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Head and thorax pale brownish with a very slight pimplish tinge ; abdomen 

 dorsally ochreous, ventrally whitish. Forewing pale ; the costal area whitish 

 suffused by reddish brown below, the inner area slightly suffused with purplish 

 red ; a medial black spot on vein 1 ; a spot below lower angle of cell; post- 

 medial spots on veins 3*2 and 1 ; some dark points on termen. Hindwing ochre, 

 ous white, the termen slightly tinged with brown. 



Habitnt. — Punjab, Kangra Valley, 4,500' (Dudgeon). Exp. 22 mill. Type in 

 B. M. 



4366. a. Critonia holorhoda, n. sp. 



$. Head and thorax rose-pink; hind legs and abdomen ochreous. Fore- 

 wing rose-pink, the veins with slightly darker streaks denned by faint pale 

 streaks above. Hmdwing white tinged with ochreous. 



Habitat, — Ceylon, Pundaloya (Green). Exp. 30 mill. Type in B. M. 



Phycitintk. 

 Genus Nonia. Type. 



Nonia. — Rag. Rom. Mem. viii., p. 260 (1901). exiguella, 



Proboscis present ; palpi upturned, slender, reaching about vertex of head ; 

 frons smooth ; antennae of male ciliated ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair. 

 Forewing narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3*5 

 stalked, 4 absent ; 6 from below upper angle ; 9 absent ; 10-11 from cell. Hind- 

 wing with vein 2 from near angle of cell ; 3*5 stalked, 4 absent ; 6*7 from upper 

 angle, 8 anastomosing with 7 to near apex. 



4316a. Nonia taprobalis, n. sp. 

 <J. Head and thorax dark- 

 brown slightly tinged with grey ; 

 pectus, legs and abdomen grey 

 tinged with brown. Forewing dark- 

 brown mixed with some grey ; the 

 Nonia taprobalis £ f . 1st line almost medial, grey slightly 



defined by fuscous on outer side, very oblique from costa to submedian 

 fold, then inwardly oblique ; a faint discoidal point ; the 2nd line subterminal, 

 whitish, almost straight, erect ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hindwing 

 whitish tinged with brown ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia white with a brown 

 line through them. 



Habitat.— Ceylon (Alston). Exp. 12 mill. Type in B. M. 



Genus Tinestra, nov. 

 Palpi upturned and reaching well above vertex of head ; maxillary palpi 

 filiform ; antennae of female ciliated. Forewing with veins 3 and 5 from 

 angle of cell, 4 absent ; 6 from below upper angle ; 9 absent ; 10*11 from cell. 

 Hindwing with vein 2 from angle of cell, 5 from above angle, 3*4 absent ; 

 6'7 from upper angle ; 8 confluent with 7 to apex. 

 4316. a. Tinestra micralis, n. sp. 



9 . Grey tinged with brown ; palpi with the 2nd and 3rd joints banded with 

 blackish. Forewing with the basal area somewhat browner, the rest of wing 

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