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Expanse of wings : If) mm. 



Two cJ 6 and one ? from the Khasias. 



Distingnished by the smooth silky snrface and rnddy fringe. 



In one c?, which I name ab. rasa, all the dark markings are wanting, except 

 the cell-spots ; the lines can be faintly seen in certain lights, the whole of the wings 

 appearing pearly olive ; neither fringe nor costa is rufous. 



55. Ptychopoda inobtrusa sp. nov. 



Forewings : bone-colonr, with faint ochreons suffnsion, and the lines ochreons 

 but very indistinct ; antemedian, median, postmedian, and two snbmargiual, these 

 last broader, Inunlate, aud more visible ; a minute dark cell-dot ; fringe pale, with 

 very minute specks beyond the vein-ends. 



Ilindwmgs : the same, without first line. 



Underside similar, but rather deeper-coloured. Face and palpi brown-black ; 

 vertex, thorax, and abdomen bone-colour ; collar more ochreons. 



Expanse of wings : 13 mm. 



One S from Warri, Niger Coast Protectorate, .June 1897 (Dr. Rotli). 



The hindtibiae and tarsi wholly covered with ochreons hairs. 



56. Ptychopoda scintillans sp. nov. 



Foreivings : yellowish ochreons, tinged with pale rufous ; the costa rufous ; the 

 lines pale, without rufous atoms ; inner line obsolete ; outer line at two-thirds, 

 starting from a pale co.stal spot, curved parallel to hindmargiu, with a slight sinus 

 inwards be3'oud cell ; submarginal line similar, with a sinus on the submedian fold 

 as well as beyond cell ; a series of marginal pale spaces between the veins ; fringe 

 rufous ochreons, with a darker basal line. 



Hinihvings : similar ; the pale lines and sjjots less distinct. 



Underside without markings. Face and palpi brown : thorax and abdomen 

 ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 15 mm. 



One (? from Coomooboolaroo, Dawson district, Queensland, dated September 1st, 

 1890 (in the Barnard Collection). 



The upper surface of the wings is glistening ; antennae sharply but minutely 

 serrate, with fine cilia ; hindlegs wanting ; veins 6 and 7 of hindwings stalked. 



57. Ptychopoda submaculata sp. nov. 



Foreioings : sandy ochreons; the lines pale ferruginous, crenulate ; first at one- 

 fourth; second median, passing over the black cell-spot, and approaching first line on 

 inner margin; exterior at two-thirds, slightly incurved below middle; snbterminal at 

 five-sixths, thickened above cell, and with a darker brown bilnnulate projection below 

 it; submarginal line close to hindmargin, along which is a row of black dots; fringe 

 concolorous. 



Hindwings : similar, but the lines all less distinct, and the snbterminal not 

 blotched. 



Underside pale ochreons, rather darker along costa of forewiug. Face and 

 palpi brown; thorax and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 17 mm. 



One ? from Warri, Niger Coast I'rotectorate, September 1897 (Dr. lloth). 



