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oclireous irrorated dark fuscous, more or le^s suffused whitish in 

 disc ; ))hickish dots beneath costa near base and before J-, and 

 beneath fold at i ; stigmata black, plical obliquely before first 

 discal ; cloudy dark fuscous dots along costa posteriorly and 

 termen : cilia light greyish-ochreous, round apex paler and spotted 

 basally fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Assam, Khasis, March, August, September ; three specimens. 



Aristotelia resinosa, n. sp. 



5 . 12 mm. Head indigo -purple-fuscous, sides of crown 

 ochreous. Palpi purple-fuscous, apex of second joint, and u])ex and 

 subbasal ring of terminal i»ale ochreous. Thorax deep fuscous-jiuvple. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; 

 6 separate ; deep fuscous-purple ; dorsal edge shortly ochreoiis- 

 yellow near base ; a slender ochreous-yellow streak mixed 

 ferruginous-brown along fold throughout ; a blackish dot on lower 

 edge of this at i of wing, and one beneath costa before 5, finely 

 edged yellowish posteriorly; stigmata black, plical obliquely before 

 first discal, discal connected by a slender ochreous-yellow streak 

 continued along termen to apex ; two or three small undefined 

 yellowish dots on costa posteiiorly : cilia grey, at apex an ochreous- 

 yellow bar. Hindwings and cilia grey. 

 Assam, Khasis, May ; one specimen. 



Aristotelia argodecta, n. sp. 



cJ . 7 mm. Head, palpi, thorax brown, face whitish. AnteniiBe 

 dark fuscous, irregularly dotted white. Abdomen light grey, anal 

 tuft whitisli-ochreous. Forewings narrow, parallel-sided, short- 

 pointed ; separate ; brown ; narrow transverse white spots from 

 dorsum at ^ and tornus, and from costa beyond these at -| and 4 ; 

 plical and first discal stigmata represented by cloudy dark fuscous 

 marks following first dorsal and costal spots respectively, second 

 discal by a dark fuscous dot following apex of tornal spot and finely 

 white-edged posteriorly : several minute Avhitc marginal dots round 

 apex : cilia grey, at apex tips wiiitish. Hindwings and cilia rather 

 dark fuscous. 



Ceylon, Diyatalawa, July (Fletcher) \ one specimen. 



Aristotelia ingravata, n. sp. 



J . 9 mm. Head, thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders blackish. 

 Palpi white, basal g of second joint blackish. Abdomen grey- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 6 separate ; pale 

 ochreous or whitish-ochreous ; a thick black finely whitish-speckled 

 costal streak from base to j-, occupying nearly half of wing, its 

 lower edge with prominences before middle of wing and near 

 extremity probably indicating discal stigmata; some black 

 irroration along upper part of termen to apex : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, a few black specks towards base. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. 



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