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Anticrates asterias, n. sp. 



£ . 16 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark fnscous ; 

 palpi with several white dots ; antennae with a shining white subbasal mark 

 above. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 sinuate, oblique ; 2 from before angle, 3 and 4 approximated, 7 — 9 separate ; 

 dark fuscous tinged with bronze, strewn throughout with numerous pale violet- 

 blue-metallic dark-edged dots, tending to form transverse series, especially 

 two angulated series beyond middle, and one along termen: cilia light ochreous- 

 yellow, basal half bronzy-fuscous, towards *,ornus more blackish. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous, cilia whitish-fuscous basal half dark fuscous. 



Khasi Hills, in June ; one specimen. 



Tineid^e. 



Dacryphanes, n. g. 



Head with loosely appressed hairs ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennae 

 i, in $ moderately ciliated (1), basal joint short, without pecten. Labia! 

 palpi moderately long, curved, ascending, thickened with dense scales, second 

 joint rough beneath, with an exterior series of projecting bristles, terminal 

 joint rather short, obtuse. Maxillary palpi several-jointed, folded. Posterior 

 tibiae with appressed scales. Forewing with 1 b furcate, 2 from near angle, 

 7 to apex, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia \ ; 3 and 



4 approximated at base, 5 — 7 parallel. 



Intermediate in some respects between Tinea and Setomorpha. 



Dacryphanes cyanastra, n. sp. 



$ $. I0-I8 mm. Head and palpi dark ochreous-fuscous. Antennae, thorax, 

 and abdomen dark fuscous. Anterior legs spotted with silvery-white. Fore- 

 wings elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous ; six indeterminate groups 

 of blue-metallic or violet-metallic dots, sometimes surrounded by an indefinite 

 cloudy paler suffusion, viz., basal, towards costa before middle, towards middle 

 of dorsum, towards costa about f, tornal, and apical: cilia rather dark ochreous- 

 fuscous. Hindwings rather dark bronzy-fuscous, darker towards apex ; cilia 

 fuscous, with dark fuscous basal line. Forewings in $ beneath with expan- 

 sible subcostal fringe of hairs before middle. 



Khasi Hills, in July and August; twenty specimens. 



Struthisca mysteris, n. sp. 



$ 19-22 mm., $ 28-32 mm. Head light ochreous-yellowish, lower part of 

 face dark fuscous. Palpi very short, loosely scaled, fuscous. Antennae fus- 

 cous, basal joint pale yellowish, pectinations in $ 12. Thorax light fuscous. 

 Abdomen light greyish-ochreous, Forewings elongate, in £ moderate, in $ 

 narrower, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 



5 absent, 8 and 9 stalked; pale fuscous, with scattered cloudy dark fuscous 

 strigulae ; these cause obscure indications of a cloudy dark transverse mark 

 from disc before middle to dorsum, preceded by faint pale suffusion : cilia 



