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9. Microbelia curvinota sjiec. nov. 



Foir/rl/ii/ : ophreons, witli five snlir|uadrate lirowii costal jiatolios, tlie commence- 

 ment of fasciae which in and lielow tlie cell hoconic black-bmwn ; costal edije dotted 

 light and dark ; the pale intervals lietween the hands each traversed by a brown line, 

 that beyond the second band palest and most prominent ; the third and fourth bauds 

 unite to form a Y-sha])ed mark ; the fifth becomes black and is bent round at right 

 angles to margin at vein 4 : veins towards margin fnlvons, the intervals with 

 vertical brown-black striae ; fringe ochreous, chequered with black beyond veins 

 below middle, and at vein 7. 



Hindwing : with basal third pale straw-colour or whitish, with a brown-black 

 band near base and limited by another running from above anal angle to niidwing, 

 followed by a dark fulvous mark at anal angle ; rest of wing paler, as in forewing. 



Underside with all the tints, both pale and dark, much brighter and clearer. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen, fulvous ochreous ; metathorax and anal half of 

 dorsum black-brown ; palpi and legs ochreous. 



? with the markings fulvous brown instead of black, except the ))pnt mark to 

 middle of hindmargin ; the jiale costal s[iaces dotted black and white ; hindwing 

 with base more largely pale, the basal band being slender; head, thorax, and 

 abdomen rich fulvous. 



Expanse of wings : c? 2il mm. ; ? 20 mm. 



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li'. Pharambara basalis sjiec. nov. 



Forewing : whitish ochreous with pale red-brown reticulations ; the markings 

 dark chestnut ; basal two-fifths deep chestnut edged by a vertical line ; an 

 interrupted postmedian fascia formed by a dependent bar from costa and a bifurcate 

 mark from before anal angle ; hindmargin narrowly chestnut-brown, with obliipie 

 Y-shaped streaks running into it ; costal area brown, with pale rounded intervals 

 dotted with dark on costal edge ; all the dark markings more or less connected 

 laterally along subcostal vein and inner margin ; in the paler spaces the veins 

 are jiale reddish ; fringe pale ochreons with brown mottling. 



Himhrimj : with three brown bands near base running into inner margin, the 

 third broad and double ; the hindmargin red-brown, with two mcn-e, partially double, 

 streaks running into it, with single lines between. 



Underside the same, with the dark brown markings all clearer, and with some 

 bluish silvery scales along subcostal area. 



Head and thorax grey-brown ; abdomen brown, the anal tuft of cf ochreous ; 

 face deep brown ; i)alpi and forelegs deep brown with the joints pale; antennae 

 annnlated lirown and ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : S 18 mm.; ? 22 mm. 



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11. Siculodes fumiceps spec. nov. 

 Foreiviny : white, traversed by numerous contorted bronzy grey lines and 

 reticulations, which cut up the white ground into rounded siwts or blotches of irregular 

 size and shape : costal edge minutely dotted with dark ; subcostal vein with white 

 spots alternating with bronzy-grey intervals ; some short oblique lines along hind- 

 margin running out grev into the white fringe. 



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