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tnination ; the secondary sexual characters of the $ afford easy distinctions, but 

 in the 9 the shape of wings is perhaps the most reliable guide ; in L. 

 darastrepta the forewings are broader and the terraen more obviously indented 

 than in the others. 



Gelechiad^e. 



Idiophantis melanosacta, n. sp. 



$ $. 12-13 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen whitish- 



ochreous ; terminal joint of palpi with dark fuscous lateral line; shoulders 



dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, termen with a deep 



elliptical excavation between slender acute apical and broader obtuse tornal 



prominences ; 2 and 3 long stalked, 6 absent ; whitish-ochreous ; an elongate 



blackish patch extending along costa from base to beyond middle, apex 



oblique, lower edge forming two broad subtriangular prominences reaching 



about half across wing ; two undefined blackish dots longitudinally placed in 



disc beyond middle; an angulated whitish line from f of costa to dorsum 



before tornal prominence, edged with fuscous and on costa with blackish ; a 



flue oblique parallel fuscous line beyond this on upper half ; a bronzy-metallic 



dot edged anteriorly with black on termen beneath base of excavation : cilia 



whitish-ochreous, tips whitish, within excavation with a blackish sub-basal line 



towards apex of both prominences. Hindwings grey; cilia pale grey, round 



apex with a blackish-grey sub-basal line edged with whitish-ochreous suffusion. 



N. Coorg (8,000 feet), in June ; three specimens (Newcome). 



Idiophantis chulcura, n. sp. 



ft , 15 mm. Head greyish-ochreous, face whitish-ochreous. Palpi bronzy- 

 grey, upper edge whitish-ochreous. Antennae whitish dotted with dark grey, 

 towards base lined with black, toward apex with two blackish-grey bands. 

 Thorax li b 'ht greyish-bronze. Abdomen grey, segmental margins ochreous- 

 whitish, basal half blackish-grey above. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, termen with deep elliptical excavation between slender 

 acute apical and broad rounded tornal prominence ; 2 and 3 separate, 6 

 present ; light ocbreous-fuscous, costal half suffused with dark fuscous ; plical 

 and second discal stigmata large, cloudy, dark fuscous, latter preceded by an 

 additional elongate dot ; two oblique white streaks, black-edged posteriorly, 

 from costa about \, first running to base of excavation, second to apex, apex 

 between and beyond these pale ochreous ; a black dot on base of excavation ; 

 tornal prominence bronzy-metallic, edged anteriorly with blackish at extremities, 

 and crossed by two longitudinal pale yellowish lines : cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 on termen bronzy-metallic, beneath apical prominence mixed with dark grey, at 

 apex with a triangular white mark, Hindwings blackish-grey ; cilia dark grey, 

 round apex with a blackish subbasal line edged with pale greyish-ochreous. 



Khasi Hills, in October ; one specimen. 



Idiophantis discura, n. sp. 



<£$. 13-14 mm. Head and thorax light bronzy-ochreous, face paler, 

 thorax fuscous-tinged. Palpi whitish-ochreous, anteriorly irrorated with fus- 



