128 EIOTIO MICROLEPIDOPTKRA, 



Semnostoma poecilopa, n. sp. 



c5' $ . 13 mm. Head white. Palpi wliitc, basal g of second 

 joint dark fuscous, terminal joint with two dark fuscous bands. 

 Thorax pale brassy-yellow sufFusedly striped fuscous, with narrow 

 indistinct dorsal and subdorsal white stripes. Abdomen fuscous. 

 Forewinjis very narrow, widest near base, thence somewhat 

 narrowed, apex slenderly caudate-produced, termen beneath this 

 obliquely rounded; dark fuscous, tips of scales whitish, forming a 

 line striation ; basal area suft'usedly streaked or spotted brassy- 

 yellow ; an oblique white spot beneath fold at | ; an oblicjue white 

 streak from middle of dorsum to fold, followed bj' a patch of brassy- 

 yellow suffusion ; a white dot or mark beneath middle of costa, 

 and three or four in disc beyond middle ; an elongate white spot in 

 disc at |, separated by a blackish mark from an elongate white 

 mark beneath it ; a white wedgeshaped spot on tornus ; a white 

 posteriorly finely leaden-metallic-edged oblique line from |- of costa 

 to ternien, sometimes interrupted in middle ; a black siibapical 

 elongate dot, above whicli are two small white marks ; lower edge 

 of apical projection white : cilia grey, two projecting dark fuscous 

 hooks from above apex, beneatli apex a metallic-grey basal patch 

 and blackish basal line (imj)erfect). Hindwiugs grey, paler and 

 bluish towards base ; cilia light grey. 



Assam, Khasis, June to September ; three specimens. 



Semnostoma barathrota, n. sp. 



J . 14 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi white, second joint 

 dark fuscous except apex, anterior edge of terminal dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grej', anal tuft ochreous-whitish, Forewings narrowly 

 elongate-lanceolate, apex produced, acute ; dark fuscous ; a whitish 

 blotch along basal fourth of dorsum ; a grey-whitisli blotch, white 

 on anterior edge, extending along posterior half of dorsum and 

 termen to near apex, widest above tornus, where it reaches | across 

 wing, including a fine black longitudinal line in disc in posterior 

 portion, its posterior end occupied by a blotch of grey suffusion ; an 

 oblique blue-Ieaden-metallic line from i of costa to just beyond 

 this blotch ; apical area beyond this brownish, with three whitish 

 costal dots separated by dark fuscous, last edging a black praeapical 

 dot : cilia light greyish-ochreous, t\\ o projecting dark fuscous hooks 

 from above apex, beneath apex a mot;illic-grey basal bar edged 

 posteriorly black. Hind wings bluish-grey ; cilia light ochreous- 

 grey. 



Assam, Khasis, September; one specimen. 



Semnostoma scatebrosa, n. sp. 



$. 12 mm. Head white. Palpi white, basal half of second 

 joint fuscous, anterior edge of terminal joint black. Thorax whitish 

 faintly tinged brown. Abdomen light grey. Forewings very 

 narrow, widest near base, thence somewhat narrowed, apex 



