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One S from Mt. iVrjnuo, J:cva (W. Doliert.y) ; four ? ? from Peuauy, May 

 1807 (Curtis). 



The hindmargiii of liiiidwings is rounded, not subaiigulate as in i-ostiynffatn. 

 The species comes close to K. auricruda Butl. = piiimbeo-'icnptii Chr. 



22. Epicosymbia conspersa sji. nov. 



FureiciH(j.-i : rufous ochrcous, the ground colour almost liiddeu by dense fascons 

 scales ; the lines greyish fuscous ; first at one-third, curved ; median sinuate and 

 slightly dentate ; these two very obscure ; outer line at five-sixths, more distinct, 

 dentate ; cel!s[iot dark, not very di.stinct ; a fine marginal line of dark scales ; fringe 

 concoiorous, with small dark dots at ends of veins. 



llimhniKjx : witli cellspot and outer line only. 



Underside pale jiinkish ochreous, unspeckled, with the outer and marginal lines, 

 cellspots, and marginal dots marked. Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face 

 and j)alpi externally reddish ; vertex and shaft of antennae white. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. 



One S from Snmba, February 1800, below 2,0oi) feet (Doherty). 



This species agrees structurally in all points with Epicosymbia, the type of 

 which is a South African species. 



23. Problepsis argentea sp. nov. 



Forewings : silvery white, sprinkled with fine black scales, witliont markings 

 of any kind. 



Ilinilivinys : the same ; the diseucellular marked with brighter metallic scales ; 

 fringes of both wings white. 



Underside white, without any black scales. Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; 

 palpi white, tinged above with rosy : forelegs internally ros}'. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



One ? from Dammcr Island, Banda Sea, Dec. 1898 (H. Kiihn). 



24. Ptychopoda comparanda si', nov. 



Forewings : pale greyish ochreons, dusted with darker ; the lines much as in 

 actiosa.ria Wlk., the inner and outer both darker on costa and inner margin ; the 

 median shade sinuate, distinct in the ?; all three lines rather thick ; cellspot small, 

 dark : a marginal row of small dark dots, placed at the edge of the wing, not, as iu 

 actiosaria, at the base of the fringe, which is concoiorous. 



Himlwings : the same, without first line ; the antemedian line iu the ? plain. 



Underside whitish : forewings with distinct dark shade close to margin, making 

 the fringe appear paler. Face dark brown ; vertex and collar brownish ; thorax 

 and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 16 — 17 mm. 



A pair from Puttalam, Ceylon. 



The tuft of the hind-tibiae is wholly ochreous ; iu semiserice'i Warr. from the 

 Khasias the inside is blackish. 



25. Ptychopoda decidua sp. nov. 



Fm-ewings : pale ochreous, without the grey suffusion that occurs iu 

 P. actiosaria Wlk. ; the lines in the same position but ninch less diffuse, the 



