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suffused whitish-ochreous, margined above by an ochreous-white 

 streak from base to | of wing, and an elongate ochrcous-wbite spot 

 about I : cilia dark bronzy-fuscous. Hiiidwings and cilia dark 

 fuscous. 



N. India, Dehra Dun, November {Beeson) ; one specimen. 



Scythris commota, n. sp. 



(S . 10 mm, Head, palpi, thorax wbitisb irrorated dark grey. 

 Abdomen ligbt grey, beneath white, anal tuft wliitish. Forewings 

 elongate-lanceolate; whitish, thinly irrorated dark fuscous; 

 markings dark fuscous; moderate suffused streaks from base along 

 costa and fold to |^ ; a roundish spot on costa before middle, and 

 trapezoidal spot on dorsum o])posite ; stigmata rather large, cloudy, 

 jilical obliquely beyond first discal, resting on dorsal spot, second 

 discal forming a moderate s]jot ; a round spot near termen above 

 tornus : cilia grey, base mixed whitish. Hindwings 4 and 5 

 stalked ; grey ; cilia pale gi'eyish. 



N.W. India, Peshawar, May {Fletcher); one specimen. 



Scythris axenopa, n. sp. 



2 . 13 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish. Abdomen pule 

 greyish-ochreous, beneath whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 

 whitish, suffusedly mixed light grey towards costa on posterior 

 half ; a light grey costal streak from base to |^ ; a slight indistinct 

 inwardly oblique grey transverse streak at ^, marked with several 

 black scales on fold; an inwardly oblique ochreous-groy fascia 

 beyond middle, broadly suffused and irregular posteriorly, on 

 anterior edge with a cloudy black dot on fold followed by a white 

 dot, some scattered dark fuscous scales on lower half ; an undefined 

 grey line along termen : cilia whitish-grey-ochreous, round apex 

 whitish, some grey scales towards base. Hindwings 4 and 5 

 stalked ; grey, paler and thinly scaled towards base ; cilia whitish- 

 grey-ochreous. 



N.W. India, Peshawar, May {Fletcher) ; one specimen. A second 

 example seen, in which the dark markings are considerably reduced. 



Scythris sitarcha, n. sp. 



(S . 10 mm. Head greyish-oclireous. Palpi greyish, apex of 

 joints whitish. Thorax light greyish-ochreous tinged whitish. 

 Abdomen grey, beneath ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate ; light greyisli-ochreous ; a whitish line along fold ; 

 plical and second discal stigmata blackish : cilia light ochreous-grey, 

 round apex tinged whitish. Hindwings 4 and 5 connate ; grey ; 

 cilia light ochreous-grey. 



Kanaka, Dharwar, January {Maxwell)-^ one specimen. 



Scythrs lychnitis, n. sp. 

 c? . 14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, 



