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Caccecia operosa, n. sp. 



£ $. 11-14 mm. Head and thorax light brown. Palpi moderate, porrected 

 light ochreous, externally mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae in $ shortly 

 ciliated. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft of $ wbitish-ochreous mixed with 

 fuscous. Forewings suboblong, costa in $ bent before middle, nearly straight 

 posteriorly, in $ tolerably evenly arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, 

 rather oblique, costal fold in $ strong, extending from base to near middle ; 

 light brown or brownish-ochreous, sometimes slightly reddish-tinged, obscurely 

 strigulated with darker, sometimes sprinkled or strigulated with blackish ; 

 central fascia dark fuscous, more or less mixed with deep ferruginous and black, 

 narrow on upper half, dilated near dorsum and followed on lower half by an 

 undefined cloudy darker suffusion ; costal patch flattened- triangular, dark 

 fuscous, mixed with blackish ; usually a spot or striga of deep ferruginous and 

 blackish scales towards termen above tornus : cilia pale ochreous, beneath 

 tornus fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Maskeliya, Madulsima, Diyatalawa, Ceylon (Pole, Vaughan, Fletcher, de 

 Mowbray) ; Nilgiris (Andrewes) ; in August. October, and from January to 

 May : twenty-five specimens. 



Caccecia translucida, n. sp. 



£. 13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale brownish-ochreous much mixed 

 with black, palpi moderate, porrected. Antennae moderately biciliated with 

 fascicles. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings suboblong, costa anteriorly 

 moderately arched, posteriorly almost straight, apex obtuse, termen rather 

 obliquely rounded, costal fold narrow, extending from base to beyond J ; pale 

 brownish-ochreous, irregularly mixed with blackish, especially towards base ; 

 central fascia and entire area beyond it except a costal spot beyond middle 

 ferruginous-brown mixed with fuscous and dark fuscous : cilia brown mixed with 

 dark fuscous, towards tornus mixed with whitish-ochreous. Hindwings white, 

 irrorated with dark fuscous towards base, costa, and dorsum : a dark fuscous 

 terminal band, broader towards apex, its anterior edge irregular : cilia fuscous- 

 whitish, with dark fuscous basal line, 



Kashmir. 8,000 feet, in June (Nurse) : one specimen. 



Dicellitis, n. g. 



Palpi curved, ascending, second joint dilated with rather rough scales, terminal 

 joint rather short, obtuse. Thorax crested. Forewings with 3 and 4 stalked 

 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 rather 

 approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Dicellitis nigrilula, n. sp. 



9. 15-17 mm. Head dark fuscous. Palpi grey. Thorax pale brownish- 

 ochreous, crest blackish-fuscous. Abdomen light grey. Forewings suboblong, 

 costa anteriorly moderately, posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, termen sub- 

 sinuate, somewhat oblique ; pale yeliowish-ochreous, suffusedly strigulated with 

 light brow r nish ; a dark fuscous spot on dorsum at ^ ; central fascia brownish, ill- 

 defined except on costal edge where it is dark fuscous and moderately broad, 



