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fuscous, marked near the anal angle by transverse spots and strigae. The primaries 

 and secondaries on the underside are pale fuscous. Along the lower edge of the cell 

 of the primaries there are ranged three fascicles of raised hairs, and the cell is pro- 

 fusely clothed with raised scales ; beyond the end of the cell are two pale oval marks. 

 The secondaries at the end of the cell have a pale lunate mark margined with dark 

 grey, and there are traces of an interrupted median band of dark brown spots. 



Expanse : 35 — 40 mm. 



Described from five males. 



This insect has been assigned (in litt.) to the genus Therrtieaia by Sir George 

 Hampson, who in writing to me adds in his notes the words " subgenus novum." 

 The insect differs structurally from any species of Thermesm known to me, and at 

 a glance separates itself from all others by the very peculiar squamulation of the 

 lowerside of the primaries and secondaries and the large tufts of hair projecting from 

 the lower margin of the upper areole. The neuration is also widely different. The 

 facies of the insect is wholly unthermesiid. 



Genus THERMESIA Hiibner. 

 249. T. lichenea sp. nov. 



(?. Body brown on the upperside, pale chestnut brown on the lowerside; legs 

 reddish ; tarsi ringed with white. The primaries on the upperside are rich reddish 

 brown, crossed by indistinct median, submedian, and submarginal dark brown bands, 

 accentuated on the interspaces by minute grey dots ; at the end of the cell, covering 

 its extremity and extending over the region of the median and radial nervules, is a 

 large, oval, sharply defined, glaucous spot, marked at the origin of vein 5 by a small 

 black dot ; above this oval spot are two small triangular spots of the same colour ; 

 the apex of the wing and the base are a trifle paler than the rest of the wing, being 

 tinged with ochraceous. The secondaries on the upperside have the anterior half 

 fuscous ; the inner half, especially in the region of the anal angle is tinged with rich 

 brown, of the same tint as that of the primaries ; a number of minute spots and strigae 

 adorn this portion of the wing. On the underside the wings are fuscous, tinged with 

 reddish ochraceous at the base and on the costae. The primaries are traversed by an 

 indistinct median band, followed by an even less distinct submarginal transverse band. 

 The secondaries have a distinct circular black spot at the end of the cell, the median 

 and submarginal transverse bands being more distinct on this wing than on the 

 primaries. 



Expanse : 40 mm. 



The type is unique. 



250. T. bolinoides Guenee, Nod. III. p. 358. 

 251. T. creberrima Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. XV. p. 1574. 



Genus ISCHYA Hiibner. 



252. I. manlia (Cramer), Pap. Exof. I. t. 92. f. A. 



One specimen. 



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