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costa, angulated opposite terminal concavity and continued obsoletely to near 

 tornus ; a white dark-edged line from costa beyond this running to apex ; some 

 blackish suffusion on termen towards middle : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, on 

 termen tipped with grey, beneath apex with a black basal line, towards middle 

 of termen with a bronzy-metallic basal spot. Hindwhgs grey, paler towards 

 base ; cilia pale grey, round apex whitish with a black subbasal line. 



Palni Hills, Gooty; two specimens (Campbell). 



Anorthosia sandycitis, n. sp. 



$$. 18-19 mm Head fuscous. Palpi fuscous, second joint becoming 

 ochreous-brown anteriorly, expansible hairs sprinkled with whitish, terminal 

 joint whitish, anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennae greyish, spotted with 

 dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous, in $ with two red dorsal marks. Abdomen 

 rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated 

 posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, rather 

 oblique ; glossy fuscous, markings blood-red ; an oblique mark near base ; six 

 small spots in disc arranged in three pairs, and a seventh between and above 

 second and third pairs ; a dot on dorsum towards tornus, sometimes united 

 with third pair to form a curved bar ; a narrow streak along costa from \ to 

 ■|, thence continued as a transverse streak to tornus ; a blackish line along 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia yellow-ochreous, beneath tornus 

 fuscous. Hindwings grey, in $ rather darker ; cilia grey, round apex and upper 

 half of termen suffused with pale yellow-ochreous, with grey subbasal shade. 



Khasi Hills, in June and September ; Kandy, Ceylon, in April (Green) ; six 

 specimens. 



Xyloryctid^e. 



Ptochoryctis simbleuta, n. sp. 



ft 9 • 11-17 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, and abdomen white; 

 antennal pectinations in ft short, grey ; thorax usually with a few blackish 

 scales ; abdomen broadly banded with ferruginous. Forewings suboblong, 

 moderate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly rounded, rather 

 oblique ; white, with some irregularly scattered black scales, especially in disc ; 

 a patch of cloudy fuscous suffusion extending from disc beyond middle to 

 tornus ; a prsemarginal series of black dots from | of costa to tornus : cilia 

 white, with fine black median line, apical third grey except above apex and on 

 tornus Hindwings pale grey ; cilia white, with a faint grey median line. 



Gazepore, Assam, in March and April ; eight specimens bred (Antram). 

 Larva brick-red ; feeds beneath a web covered with refuse and pieces of 

 bark, on bark of shoots of tea-plant (Theu), eating right through to the 

 cambium, and thus killing the branch or plant (Antram). 



CEcophorid^e. 



Blastobasis decolor, n. sp. 



ft $ . 11-15 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, irrorated with fuscous except at apex of joints, terminal joint in ft 

 stout, tolerably obtuse. Antennse greyish-ochreous, basal joint whitish" 



