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white, with a black dot beneath apex : cilia whitish, towards tornus suffused with 

 whitish-ochreous, on costa with a dark fuscous basal streak edged with 

 ochreous, beneath subapical dot with a small crimson spot followed by some 

 silvery scales. Hindwings f , cilia 4 ; light grey, thinly scaled anteriorly ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, at apex with a blackish-grey subapical bar. 

 Khasi Hills, in September ; one specimen. 

 Thiotricha chrysantha, n. sp. 



$. 11 mm. Head and antennae ochreous- whitish. Palpi yellowish, anterior 

 edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Thorax orange-ochreous. Abdomen 

 blackish-grey. Forewings elongate, very narrow, gradually narrowed from near 

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

 separate ; deep ochreous-yellow, suffused with orange-red on margins of dark 

 markings ; two pairs of very oblique dark fuscous streaks from costa and 

 dorsum near base and before middle respectively, each pair meeting at a very 

 acute angle, first connected with second in disc by dark fuscous suffusion, 

 angle of second extended as a blackish line to termen beneath apex ; two white 

 dorsal blotches between and beyond these streaks respectively, second followed 

 by a dot of dark fuscous suffusion ; an oblique blackish wedgeshaped mark 

 from costa at J, edged with pink: cilia dark grey, on costa ochreous-yellowish 

 with a black basal line, on termen with basal half light crimson edged with pale 

 golden-metallic. Hindwings f , cilia 4 ; blackish-grey, thinly scaled towards 

 base ; cilia blackish-grey. 

 Khasi Hills, in June ; one specimen. 

 Thiotricha pteropis, n. sp. 



$ . 8 — 10 mm. Head, palpi, antennas, thorax, and abdomen pale whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa posteriorly slightly arched, 

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

 ochreous-white or whitish-ochreous ; an elongate rounded-triangular leaden- 

 grey spoc finely edged with blackish extending along termen from tornus to 

 apex, broadest anteriorly ; an oblique blackish line from f of costa running 

 into this before apex ; a small triangular ochreous-brown costal mark before 

 apex, meeting apex of terminal spot ; a round black apical dot : cilia light 

 greyish, beneath apex orange at base, round apex with two short blackish lines. 

 Hindwings ■§. cilia 5 ; grey ; cilia light greyish. 



Khasi Hills, in July and September ; Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March (Pole) 

 three specimens. 



Thiotricha galenoea, n. sp. 



9. 16 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, and thorax shining ochreous-white, 

 anterior edge of terminal joint of palpi grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, very narrow, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 6 and 9 separate ; shining ochreous-white ; an indistinct grey very acutely 

 angulated transverse line about f, not reaching either margin ; some grey 

 suffusion towards termen ; a white almost marginal line along posterior part of 

 costa and termen, at apex preceded by an orange dot and followed by a black 

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