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middle median one sixth before end of the cell, lower at one tliird before its end ; submediau 

 curved. Hind wing triangularly ovate ; costal vein straight, extending to apex ; two subcostals 

 emitted beyond end of the cell ; discoccUular concave anteriorly and angled near lower end, 

 radial from tlie angle ; two upper medians from some distance beyond end of the cell, lower 

 at one third before its end; submedian and internal vein straight. Body small; palpi 

 small, porrect, laxly squamose, second joint projecting beyond the head, tliird joint short: 

 legs squamose ; antennae setulose. 



HiCCODA DOSAROIDES, n. sp. 



Pale ochreous-ycllow : fore wing with a large quadrate dark-brown discocellular spot, a 

 costal streak above it, some speckled spots at its base, a curved duplex streak below the cell, 

 and a transverse discal sinuous pale-yellow line with brown points ; a slight brown fascia 

 below the apex ; a marginal row of brown dots : hind wing cinereous-grey. Body pale 

 ochreous. Underside ochreous-yellow, numerously covered with brown speckles. 



Expanse j^ inch. 



Ilah. Calcutta ; Bombay ; Ceylon. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



Has much the appearance of Dosara, a genus of Pyrales. 



Genus ACOXTIA, Ochs. 



ACOXTIA VIALIS, n. sp. 

 HydrcUa acontioicles, Van 'M. d. Rioy, ]\IS. 



Male and female. Pale ochreous-yellow, suffused with purplish-brown : fore wing with 

 an outer oblique wavy-bordered dark-clouded purple-brown band, which is crossed frcjm 

 the costa to posterior margin by a white waved line ; a marginal line of black and white 

 dots ; cilia purple-brown : hind wing suffused with pale purple-brown ; cilia purplish-cinereous. 

 Body ochreous-yellow ; palpi brown-speckled ; fore legs in front with brown bands. 



Expanse yf inch. 



Ilah. Dharmsala {B. Powell d- Ilockhvj) ; Darjiling [Atkinson). In coll. F. Moore, 

 Rev. H. Hocking, and Dr. Staudinger. 



Allied to A. Inda, Felder. 



Genus C HURT A, Moore. 

 Churiu, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 33'J. 



Fore wing elongated, narrow, rectangular ; costal vein extending to two thirds the 

 margin ; first subcostal emitted at one half and second at one eighth before end of the cell, 

 second trifurcate, third and fourth at equal distances from base of second, fifth from end of 

 the cell and slightly touching third at its base ; discocellular bent at its upper and lower 

 end and very convex in the middle, radials from the angles ; upper median branch from rnd 



