44 EXOTIC MlCKOLKriDOPTKn.V. 



I'liscated. Abflonieii oclireous, posterior half suffused with dark 

 grey. Forowiiigs very narrowly elongate-lanceolate; liglit ochre- 

 OLis, with Bonio scattered dark brown scales, basal area in one 

 siieeimen suffused Avith fuscous irroration ; a more or less marked 

 narrow streak of dark fuscous suffusion along costa from base to 

 about middle ; plical stigma large, elongale, dark fuscous, in middle 

 of wing, second discal small or sometimes hardly indicated; a more 

 or less developed streak or elongate patcli of dark brown suffusion 

 along termen, costal edge towards apex sometimes also suffused with 

 dark brown : cilia yellow-ochreous. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia fuscous, round apex of wing more or less suffused with palo 

 ochreous. 



Assam, Khasis, fi-om July to September ; seven specimens. 



Cholotis pachnodes, n. ap. 



(5 2 ' '''^ ™™* Head, palpi, and thorax dark violet-fuscous 

 sprinkled with whitish. Abdomen grey. Eorewiiigs lanceolate ; 

 dark violet-fuscous, slightly and irregularly speckled with whitish ; 

 stigmata sometimes perceptible as small dark spots edged with 

 this whitish speckling, plical slightly beyond first discal. but 

 sometimes obsolete ; the w^hilish speckling seems to form a faint 

 an<iulated transverse shade at | : cilia grey, base mixed with 

 darker and speckled with whitish. Hindwdugs 5, grey ; cilia light 

 grey. 



Bengal, Pusa, bi'ed in May from larva feeding in twigs of 

 Tamarix gaUica (Fletcher) ; three specimens. The iSouth African 

 jnilverata is very similar but larger, and the first discal stigma 

 when visible is well beyond plical, the other stigmata more distinct 

 than in pachnodes. 



Cholotis archaica, u. sp. 



(J . 15 mm. Head and thorax glossy dark violet-fuscous. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, tips grey-whitish. Antennae dark fuscous, 

 apical fourth whitish. Abdomen grey. Forewings narrowlj' elon- 

 gate-lanceolate ; 6 and 7 out of 8 ; dark violet-fuscous ; plical 

 stigma elongate, blackish, second discal minute: cilia violet-grey, 

 round apex sprinkled Avith grey-whitish. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in August {Pole) ; one specimen. 



Anatrachyntis hemipelta, n. sp. 



J. 10 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, second joint lighter, somewhat rough beneath, terminal 

 joint somewhat thickened with scales, apex whitish. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate; dark fuscous; 

 a very short oblique white strigula from slightly before middle of 

 costa; rather oblique- indistinct whitish streaks from dorsum at j 

 and |, not reaching half across wing ; a conspicuous large semioval 

 Avhitc spot on costa at ^, and a small angular spot on termen 



