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inwarJs ou veins 1 and :! ; ii, limulate submargiaal line before apex, interrupted 

 iind approximated to outer double line below middle : a broader sinuous line 

 from apex to anal augle and an interrupted marginal line, swollen at veins 3 and 4 : 

 till' last three lines are all interrupted below tiie middle by tlie broad jia.le brown 

 veins ; extreme liindmargin dark brown ; fringe brown, varied with paler, and 

 with a whitish sjx)t beyond vein 4. 



Ilituliriiigg : with the ground colour ereamy white ; a large grey-brown cell- 

 spot : the inner margin at base greyish brown ; tliree sinuated postmcdian brown 

 lines, the ontertuost the broadest ; two submarghial lines, the first narrow, the 

 second formi'd of brown lunnles ; the paler brown marginal area with a small 

 i)bli(pie white streak at ai)ex, and two white marginal spots between veins 3 and 4 : 

 marginal line blackish bniwn : fringe brownish. 



Underside moi'e ochreons, with the markings all rcpr.jdui'.eil, and in some cases 

 darker and more concise : cellspot of forewings blackish, obliipie, touching the 

 tirst double line. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish ochrcous ; the patagia and 

 imter side of palpi brown ; forelegs brown, sp:)tted with ochrcous. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



One (J, one ?, marked simjily " China." 



Subfamily DEILINIINAE. 



34. Chloroctenis similis Warr., Xov. Zool. V. p. 42. 



Tlie 6 of ('. similis, which 1 liave now seen, has, as was anticipated, pectinated 

 antennae: and the hind-tibiae are like those of Aplocklova, not thickened, with 

 two pairs of fine sliarp spurs. The S is sliglitly smaller than tlie ? , -4 mm. 

 instead of 2() mm. 



3."i. Heterostegane semifasciata sp. nov. 



I'ori'iriiiijs : pale sti'aw-culour, witli fine brown speckles : first line obliipiely 

 curved, at one-fonrtli ; second from two-thirds of costa to middle of inner margin, 

 sinuous, marked above middle only by brown spots on the veins, below middle 

 defined by a broad brown fascia reaching to submarginal line, its outer edge being 

 continued to the costa before apex, forming a bidentate mark beyond cell and 

 another below costa ; submarginal line itself ill-defined, and followed by a few 

 brown clouds : marginal spots brown : fringe straw-colour. 



Hiudtciiiys : similar. 



Underside wholly straw-colour, mottled witli dull lirownisli. Head, tliorax, 

 and abdomen straw-colour. 



Expanse of wings : 3>i mm. 



One J from Kayeli. l>uru, March ISUT (Doherty). 



The single specimen has unfortnnately been exposed to mould and wear, and 

 the basal area of forewings and marginal area of hindwings are rendered therel)y 

 obscure. The antennae are armed with very short and fine fascicles of cilia. 



Subfamily ASCOTINAE. 



:'><i. Alois nigricuneata sp. nov. 



roreiriiigx : gri'y, tinged with rufous, and finely striated witii black ; the 

 losta with lilack strigulations ; the lines black, starting from Idack costal sjiots ; 



