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ruaikod also ou uiulersurface : cilia dark fuscous, with a white costal spot, 



on posterioi* fascia, Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Khasis, from May to September ; ten specimens. Differs from all others I y 



the exceptionally enlarged anal valves of ^ , which are not conspicuous in any 



other species ; distinguished also from all the nearly allied species by the 



combination of median lino reaching base, and apical line reduced to a short, 

 white dash, 



Cosmopteryx artemklora, n. sp. 



$. 8 — 9 mm. Head dark shining bronze, crown with three fine violet-white 



Jines, face silvery. Palpi white lined with black. Antenna; blackish, lined 

 with white, four apical joints white, then five black, one white, one black, two 

 white. Thorax dark shining bronze, with three fine violet-white lines. Ab- 

 domen bronzy- fuscous, dorsally tinged with orange, apex whitish-ochicous. 

 Posterior tibia; blackish, with white median and apical rings, and a silvery ring 

 between these. Forewings narrowly lanceolate, apex narrowly long- produced, 

 caudate ; blackish ; dorsal edge white towards base ; a short fine oblique 

 white subcostal line before :j, and very short fine white median and subdorsal 

 dashes beneath its posterior extremity ; a broad orange transverse postmediaii 

 band, margined anteriorly by an almost vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia 

 followed above middle by a black dot, and posteriorly by two violet-golden - 

 metallic slightly oblique spots, edged anteriorly with a few black scales, lower 

 considerably anterior but placed so that it would touch upper if produced, 

 orange colour projecting between but not beyond these ; a short snow-white 

 line in apical cilia, marked also on undersurface : cilia dark fuscous, with a 

 white costal spot on posterior edge of band. Hindwings and cilia dark 

 fuscous, 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in October and November (Newcome) ; two specimens. 

 Distinguished by the entire absence of the apical line, except in cilia. 

 Cosmopieryx catharacvia, n. sp. 



^$. 7 — 8 mm. Head dark shining bronze, crown with three fine white 

 lines, face pale bronzy. Palpi white lined with black. Antennai blackish, 

 dotted and towards base lined with white, four apical joints white, tfleu five 

 blackish, one white, one blackish, one white. Thorax dark shining bronze, 

 with three fine white lines. Abdomen bronzy-fuscous, dorsally suffused with 

 orange. Posterior tibia) black with white median and apical rings, and a silvery 

 wiongly divided metallic ring between these. Forewings very narrowly lanceo- 

 late, apex narrowly long-produced, caudate ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; dorsal edge 

 silvery-white near base ; a transverse series of three very short silvery-white 

 dashes before 4, subcostal oblique : a l)road orange transverse postmedian band, 

 margined anteriorly by a vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia, and posteriorly 

 by two violet-golden-metallic transverse spots edged anteriorly with a few black 

 scales, lower spot wholly anterior to upper, so that if produced it would cross 

 ■wing without touching it, between these an irregular projection of the orange 



1 colour extends round lower spot to dorsum; a short silvery- metallic dash midway 

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