( llt» ) 



central fascia are coii.spiL'nously blackish, the inside being shaded with browD. 

 Hindwiiigs grey, with a single postmediaa augiilated line marked by dark vein- 

 dashes. Head and thorax jiiiikish grey ; abdomen pinkish grey speckled with 

 brown ; tlie crests lilackish ; the basal segment wjiitisli, t.iie second black-brown. 

 One S from the Nilgiris, S. India. 



:i-. Tephroclystia semicaesia sp. uov. 



Foicirinyf : dnll purplish grey for basal two-thirds, except a ]>ale brownish 

 ochreous streak from base below median vein extending into the base of cell ; 

 inner edge of central fascia angled at the median vein ; outer edge curved, from 

 two-tliirds of costa to twn-thirds of inner margin, bluntly bent below costa : the 

 fascia itself crossed by several darker slightly waved lines and containing a dark 

 t-ellsjwt, succeeded by a broad \^a^<i band with an oclireous central line ; marginal 

 area pale brown, becoming jmrplish grey beyond the pale waved submarginal line, 

 with a paler (iblii|ue streak towards ajjex : marginal line black, interrupted })y 

 l)ale vein-dots, which are more developed towards apex ; fringe ])nrj)lish grey with 

 a pale basal line. 



llindwirniH : wholly purplish grey, witii a dark cellsjxit and traces of pale 

 antemedian, pnstmedian, and submarginal lines. 



Underside dull purplisli grey, with all the markings indistinct : the postmediaa 

 band paler. Head and abdomen grey ; patagia ochreons. 



Expanse of wings : 23 mm. 



One i from Beyrout, Syria. 



I cannot refer this insect to any known si)ecies. 



8uBFA5riLY HYDRIOMBNINAE. 

 Paralygris gen. nov. 



A joint development of Diactinia and Li/<jris ; superficially the typical sjjecies 

 is marvellously like 1>. <leh'cta : but the forewings of the S have a long jiencil 

 of yellowish white hairs along the subiuedian vein beneatli, which is wanting in 

 the species of Diactinia, and in addition tlie antennae of the S are shortly and 

 stoutly bipectinated, whereby the genus is at once separated from Lygris. The 

 neuration does not vary ; the areole of forewings is double ; the discocel hilar of 

 the liindwings oblique and the radial from its centre. 



Type : Paialijipix i-ontortK sp. nov. 



:i:!. Paralygris contorta s]i. nov. 



K(tMi-(imn ilclrcta Leach, Aim. Muy. -V. //. l.S'.iT. ji. •">•)•") (iiei: l>utler). 



Foreu-inqs : dark brown ; the lines creamy wliite ; first line from one-fourth 

 of costa to near middle of inner margin, bluntly rounded in cell and slender : 

 two antemedian lines close together, the outer one broader and rising from one-third 

 of costa, the inner from below costa, both running obliquely to the submedian fold 

 at middle of wing, where they are joined by a tine line which, rising from one-third 

 of inner margin, crosses the tirst line and follows the submedian fold ; a similar 

 double line from two-thirds of costa — the outer arm in this case rising below it — 

 bent inwards, and lunulate below middle to inner margin before anal angle, 

 absorbing the otlier tliree lines on the submedian fold, and emitting a sharj) tooth 



