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Subfamily TEPHROCLYSTIINAE. 



27. Tephroclystia nigrilinea sp. nov. 



Forexvings : shining grey, witli numerous wiued blackish "cross lines ; three or 

 lour in the basal area ; three close together in and beyond middle ; these latter 

 excurved beyond cell, followed by a thick slightly curved black line, bent above 

 inner margin ; marginal area beyond it rather darker, with se\eral wavy lines ; the 

 submarginal finely paler ; fringe grey, with a fine black marginal line at the base ; 

 cell-spot distinct, black, on the first of the three central lines. 



Hindwinfjs : grey, with three basal lines, one central and darker, and sevend 

 marginal. 



Underside paler, with the same lines. Head, thorax, and abdomen all grey, the 

 last with a distinct black lateral streak. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



One ? from Kasauli, August 1893. 



28. Tephroclystia tenuisquama sp. no\-. 



Forewings : thinlj' scaled, dull pinkish ochreous, dusted witli gre3- and blackish 

 atoms ; the veins with black linear dashes in places ; cell-spot blackish, with distinct 

 raised scales ; basal markings indistinct ; an antemedian line angled below co.sta ; 

 another line just beyond middle, strongly angled opposite the cell, then sharply 

 oblique inwards, and vei'tical to inner margin ; the space between these two lines 

 rather darker; a postmedian dark augulated fascia edged on either side by a pale 

 fascia, each with a dark line along its centre; marginal area dark grey, with the sub- 

 marginal line distinctly paler and line; fringe mottled pale and dark ochreous, witli a 

 darker basal line. 



HindiL'ings : with the whole costal half pale, without markings; the inner 

 margin with alternate dark grey and ochreous fasciae. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey. Underside whitish ochreous, with the 

 markings indicated; the cell-spots and marginal dark line distinct. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



Three ? ? from Darjiling, ]\Iarch and Ajiril fPilclirr /«/.). 



Resembling the European T. abbrevlatn. 



Subfamily DEILINIINAE. 



29. Parasynegia (?) rufinervis sp. nov. 



Forewings : yellow, with coarse ferruginous orange mottlings; costa at liase dark 

 brown ; first line at one-fourth, thick, brown-black, curved and slightly indented in 

 middle ; second line at two-thirds, thick, parallel to hindmargin ; submarginal .sinuous, 

 denoted by fuscous ferruginous patches ; a similar-coloured cloud between veins 3 

 and 4 from outer line to hindmargin ; veins all orange-ferruginous ; the third 

 median brown, and the upper radial with a brown mark towanls liindmargin ; disco- 

 cellular orange, with a small dark dot in middle; fringe yellow, with tine orange 

 basal line. 



Ilindtvings : similar; the dark central line slightly bent ; the basal fringe-lino 

 rust-coloured. 



Face, palpi, head, thorax, and abdomen yellow, mottled with orange; collar 

 yellow, with brown-black edge. Underside similar, but paler and duller. 



