Meyrick. — On Neiv Si^ccies of Lepidoptera. 219 



Semiocosma caustopa, n. sp. 



$ . 28mm. Head light fuscous, mixed with fuscous- 

 whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint suftusedly 

 mixed with dark fuscous, terminal joint with dark-fuscous 

 sub-hasal ring and median band. Antennae rather dark 

 fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous mixed with fuscous-whitish. 

 (Abdomen broken.) Legs dark fuscouS; ringed with whitish ; 

 posterior tibiae whitish. Forewiugs elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex rounded, hindmargin almost straight, oblique ; 

 fuscous- whitish, suffusedly mixed with fuscous and dark 

 fuscous, veins remaining pale posteriorly ; a dark-fuscous basal 

 patch, its outer edge angulated on discal tuft ; a large dark 

 fuscous trapezoidal blotch occupying whole of disc, posterior 

 edge well defined, near and parallel to hindmargin, other edges 

 suffused ; a cloudy blackish dot in disc at ^ ; a cloudy black 

 longitudinal streak from middle of disc to near apex, upper 

 edge forming a rounded projection before f of disc, posterior 

 extremity irregular, surrounded by fuscous suffusion : cilia 

 fuscous, mixed with fuscous- whitish. Hindwings fuscous- 

 whitish, posteriorly sprinkled with fuscous ; cilia fuscous- 

 whitish, suffusedly mixed with light fuscous. 



One specimen. Allied to S. apocloxa and S. i)latyi)tera. 



Semiocosma paraneura, n. sp. 



^2- 17-18mm. Head and thorax grey irrorated with 

 w^hite, thorax mixed with blackish anteriorly. Palpi white, 

 second joint irrorated with blackish, terminal joint with 

 blackish median ring. Antennae and abdomen grey. Legs 

 dark grey, irrorated with white, apex of joints white. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind- 

 margin slightly rounded, oblique ; vein 9 rising out of the 

 stalk of 7 and 8 ; grey, lineh- irrorated with whitish-ochreous, 

 and suffusedly mixed with white ; a rather broad angulated 

 white or whitish-ochreous band at J ; about five irregular 

 black dots arranged in an oval ring in disc, and sometimes 

 additional scattered black scales ; the white suffusion forms a 

 cloudy angulated line from f of costa to anal angle ; some 

 black scales tending to form dots on hindmargin and apical 

 part of costa : cilia grey, irrorated with white. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with a cloudy grey basal and faint 

 subapical line. 



Three specimens. An inconspicuous species, but not 

 closely api^roaching any other. It differs from all others of 

 the genus in having vein 9 of the forewings rising out of the 

 stalk of 7 and 8, instead of separately ; but, as it agrees in 

 all other structural characters, it is neither necessary nor 

 expedient to form a new genus for its reception. 



