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8ubmedian fold from base to beyond middle ; a white spot in cell and streaks 

 between veins and along dorsum ard termen more or less developed, very 

 variable in extent and sometimes partially confluent : cilia pale whitish- 

 ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with fuscous. Hindwings ochreous-whitish, 

 tinged or finely sprinkled with pale fuscous ; cilia ochreous-whitish, sometimes 

 sprinkled with pale fuscous. 



Puttalam, Ceylon, in October; five specimens (Pole). 



Mrlasina isopeda, n. sp. 



ft. 2 ; '-26 mm. Head fuscous-whitish mixed with fuscous. Palpi mode- 

 rate, fuscous, apex fuscous-whitish. Antenna? ochreous-whitish, pectinations 

 8. Thorax fuscous mixed with fuscous-whitish. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely round- 

 ed ; 8-10 approximated ; whitish-fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous, and 

 strewn with nr.merous small cloudy dark fuscous dots, sometimes coalescing 

 to form longitudinal streaks in disc and between veins posteriorly ; a larger 

 dark fuscous dot in disc at § : cilia fuscous-whitish with two fuscous shades. 

 Hindwings pale fuscous ; cilia fuscous-whitish, with light fuscous subbasal 

 line. 



Cu Idapah, Palni Hills (6,000 feet), and Bombay, in May and June ; four 



specimens (Campbell). 



Melasma pericrossa, n. sp. 



ft . 24-27 mm. Head and palpi fuscous mixed with dark fuscous, palpi 

 moderate. Antennae whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, pectina- 

 tions 6. Thorax fuscous mixed with white snd dark fuscous. Abdomen light 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round- 

 ed, t rmen obliquely rouniied ; 8-10 approximated ; fuscous, irrorated with dark 

 fuscous, costa and dorsum except basal third, and termen suffused with white 

 and str gulated with dark fuscous, costa posteriorly spotted with dark fuscous; 

 a broad dark fuscous submedian suffusion from base to f , interrupted by a 

 whitish spot before middle ; an undefined discal spot of whitish suffusion at f, 

 followed by a spot of dark fuscous suffusion ; a series of undefined spots of 

 dark fuscous suffusion preceding a suffused white terminal streak : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish indistinctly barred with fuscous, with a dark fuscous s ibbasal 

 line. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, with fuscous sub-basal 

 line. 



Sikkim (GOO feet), in May ; three specimens (Dudgeon). 



Me aaina anasuclis, n. sp. 



ft 'i8-M ram,, 9 •"'0 mm. Head pale brownish -ochreous, crown sometimes 

 suffused with blackish-fuscous. Palpi moderate, dark fuscous, apex whitish- 

 ochreous. Antenna? pale ochreous, pectinations in ft 5. Thorax pale brown- 

 ish-o ;hreous, suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous and blackish, especially 

 o i sides, with posterior crest. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, much 

 more bo in 9. costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 secondary cell very small or in 9 absent, 9 and 10 rising from it on a moderately 



