190 EXOTIC MICROr.EPIDOPTKRA, 



apical part of costa : cilia white. Hindwings light grey, along 

 dorsum wliitish-ochreous ; cilia pale grey, round dorsinn whitish- 

 oclireous. 



Kashmir, 0000 feet, May (Nurse) ; one specimen. 



Aetherastis circulata, n. sp. 



J. 18 mm. Head, palpi white. Thorax white, three black dots 

 anteriorly: Abdomen whitish, f orewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique; ; 

 white tinged blue, strewn with scattered black scales except 

 towards base ; black median and subdorsal dots very near base, and 

 three others in a slightly curved transverse series at i : cilia 

 white, basal half yellow- ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia white, 

 basal tliird yellow-oehreous. 



Travancokb, Trivandrum, bred in May from larva on Eu<jenia 

 jamholana [Myrtaceoi) [Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Gymnogramma atmocycla, n. sp. 



(S . 26-32 mm. Head white. Palpi dark grey, towards apex 

 and beneath white. Thorax white, dorsal area whitish-oclireous, a 

 grey spot on each side behind collar. Abdomen wliitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly rather dilated, costa gently arched, 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; 2 and 3 

 stalked ; snow-white ; costal edge grey on basal third, forming a 

 small greyish spot at base ; about ten roundish light greyish- 

 ochreous spots, viz. two rather large near base above middle and ou 

 dorsum, three smaller variably confluent towards costa at 5, one 

 rather large above dorsum at 4, one in disc before middle, one 

 towards costa in middle, one in disc beyond middle, and one larger 

 oblique resting on dorsum before tornus ; two faint pale greyish- 

 ochreous cloudy dots towards apex, and three near termen below 

 middle : cilia white. Hindwings and cilia white. 



French Congo, Ubangi ; two specimens. Allied to nicemosa. 



Lactura heliantha, n. sp. 



J 5 . 33-36 mm. Head pale yellow, posterior edge and a 

 longitudinal stripe on crown orange-r(d, collar margined all round 

 orange-red. Antennce, palpi orange-red. Thorax i)ale yellow, a 

 median stripe furcate posteriorly and margins of patagia orange-red. 

 Abdomen reddish-orange, in S clothed with shaggy hairs, in $ 

 with appressed scales. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex rounded obtuse, termen rounded, oblique ; 7 and 8 

 separate; pale yellow, markings orange-red; a streak along dorsum, 

 series of interrupted longitudinal streaks in basal and dorsal areas, 

 an irregular loop running round outside of cell, a loop within 

 posterior part of cell, a series of streaks between veins 2-11 not 

 quite reaching margin, and short marks on extremities of veins; 

 an irregular streak crossing these markings from middle of costa to 



