, apical fourth ochreous-whitish. 
Bihar, Pusa, November ( T . B. Pletcher). 
Ascalenia liparophanes, n. sp. 
cJ 2 • 10-11 mm. Head, palpi, thorax glossy dark violet-grey, 
palpi whitish-speckled anteriorly in fine obscure rings. Antennae 
violet-grey, apical third ochreous-whitish. Fore wings rather 
narrow, widest near base, moderately pointed; glossy dark violet- 
grey ; some slight whitish speckling on margins posteriorly : cilia 
violet-grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia light violet-grey. 
Java, bred August (Dr. L. G , E. Kalshoven) ; 6 ex. Allied to 
ctrchaica from Ceylon. 
