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Subfamily AS('( »TINAE. 



75. Alcis (?) fuscibrunnea sp- nov. 



ForcAiyiiKjs : dull brownish wood-colour, suft'used with dingy fuscous anil blackish ; 

 the markings indistinct; first line at one-third, outwardly curved and wavy to iiuier 

 margin at one-fourth, where it is more distinct and geminated ; second line from 

 two-thirds of costa, wavy and slightly dentate to inner margin in the middle, here 

 appearing geminated like the first ; submarginal line very faint, but edged internally 

 by a brown dentate shade ; traces of a dusky fuscous suffusion beyond second line oppo- 

 site the cell, and a dark brown triangular blotch on the hindmargin below the apex. 



Hindtvings : the same, but the first line not visible, and the second only on the 

 inner half of the wing. 



Head, tliorax, and abdomen dark fuscous ; anal segment of abdomen i)ale. L'uder- 

 side dingy grey, with dull fuscous markings ; the cell-spots black and distinct, but 

 small. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



A good series from Newcastle, Jamaica. 



Fovea absent ; 10 and 11 stalked, 11 auustuniosing with 12. and Id coimeclcd by 

 bar with stem of 8 and 9, just after the origin of 7. 



7fi. Alcis orbifer sp. nov. 



Forermwjs : pale reddish fuscous, with dark fuscous atoms and suffusion ; costa 

 irregularly black marked ; the origin of the lines indicated by spots at one-third, one- 

 half, and two-thirds ; subterminal line pale, denticulated, with darker scaling on 

 either side ; exterior line indicated only by black vein-dashes; base of wing dusted 

 with blackish ; no distinct cell-spot ; fringe concolorous, with elongated black .spots 

 along the base. 



Ilinchvings : with a broad straight diffuse line near base ; a large rountl discal 

 spot, followed by a broad curved blackish second line, which approximates to first 

 line on inner margin ; a large irregular black patch at apex, and another smaller at 

 anal angle, leaving the middle of the marginal space paler, like the disc ; submarginal 

 line pale, denticulated, indistinct ; fringe as in forewings. 



Head and thorax concolorous ; abdomen much markeil witli fuscous ; face blackish. 

 Underside dull cinereous, with fuscous markings; outer line clearly denticulate on 

 both wings. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



Several from the Khasias. 



77. Alois squamosa sp. nov. 



c?. Forewimjs : dull fuscous, speckled with lighter and darker -rales, which give 

 the insect a rough appearance ; fovea large and prominent ; costa sijeckled with black, 

 and the lines blackish, but ill-defined ; first at one-third, curved, and marked more on 

 the veins; exterior at (wo-thirds, from a dark coslal spul, denticulate, but marked 

 chiefly on the veins ; a curved central line between them, passing over I he largish 

 but ill-defined blackish discal spot; submarginal pale, indistinct, preceded on co.sta 

 and opposite cell by blacker patches, and again at anal angle, where the line itself 



