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Hindwing semihyaline tinged with fuscous, especially on costal area ; cilia 

 white with fuscous line at base. 



Habitat. — Kashmir, Goorais Valley (Leech). Exp. 22 mill. Type — In B. M. 



4427a. Cryptoblabes ephestialis, n. sp. 



9. Head and thorax dark-brown ; pectus, legs and abdomen grey-brown. 

 Forewing dark-brown, the inner half suffused with red-brown ; the lines 

 represented by a few silvery grey scales. Hindwing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins brown. 



Habitat— Ceylon, Matale (Pole). Exp. 14-16 mill. Type— In B. M. 



Genus Epischnia. 



Epischnia. Zell. Isis 1839, p. 178. 



Type — E. prodromella, Hiibn. 



Range — X. America ; Europe ; S. Africa ; Madagascar ; W. C. and X. Asia 

 to Kashmir. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi thickly scaled, the 2nd joint oblique, the 

 3rd porrect ; maxillary palpi dilated with hair ; frons with tuft of hair ; 

 antennas of male laminate with sinus at base of shaft, ending in some scale 

 teeth and a slight tuft of hair ; a large tuft of hair and large scales below 

 shoulders. Forewing with veins 3 # 4'5 well separated ; 6 from below upper 

 angle ; 8*9 stalked ; lO'll from cell. Hindwing with vein 3 approximated to 

 4*5, for nearly half their length ; 6"7 stalked ; 8 free. 



4433a. Epischnia cretaciella, Mann. Ver. Zool. Bot. Wien 18G9, 

 p. 380 ; Rag. Rom. Mem,, VII., p. 504, pi. XX., f. 1. 



Head, thorax and abdomen white, tinged with pale-brown and irrorated 

 with fuscous. Forewing white, irrorated with black and the interspaces 

 tinged with pale-brown, the veins with streaks of black scales, defined on each 

 side by white, the antemedial line represented by a slight oblique striga from 

 costa and a slight striga on vein 1 ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; traces 

 of a postmedial line oblique from costa near apex to submedian fold where it 

 is angled inwards ; a subterminal series of short diffused streaks. Hindwing 

 semihyaline whitish ; the veins brown ; the costal and terminal areas suffused 

 with brown, especially in female ; a fine terminal line and a line at base of 

 cilia. 



Habitat.— E. Europe; W.Asia; Kashmir (Dras). Exp. 28-30 mill. 



Genus Selagia. 



Selagia — Hiibn. Verz., p. 37 (1827). 



Type — S. argyrella, Schiff. 



Range — X. America ; Europe ; X. and Central Asia to Kashmir ; Japan. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi thickly scaled, extending about the length 

 of head, the 2nd joint oblique, the 3rd porrect ; maxillary palpi somewhat 

 dilated with scales ; frons rounded ; antennas of male laminate, the shaft 

 with sinus and tuft at base, Forewing with vein 3 from near angle of cell : 



