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of whitish strigulse, whence proceed obscure short purple-leaden strigse, 'those 

 from third and fifth pairs crossing wing, angulated in middle, forming margins 

 of ocellus ; three short black dashes in ocellus, diminishing in length down- 

 wards : cilia fuscous irrorated with fuscous-whitish. Hindwings fuscous, 

 dorsal area broadly sprinkled with black ; cilia whitish-fuscous. 



Surat, in October ; one specimen (MaxwelbLefroy). Larva tunnels stems of 

 Crotalareajuncea (Maxwell-Lefroy). Very similar to L. tricentra, but distinct by 

 the sexual characters of posterior legs and hindwings. 



Laspeyresia pti/chora, n. sp. 



$ $. 12-15 mm. Head and thorax fuscous sprinkled with whitish -ochreous. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, slightly sprinkled with fuscous. Abdomen grey, slight- 

 ly sprinkled with black. Fore wings elongate, not dilated, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate beneath apex, hardly oblique, rounded 

 beneath ; dark fuscous, finely irrorated with ochreous-whitish except to v. ards 

 costa posteriorly ; costa throughout with nine pairs of whitish strigulse, last six 

 giving rise to short oblique leaden-metallic streaks, seventh running to termen 

 beneath apex ; ocellus margined laterally by leaden-metallic streaks, and con- 

 taining three elongate black dots : cilia dark fuscous, irrorated with ochreous- 

 whitish. Hindwings grey ; in £ a very slender submedian hair-pencil from 

 base, followed by a few dark grey scales, dorsal area rather broadly strewn 

 blackish-grey scales, dorsal edge and cilia recurved upwards to form a pockrt ; 

 cilia light grey. 



N. Courg (3,000 feet), in August (Newcome) ; Madulsima, Ceylon, in Novem- 

 ber (Vaughan) ; six specimens. Also very close to L. tricentra ; the hindwings 

 have black scales as in L. pseudonectis, and dorsal pocket as in L, parastr^pta. 



Laspeyresia parastrepta, n. sp. 



£ $ . 12-13 mm. flead and thorax dark fuscous irrorated with whitish- 

 ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous sprinkled with grey, terminal joint grey 

 above. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings rather elongate, moderately broad, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly oblique, "ather abruptly 

 indented beneath apex ; dark fuscous, irrorated with whitish-ochreous ; seven 

 pairs of oblique whitish costal strigulae, followed by three single strigulse 

 towards apex, third to seventh pairs emitting oblique blue-leaden metallic 

 streaks, sixth very short, seventh running to termen be> e.ith apex, prseapical 

 strigula terminating in a blue-leaden-metallic dot; two oblique blue-laden 

 met dlic lines from dorsum ne;ir middle, converging upwards and nearly reach- 

 ing streak of fifth pair of costal strigulse ; ocellus margined laterally by strong 

 blue-leaden-metallic streaks, and containing three elongate black dot- resting 

 on posterior tdge : cilia dark grey, towards base grey-whitish, with a blackish 

 basal line. Hindwings in $ with dorsal margin and cilia curved upwards 

 so as to form a groove or pocket ; dark fuscous, becoming blackish-fuscous 

 posteriorly ; cilia grey, with dark fuscous basal line, extreme tips white. 



Khasi Hills, in September; twenty-five specimens. Very similar to L, 

 tricentra ; this group of cbsely allied species requires much care in deter- 



