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at base ; three short slender oblique streaks from dorsum ; three small irre- 

 gular marks above fold before these respectively ; au oblique mark beneath 

 costa before middle ; an oblique mark from costa beyond middle, and a small 

 spot beyond and beneath apex of this ; a dot on dorsum before tornus ; a 

 moderately large blackish spot on costa about £ ; a rather elongate apical spot, 

 and another on termen above tornus : cilia light ochreous, basal half orange- 

 fulvous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Khasi Hills, in March ; one specimen. 



Promalactis epistacta, n. sp. 



$9- 1*2-14 mm. Head bronzy-ochreous. Palpi very long, bronzy-orange, 

 terminal joint more or less suffused with blackish, tip white. Antennas white 

 ringed with black, ciliations in <£ 1. Thorax shining orange-bronze. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently* arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; ochreous-orange, dorsal area and a 

 patch on middle of costa suffused with ferruginous ; markings silvery-white, 

 suffusedly edged with black irroration ; two dots transversely placed almost 

 at base ; a subdorsal series of three short oblique marks ; a longitudinal dash 

 in disc near base ; two small round spots above fold, second beneath middle ; 

 a dot on dorsum before tornus, connected by blackish suffusion with second 

 of these ; a small spot on middle of costa, and another beneath and rather 

 beyond it ; a small spot at apex, one or termen above tornus, a dot between 

 these, and another on costa before apex, a small spot of blackish scales on 

 costa at £ : cilia ochreous-yellowish, basal third ochreous-orange, beneath tornus 

 grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Khasi Hills, in September ; nine specimens. 



Promolactis apintherith. n. sp. 



$ $. 14-15 mm. Head and thorax bronze. Palpi very long, fulvous, 

 terminal joint more or less suffused with blackish, tip white. Antennae white 

 ridged with black, ciliations in <£4. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded: 

 orange-ochreous almost wholly suffused with deep ferruginous ; markings 

 shining violet-white, edged with black ; median and subdorsal dots almost at 

 base ; a flne longitudinal dash in disc near base ; three fine oblique streaks from 

 dorsum to fold, first united with a reverse oblique streak in disc to 

 form an acute angle ; a dot on dorsum before tornus ; a small oblique spot oh 

 middle of costa, beneath which is sometimes a dot in disc ; three elongate marks 

 along termen, third apical and largest ; cilia light yellow-ochreous, basal half 

 ferruginous- fulvous. Hindwings and cilia dark gre,y. 



Khasi Hills, in October ; ten specimens. 



GRACILARIAD^ 



In a recent paper (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, "1907, pp. 47 — 68) I recast 

 the classification of Gracilaria and its immediate allies, and I now give an 

 arrangement of the Indian species nn the same system 



