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middle from base to apex, cut obliquely by one or two dark veins posteriorly, 

 and margined beneath by much blackish suffusion especially on veins 

 often with a distinct white projection downwards on transverse vein ; veins 

 from cell posteriorly marked by lines of blackish suffusion ; dorsum dotted with 

 black and white ; cilia grey somewhat mixed with ochreous-brownish. with rows 

 of white and blackish points. Hindwings grey, rather darker towards apex ; 

 cilia whitish grey, with two grey lines, 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, from November to May (Pole, de Mowbray, Alston) ; 

 seven specimens. 



Bactra truculenta. n. sp. 



^. 15-17 mm. Head and thorax pale greyish-ochreouS, somewhat mixed 

 with fuscous on sides Palpi 2, grey-whitish mixed with fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen straight, oblique ; whitish-ochreous suffusedly strigulated 

 throughout with fuscous ; costa obliquely strigulated throughout with dark 

 fuscous ; some irregular dark fuscous suffusion beneath middle of disc from 

 about I to f ; a white discal dot at §. preceded and followed by irregular longi- 

 tudinal black marks ; veins beyond cell marked by fine dark fuscous lines ; two 

 small blackish interneutral marks above tornus ; a small subtriangular subapical 

 patch of dark fuscous Suffusion, edged above with ochreous-white suffusion ; 

 some black irroration along termen : cilia pale fuscous with rows of whitish 

 points, indistinctly spotted with dark fuscous irroration. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 whitish grey, with grey subbasal line. 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in March (Newcome) ; two specimens. 

 Bactra minima, n, sp. 



^. 8-9 mm. Head and thorax pale whitish-ochreous, slightly tinged with 

 brownish. Palpi 1§, ochreous-whitish, with median band of blackish irroration, 

 abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly 

 slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, 

 oblique ; whitish ochreous slightly tinged with brownish, with scattered indis- 

 tinct dark fuscous strigulae ; costa strigulated with blackish ; undefined darker 

 spots below middle at 5 and § indicated by ochreous-f uscous suffusion or dark 

 fuscous irroration ; dorsum and termen dotted with blackish irroration : 

 cilia pale whitish ochreous, towards apex sprinkled with blackish. Hindwings 

 rather light grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish, with faint grey subbasal line. 



Barberyn Island, Ceylon, in February (Fletcher) ; two specimens. Easily 

 known by the unusually small size and short palpi. 

 Bactra tornantis, n. sp. 



^9. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, sometimes tinged 

 with brownish. Palpi 2, whitish-ochreous, with broad median band of 

 fuscous suffusion. Abdomen pale grey, Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen in ^ gently 

 rounded, in 9 nearly straight, oblique ; whitish-ochreous, more or less gener- 

 ally suffused with ferruginous-brownish, and sprinkled with dark fuscous ; 



