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Genus Mesginia. 

 Mescinia, Rag. Rom. Mem., VIII., p. 83 (1901). 

 Type — .¥. commatella, Zell., from Colombia. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching above 

 vertex of head, the 3rd long ; antennae ciliated. Forewing with veins 2"3 stalked, 



4*5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 8 

 and 10 stalked ; 9 absent ; 11 from ceil. 

 Hindwing with vein 2 from before angle 

 of cell ; 3*5 stalked ; 4 absent ; 7 becom- 

 ing coincident with 8. 

 Mescinia micans £ §. 

 4346. Mescinia micans. 

 4346a. Mescinia olivescalis, n, sp. 



9. Very pale olive-brown ; palpi blackish towards tips ; abdomen dorsally 

 suffused with fuscous. Forewing irrorated with fuscous; an obscure dark 

 discoidal spot. Hindwing hyaline, the veins and a terminal line brown. 

 Habitat— Ceylon, Kandy. Exp. 12 mill. Type—In B. M. 

 Sect. II. Maxillary palpi of male, minute, triangularly scaled ; frons with- 

 out tuft. 

 4348a. Sandrabatis ph^eella, n. sp. 



<J. Head, thorax and abdomen deep fuscous-brown ; palpi in front and 

 anal tuft ochreous. Forewing deep fuscous-brown ; a black spot on vein 1 

 on traces of the antemedial line ; the two discoidal black points prominent ; 

 the postmedial line very indistinct, angled inwards below costa, outwards on 

 vein 5 ; traces of a dentate subterminal line ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hindwing of pale-brown with dark terminal line and line through 

 the cilia which are yellowish. 

 Habitat— Sikhim, 1800' (Dudgeon). Exp. 28 mill. Type— In B. M. 



Genus Blajbioides, nov. 

 Palpi upturned to above vertex of head with a hollow containing the 

 brush-like maxillary palpi ; antennas of male with the basal joint dilated ; 

 the shaft laminate with a large sinus and tuft at base. Forewing loDg and 

 narrow ; veins 4*5 from a point ; 8*9'10 stalked. Hindwing with the cell 

 about one-fourth of wing; vein 2 from angle ; 3 approximated for some 

 distance to 4*5 which are stalked ; 7 anastomosing strongly with 8. 

 4348J. Blabioides strigerella, n. sp. 



$. Head and thorax bright rufous, slightly streaked with black ; maxil- 

 lary palpi ochreous ; abdomen ochreous. Forewing bright rufous, the veins 



streaked with blackish ; a whitish 

 streak above median nervure ; a 

 pale curved subcostal streak from 

 before middle to apex ; a pale 

 streak from inner margin near base, 

 oblique to vein 1 along which it 

 Blabioides strigerella $ f runs to the subterminal line which 



