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to apex; paliii thick, jiorrect ; second joint densely haired beneath; third short. 

 drooping, obscure; tongue present ; hind tibiae not dilated, with four spurs. Pectus 

 and liase of wings woolly. 



Keuration: forewings, cell considerably longer than half the wing; discocellular 

 concave outwardly ; first median at two-thirds, second shortl\- before, third from the 

 lower angle of cell ; radials normal ; last three subcostals stalked, first and second 

 free; tlie second close to stalk of the other three, the first remote. Ilimlwings willi 

 first, subcostal rising before upper angle ; medians as in forewings. 



Tyi»' : Drepnnojjsis ferruf/ala sp. nov. 



1114. Drepanopsis ferrug^ata s|). nov. 



Fcyrewings: brown-grey, tinged with pink anil ferruginous, and tliicklv covered 

 with flark transverse strigae ; costal area and space beyond second line ferruginous, 

 the exti'eme edge of costa yellowish ; first line very obscure, dark, at one-third, 

 curved below costa, then vertical and wavy; second line from apex of forewing to 

 below middle of inner margin of hindwing pale pinky grey, the space immediately 

 beyond ferruginous ; a black cell-spot in each wing ; fringes ferruginous ; the basal 

 area of hindwings paler. 



Abdomen concolorous with this basal area; thorax redder; collar, face, and tip 

 of palpi dark ferruginous; rest of paljii jjinkish grey; front of vertex rosy, edged 

 with white. Underside greyish ochreous, with coarse d.ark striae ; the outer line and 

 cell-spots as above ; marginal area of both wings and costa of forewings darker. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



One (? from the Khasias. 



lo-i. Hygrochroa albipuncta sp. nov. 



S . Dull fawn-grey, dusted with dark atoms, the central area tinged with ferru- 

 ginous; fir.st line at one-fifth, curved, dark fuscous; second line very diffuse, in fact 

 only indicated by the difference in shade, from costa just before apex to inner margin 

 at two-thirds, sinuous; this broad central area is tinged with ferruginous, especially 

 towards the outside beneatli the costa; discal spot dark with a pale centre, preceded 

 by one or two verv obscure small dark blotches; on the costa before the limit of the 

 central area is a small pure white tooth-shaped spot ; fringe fawn-grey, like ground- 

 colour. 



Hinchmnrjs : like forewings, but whitish in basal half; towards inner margin 

 suffused with reddish and fuscous. 



Underside like u[)per, hut the reddish tints stronger. Head, thorax, abdomen, 

 and antennae pale fawn-grey; face and palpi red-brown; legs grey, mottled with 

 reddish. 



? larger, greyer, and browner ; central area limited externally by a denticulate 

 lilac-grey line, followed by an obscure green shade ; marginal area beyond it a 

 mixture of greenish and pale lilac; the redder tinge of the c? seems to be altogether 

 absent in the ? . 



Expanse of wings : cJ, 42 mm. ; ? , 48 mm. 



Sikkim ; Khasias. 



This species comes very clo.se to Ihjijrochrod coloraUi. W'arr,, /'. Z. S. 1893. 

 p. 401. ri. XXXII. fig. 2() (described as an Ischalk), but that in.sect is much redder 

 and pah'r, ami has no toothlike while costal spot. The exterior line really rises from 



