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ochreous-yellow ; a dark fuscous basal median dot ; a moderate oblique fuscous 

 fascia from near costa at \ to middle of dorsum ; a round fuscous blotch resting 

 on dorsum before tornus and reaching | across wing ; a triangular patch of 

 fuscous suffusion resting on termen : cilia ochreous-yellow. Hindwings with 3 

 present in $, stalked with 4, 6 to termen ; pale whitish-yellowish ; in $ basal 

 half mostly occupied by a patch of modified brownish scales, including a long 

 expansible pencil of brown hairs from base in a submedian groove ; cilia whitish- 

 yellowish. 



Palni Hills (6,000 feet) ; two specimens (Campbell). 



Timyra hippastis, n. sp. 



* <j) , io — 12 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish, face whitish. Palpi whitish- 

 yellowish, alike in both sexes. Antennae white ringed with fuscous, basal joint 

 simple. Thorax whitish, more or less suffused with yellow-ochreous. Abdomen 

 in $ dark grey, in $ ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, posterior tibia? 

 and basal joint of tarsi clothed with long rough whitish scales mixed with fuscous, 

 tibiae with median and apical tufts tipped with black. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; 5 absent, 7 to apex ; in $ ochreous-yellow, in $ white more or less 

 suffused with ochreous-yellow, especially on margins ; a small deep yellow basal 

 patch, in $ containing a large tuft of raised scales ; broad deep ochreous-yellow 

 or yellow-brown fasciae before middle and about f , confluent on dorsum ; apex 

 deep yellow or yellow-brown: cilia pale yellowish, towards tornus more or less 

 infuscated. Hindwings with 3 present in $, 6 to apex ; in $ dark grey, with 

 submedian streak thinly scaled and yellowish-tinged, cilia grey ; in 9 whitish, 

 cilia yellow-whitish. 



Khasi Hills, from June to September ; twelve specimens. 



Tingentera, Walk. 



I believe this generic name should be adopted for the genus which I have 

 hitherto called Tipha, Walk. 



Tiiigentera ecliptica, n. sp. 



ft. 17 mm. Head and thorax shining bronze. Palpi dark metallic leaden- 

 grey, mixed with yellowish towards base, second joint broadly dilated with dense 

 scales above and beneath and internally excavated so as to be spoonshaped, ter- 

 minal joint concealed. Antennae dark grey with whitish median band, basal 

 joint with slight anterior scale-projection. Abdomen pale shining grey, anal 

 tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs orange -yellowish, anterior femora and tibiae dark 

 grey, middle tibiae with dark grey apical spot, posterior tibiae and three basal 

 joints of tarsi with rough projecting scales above. Forewings elongate, pos- 

 teriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; lower margin of cell approximated to dorsum, 2 widely remote, 3 

 and 4 stalked from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 8 to apex ; dark purplish-fuscous, 

 posteriorly broadly suffused with metallic-bronze ; a deep fiery orange band 

 occupying basal § of wing except a very small basa.l patch, posterior edge 

 concave, emitting a narrow subdorsal projection to beyond middle ; in middle 

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