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ringed dark grey, eiliations U. Thorax deep l)roiiz('. Abdumeii 

 grey. Forewin^s elongate-lanceolate ; sliiniiig light oran-e, costal 

 edge and ba?al third tinged grey, markings shining white, edged 

 with scattered blackish scales; a fine straight streak from base of 

 costa to I of dorsum ; a slender straight oblitiiie streak from i of 

 costa to beyond middle of dorsum; a subtriangular somewhat 

 inwards-oblique spot from costa at .^, its apex confiucnt with 

 that of a similar somewhat outwards-oblit[ue grey si)ot from dorsum 

 rather anterior to it ; a violet-grey apical spot sprinkled blackish : 

 cilia light orange-yellowish, towards tornus and above apex grey. 

 Hindwings light grey, towards base whitish ; cilia pale grey. 

 Ceylon, probably low levels ; one specimen. Nearest syncUna. 



Promalactis cornigera, n, Bp. 



$.12 mm. Head, thorax ochreous-orange, shoulders infuscated. 

 Palpi ochreous-yellowish, terminal joint yellow-whitish, with 

 subapical ring and incomplete internal line blackish. Antennae 

 black ringed white.. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, widest before middle, costa gently arched, apex tolerably 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; deep orange ; basal 

 third of costa more or less sixifused fuscous ; an elongate-trapezoidal 

 blotch of black scales with white bases extending on dorsum from i 

 to beyond middle and reaching i across wing, upper angles produced 

 in somewhat diverging strigae edged externally with white to 

 beyond middle of wing; a transverse spot of similar scales on costa 

 before |, and a small spot on tornus opposite, connected by one or 

 two irregular lines ; some black scales round apical margin : cilia 

 light orange, deeper towards base. Hindwings lanceolate, rather 

 dark grey ; 6 present ; cilia light grey. 



KuMAON, Almora, 6000 feet, bred in August from Pinus longifoha 

 (?bark or wood) {Beeson); three specimens. 



Borkhausenia practicodes, u. sp. 



S $. 17-18 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen ochreous-whitish. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, anteriorly mixed grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arclied, apex pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded; pale whitish-ochreous, with a few scattered 

 dark fuscous specks, sometimes partially tinged grey between veins, 

 especially towards costa; discal stigmata black, remote, an 

 additional dot between and rather above these, rather nearer tirst ; 

 a marginal series of black dots round posterior part of costa and 

 termen: cilia pale whitish-ochreous. Hindwings pale ochreous- 

 grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Madagascar, Antananarivo ; four specimens. Allied to S. African 

 galactaea. 



Borkhausenia gypsopleura Turn. 



This species (of which 1 have an example kindly communicated 

 by Dr. Turner) has the whole faco enlarged into a strong rounded 



