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at middle and f, first narrow, second broader, sometimes not reaching dorsum 

 often connected by a line in disc ; a small spot or bar just before apex : cilia 

 grey. Hindwings |, cilia 6 ; light grey, darker in 9, thinly scaled towards base, 

 cilia grey. 



Khasi Hills, from August to December and in March ; thirty specimens. 



Thiotricha grammitis, n. sp. 



£9- 10 — 11mm. Head, palpi and antennae ochreous-white. Thorax and 

 abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, very narrow, apex strongly pro- 

 duced, acute, termen oblique ; 6 separate, 9 out of 7 ; pale whitish-ochreous ; an 

 elongate black dot beneath costa near base ; sometimes a dark fuscous dot 

 beneath costa at § ; a short inwardly oblique blackish mark from costa at f ; 

 disc and dorsum obscurely streaked with fuscous suffusion ; a dark fuscous 

 dot above dorsum at ^ and an oblique dark fuscous mark from dorsum at §, 

 both sometimes almost obsolete ; four longitudinal dark fuscous lines on pos- 

 terior half of wing, first and third converging to near apex, second terminating 

 at f, fourth running to tornus, between third and fourth an acutely inwards 

 angulated line running from termen to § and back to termen ; a silvery spot 

 on termen beneath apex : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, on costa with a blackish 

 basal line, at apex with two dark grey bars beyond middle, on termen with basal 

 half ochreous-yello wish edged externally with a thick violet-silvery-metallic mark. 

 Hindwings |, cilia 3 ; grey, thinly scaled towards base ; cilia pale greyish. 



Khasi Hills, in December and March ; three specimens. 



Thiotricha scotaea, n. sp. 



9- 13 mm. Head and thorax bronzy-fuscous, face pale shining grey. Palpi 

 grey-whitish. Antennae grey. Abdomen bronzy-grey. Forewings elongate, 

 very narrow, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 6 

 separate, 9 out of 7 ; rather dark purplish-fuscous ; an oblique fuscous-whitish 

 mark towards apex ; two minute whitish dots on costa near apex ; a blackish 

 apical dot, edged posteriorly with a few whitish scales: cilia pale fuscous, on 

 costa with a dark fuscous shade. Hindwings £, cilia 3 ; rather dark grey, thinly 

 scaled in disc ; cilia grey, at apex with a dark grey postmedian line. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in June ; one specimen (Pole). 



Thiotricha rhodopa, n. sp. 



£. 11 mm. Head, palpi and antennae ochreous-whitish, anterior edge of 

 terminal joint of palpi finely dark fuscous. Thorax and abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, gradually narrowed from near base, 

 apex pointed, termen sinuate, very oblique ; 6 and 9 apparently separate ; 

 whitish-ochreous ; base of costa slenderly blackish ; a dark fuscous streak 

 at first thick but rapidly attenuated rising from dorsum near base and 

 running in a curve near costa to disc at | and a similar less curved streak 

 from middle of dorsum, posteriorly coincident with first ; between and beyond 

 these dorsal half of wing is mainly occupied by two white blotches ; an 

 acutely inwards angulated dark fuscous mark above tornus, and a longitudinal 

 mark beneath costa opposite it ; apical area beyond these mostly suffused with 



