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rather narrow, costa gentlj' arclied, apex roiindod-obtiise, tcrnieii 

 sliglitly rounded, nearly vertical ; 2 and 3 stalked ; wliitish- 

 ocbreoiis : cilia concolorous. llindwings rather light grey ; cilia 

 wliitish-ochreoiis, with taint tuscous subbasal shade. 

 BcKMA, Rangoon; one specimen. 



Agriophara halarcta, u. sp. 



(5. 26 mm. Head, i)aliii, and thorax dark brown, tinged with 

 purple and s])rinkled with pale ochreous. Antennal ciliations 2. 

 i^bcloinen whitish-grey, anal tuft ochreous-whilieh. Porewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen 

 rounded, little oblicjue; brown, irrorated with pale ochreous and 

 dark brown ; an irregular basal patch of purple suffusion except 

 towards costa ; some purple suffusion in middle of disc, followed 

 by a very undefined blotch of liglit ochreous suffusion, beyond 

 which is an angulated fascia of ])urple suHusiou running very near 

 posterior part of costa and termen to before tornus : cilia brown 

 mixed with paler. Hindwings and cilia whitish-fuscous. 



Madagascar, Antananarivo ; one specimen. 



NEOSPASTIS, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts spreading; ocelli small, 

 inferior; tongue developed. Antennae |, in J strongly ciliated, 

 basal joint moderately stout, without pecten. Labial i)alpi long, 

 n curved, second joint reaching base of antennae, thickened with 

 a]>pressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, moderate, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, ajipressed to tongue. 

 Anterior tibite short, tarsi as long as tibiae, stout, scaled ; posterior 

 tibiie clothed with rough hairscales above. Furewings with 1 h 

 furcate, 2 from angle, 2-5 a})proximated, 7 to apex or termen 

 (indelinite), 11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, ovate, cilia \ ; 

 6-b sejjarate, approximated, and 7 connate or stalked, 8 some- 

 what sinuate, upper margin of cell curved upwards and approxi- 

 mated or appressed to 8 near before angle. 



Type encri/phias Meyr. ; includes also ichnaea Meyr., and the 

 following species. 



Neospastis calpidias, n. sp. 



1^. 23 mm. Head whitish-grey, face white. Palpi white, 

 second joint infuscated. Antennal ciliations 2|. Thorax pale 

 grey. Abdomen grey-whitish, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings eloMgate-oblong, costa anteriorly moderately, posteriorly 

 slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, little 

 obliq\ie ; white, dorsal | suffused with pale fuscous; costal edge 

 dark grey at base ; plical and second discal stigmata dark fuscous ; 

 two oblique transverse series of little-defined dots or groups of 

 fuscous scales, first from ^ of costa traversing plical stigma to apex 

 of an irregular-trapezoidal dark iuscous blotch in middle of dorsum, 

 second very obli(]ue and strongly curved round in disc to apex of a 



