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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEKA. 
T} 7 pe alectryonura Meyr. This species, which I now perceive to 
be generically distinct, was first described by me as Hypargyria 
impecuniosa, but that name was preoccupied by Joannis and therefore 
void ; on the other hand the proposed substitution of anargyra was 
not needed, as alectryonura was already existing ; I regret this 
unfortunate confusion of names, due to my original inaccurate 
generic characterisation, now emended. 
Ctenomeristis ebriola, n. sp. 
3 $. 17-19 mm. Head, thorax ashy-grey. Palpi dark grey, 
terminal joint <3 minute, 5 nearly half second, yellowish posteriorly. 
Forewings very elongate-triangular, termen straight, hardly oblique ; 
ashy-grey irregularly sprinkled dark purplish-grey and blackish, 
dorsal area tinged purple-reddish ; oblique origin of first line 
marked on costa before remainder obsolete ; second line obscurely 
pale, irregular, from just before apex to tornus, slightly incurved, 
somewhat enlarged on costa and preceded there by a short dark 
rather inwards-oblique streak, posteriorly edged except towards 
costa by a dark almost terminal fascia : cilia grey with whitish-grey 
antemedian line, apical third paler and purplish. Hindwings sub¬ 
hyaline grey-whitish, a dalrk grey terminal line ; cilia grey-whitish, 
a grey subbasal shade. 
Ceylon, Gampola, bred August from larvae boring in stems of 
seedlings of Anacardium occidentale {Dr. J. C. Hutson ) ; 2 ex. 
(type Brit. Mus.). 
TORNOCOMETIS, n. g. 
Face rounded; tongue developed. Antennae 3 faintly sinuate 
near base, stout, flat-dentate, shortly ciliated. Labial palpi 
moderately long, curved, ascending, thickened with dense scales 
rough anteriorly throughout, terminal joint somewhat longer than 
second, obtuse. Maxillary palpi short, thickened with scales, 
ascending and appressed to face. Hind tibiae rough-scaled above. 
Forewings 2-5 rather approximated at base, 8 and 9 stalked, 
10 separate. Hindwings cell about g, 2 from |, 3 diverging from 
angle, 4 and 5 stalked, 7 out of 6 near origin, closely appressed to 
8 on basal third. 
Tornocometis chrysospila, n. sp. 
3 . 23-24 mm. Head dull purple-crimson, more or less suffused 
dark purple-fuscous. Palpi dull crimson, suffused fuscous on apex 
of second joint, and on terminal joint except towards base. Thorax 
dull crimson, anteriorly suffused purplish. Abdomen basally pale 
ochreous suffused purplish-grey, remainder dark bluish-fuscous, 
a golden-ochreous blotch on segment 2, anal tuft large, pale bronzy- 
ochreous. Forewings elongate, dilated posteriorly, costa anteriorly 
moderately, posteriorly slightly arched, termen bowed, little oblique ; 
dull crimson, suffusedly mixed irregularly brownish-ochreous and 
grey ; a short grey costal fold at base; first line indicated by a 
somewhat oblique bar of grey suffusion from costa at ^ reaching 
