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waved and strongly marked with black towards inner margin ; a fine terminal 

 black line. 



Habitat — Amur, Japan, Simla, Australia, Norfolk I. Exp. 16 mill. 



4505a. Trichophysetis acctangulalis, n. sp. 



"White ; palpi and antennae tinged with fulvous ; abdomen dorsally tinged 

 with fulvous and with a tuft of dark scales on 2nd segment. Forewing more 

 or less strongly suffused with fulvous yellow leaving the costa white ; some 

 fuscous suffusion in base of cell ; a double black anteraedial line very acutely 

 angled on median nervure and slightly sinuous ; a similar strongly curved 

 postmedial line very oblique from costa to vein 4 ; an oblique fulvous shade 

 running across apical area, then on inner side of the fine crenulate black 

 subterminal line to inner margin ; a tooth of long black and white hair on 

 inner margin before middle. Hindwing white ; a double black antemediul 

 line from cell to inner margin above which it is angled ; a curved postmedial 

 line becoming double and sinuous towards inner margin and with black 

 suffusion beyond it from vein 2 to tornus ; a fine curved subterminal line 

 arising from the same point as the postmedial line and oblique to vein 4. 



Habitat .— Palni Hills, Kodaikanal, 6000' (W. H. Campbell). Exp. 24 mill. 

 Type— In B. M. 



PYRALINiE. 



4529a. Pyralis prepialis, n. sp. 



Head and thorax ochreous ; metathorax edged with dark brown ; 

 abdomen black with the anal tuft red. Forewing with the basal half bright 

 red-brown bounded by a pure white line expanding slightly to costa ; the 

 medial area grey with four white points on costa and a dark discoidal point ; 

 a wedge-shaped postmedial white patch from costa to vein 5 with traces of a 

 line from it to inner margin, the area beyond it fiery red suffused with 

 crimson. Hindwing dark brown ; fiDe pale waved ante- and postmedial 

 lines; the terminal area mostly suffused with blue-grey; termen and cilia 

 crimson red. 



Habitat — Sikhim, 3000' (Pilcher). Exp. 19 mill. Type— In B. M. 



4536a. Tegdlifera ph&aptera, n. sp. 



$. Head and thorax yellowish white ; tegulse and patagia thickly irro- 

 rated with purplish fuscous; legs marked with fuscous; abdomen thickly 

 irrorated with black, leaving narrow segmental white lines. Forewing almost 

 entirely suffused with brownish fuscous leaving slight traces of the pale 

 ground colour. Hindwing yellowish white with curved dark postmedial line 

 interrupted below vein 2 ; the termen suffused with fuscous ; a fine line 

 through the cilia. 



Habitat— Ceylon, Puttalam (J. Pole). Exp. 18 mill. Type— In B. M. 



4543a. Stemmatophora subflavalis, n. sp. 



$. Yellow brown tinged with purplish red; head yellower.; thorax and 

 abdomen slightly irrorated with black. Forewing slightly irrorated with black ; 

 the base of costal area suffused with black ; an antemedial black line obtusely 

 angled on median nervure, then oblique ; a black discoidal spot ; a postmedial 



