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distinct and forming an oblique patch reaching half across wing ; two black 

 dots resting on termen below middle ; apex ochreous-tinged : cilia light bluish- 

 grey, with black basal line. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia light grey, with 

 dark fuscous subbasal Hue edged with whitish. 



Barberyn Island, Ceylon : in February ; one specimen (Fletcher). 

 Laspeyresia hemidoxa, n. sp. 



$ $ . 11-12 mm. Head yellow mixed with blackish. Palpi yellow, with 

 some black scales in middle of second joint. Thorax yellow irrorated with 

 blackish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa moderately 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, rather oblique ; deep coppery- 

 orange or orange-red ; basal half yellow strigulated with black, limited by a 

 thick dark purplish-leaden transverse streak not reaching costa, its posterior 

 edge very irregular ; posterior half of costa with pairs of obscure whitish 

 strigulse separated with black ; a dark purplish-leaden streak from middle of 

 costa to near termen beneath apex, thence abruptly curved and continued near 

 terra nn to tornus ; four small dark purplish-leaden spots beneath costa 

 posteriorly ; space between stria and median streak strewn with irregular dark 

 purplish-leaden marks ; a row of irregular blackish dots before termen : cilia 

 ochreous-yellow, irregularly barred with dark leaden-grey, and with a dark 

 leaden-grey basal line. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish, suffused, 

 with pale grey towards apex and tornus, with dark grey basal line. 

 Khasi Hills, in September ; four specimens. 

 Laspeyresia. endrosias, n. sp. 



$ 9- 10-13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, closely irrorated 

 with pale greyish -ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewing elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely 

 rounded, sinuate beneath apex ; dark fuscous, basal area as far as a line run- 

 ning from ^ of costa to tornus finely irrorated with pale greyish-ochreous ; re- 

 mainder of wing crossed by irregular curved partly confluent ferruginous-fulvous 

 lines, rising from numerous very fine paired oblique whitish costal strigulse, and 

 three bluish-leaden lines, third running to termen beneath apex ; between the 

 first two metallic lines towards tornus the ground-colour appears as a transverse 

 series of four blackish dots or very short dashes : cilia leaden-grey, with black 

 basal line. Hindwings grey, with whitish-grey suffusion in middle of disc, and 

 broad blackish terminal band ; cilia whitish-grey, with blackish basal line. 

 Khasi Hills, in June and July ; eight specimens. 

 Laspeyresia chelias, n. sp. 



£. 11 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous, face and palpi whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen little oblique, rounded, sinuate beneath apex and rather prominent 

 in middle purplish-fuscous, with prismatic reflections ; posterior half of costa 

 with several paira of minute whitish strigulae, and two ppproximated 

 triangular ochreous-white spots immediately before apex ; a bluish-leaden line 

 from middle of costa obliquely to disc near middle of termen, thence obtusely 

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