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cous. Antennae pale grey, above dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewinga elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 termen with a deep elliptical excavation between slender pointed apical and 

 broad obtuse tornal prominence ; 2 and 3 separate, 6 present ; fuscous ; a 

 strongly-curved light leaden-bluish dark-edged line from f of costa to dorsum 

 before tornal prominence, more or less obscurely margined with ochreous 

 anteriorly ; apical and tornal prominences, beyond this light ochreous-yellow, 

 with a grey-whitish streak along upper part of apical prominence, and 

 some black suffusion towards middle of termen : cilia bronzy-fuscous, at base 

 of excavation and on lower side of tornal prominence light ochreous-yellow. 

 Hindwings grey; in ft beneath with a furrow along lower margin of cell, 

 covered with a fringe of long hairs ; cilia grey, on upper half of termen 

 whitish-yellowish, round apex with dark fuscous subbasal line. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon ; in February and September, three specimens (de Mow- 

 bray, Alston). 



Idiophantis hemiphcea, n. sp. 



ftQ. 13-16 mm. Head pale ochreous, face whitish-ochreous. Palpi light 

 silvery-grey. Antenaae ochreous- whitish, on basal half with a blackish line 

 above, towards apex with three narrow dark fuscous bands. Thorax pale 

 ochreous, anteriorly suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous 

 sprinkle 1 with grey. Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 termen with a deep circular excavation between slender acute apical and 

 broader obtuse tornal prominence ; 2 and 3 separate, 6 present ; pale 

 ochreous, costal half from base to posterior streaks suffused with rather dark 

 fuscous, darkest towards base; two fine oblique whitish posteriorly black- 

 edged streaks, first meeting a very undefined erect line of pale bronzy-metallic 

 and blackish scales from dorsum before tornal prominence, second running 

 into apex ; tornal prominence beyond this line suffused with coppery-metallic 

 on margins ; a black dot at base of excavation : cilia whitish-ochreous, on 

 termen metallic bronze with two undefined dark fuscous lines, above apex 

 with a triangular white black-edged mark. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish- 

 ochreous or whitish -fuscous, round apex with a blackish subbasal line. 



Khasi Hills, from April to October ; twenty specimens. 



Idiophantis atoica, n. sp. 



ft. 15-16 mm. Head and thorax light bronzy-ochreous, face whitish-ochre- 

 ous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, anterior edge white margined with blackish lines. 

 Antennae whitish lined with blackish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous suffused with 

 grey. Korewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, termen semicir- 

 cularly concave beneath produced pointed apex, tornus rounded-prominent ; 2 

 and 3 separate, 6 present ; pale ochreous, irregularly tinged with fuscous ; a 

 cloudy dark fuscous subdorsal dot at \ ; stigmata blackish, plical represented 

 by two transversely placed dots enclosed in fuscous suffusion, second discal by 

 two transversely placed dots, an additional dot midway between lower of these 

 and upper plical ; an oblique white line from | of costa, edged with black on 



