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Habitat. — Kanaka, Karwar (Davidson). Exp. 24 mill. Type — in B. M. 



6'dSu. Psyche (Heylaertsia) laniata. n. sp. 



ft. Head, thorax and abdomen black-brown clothed with long hair ; anten- 

 nae with long branches to near extremity ; wings rather thickly clothed with 

 long black-brown hair-like scales. Forewing with vein 3 from before angle 

 of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7 # 8 shortly 

 stalked; 9 - 10 on a long stalk; 11 from cell. Hindwing with vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 4*5 stalked ; 6 absent. 



Larva case covered with fragments of leaves, straw, etc. 



Habitat.— Ceylon, Matale (Pole). Exp. 14 mill. Type—m B. M. 



Cossid^:. 



651c. Cossus cashmirensis is a distinct species from acronyctoides ; the 

 antennae are bipectinate with the branches long at base, whilst in the latter they 

 are nnipectinate with the branches short at base, then increase in length before 

 middle ; the former also is a larger, broader-winged insect with the markings 

 darker. 



Section III. Antennae of male thickened and laminate, but not pectinate. 



6516. Cossus FUSCIBASIS. 



651&. Cossus rufidorsia, n.sp. (PI. D, f. 5). 



ft. Head, thorax and abdomen grey-brown with a rufous tinge. Forewing 

 grey-brown thickly striated with dark-brown ; the inner area tinged with 

 rufous ; an indistinct dark line from costa beyond middle to inner margin near 

 tornus and with another indistinct line just beyond it ; an obscure irregular 

 subterrninal line furcate in places. Hindwing fuscous brown. 



Habitat. — Sikhim (Dudgeon). Exp. 36 mill. Type — in B. M. 



Genus Paracossus, nov. 

 Palpi upturned slender not quite reaching vertex of head ; antennae of male 

 bipectinate with short branches diminishing regularly to apex ; tibiae with the 

 spur short, hind tibise with two pairs. Forewing with vein 3 from before angle 

 of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below or from upper angle ; 7. 8. 9. 10 

 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hindwing with veins 3*4 from angle of cell, 5 from 

 above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 8 free. 



Section I. Forewing with vein 6 from angle of cell. 

 656&. Paracossus parva, n. sp, 



£ . Pale grey-brown ; abdomen darker dorsally. Forewing with fine dark 



striae ; the inner area tinged with reddish 

 brown; a fine black medial line slightly bent 

 outwards at median nervure below which 

 it is excurved ; an oblique line from costa 

 to upper angle of cell, then following the 

 discocellulars and with a slight fork on 

 outer side, bent inwards on median nervure 

 and angled outwards on vein 2, then 

 incurved ; a postmedial line incurved from costa to vein 4 where it is angled 



