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Acompsia vinolenta, n. sp. 



J. 8 mm. Head whitish. Palpi whitish, second and terminal 

 joints each with two rings of dark fuscous irroration. Thorax 

 whitish, shoulders with a grey spot. Abdomen pale grcj'ish. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded ; pale yellowish ; markings 

 grey, or rosy-purplish suftusedly irrorated grey ; an irregular fascia 

 from base of costa to ^ of dorsum, connected by a bar with base of 

 dorsum, a black dot on its posterior edge near costa ; a somewhat 

 broader fascia from ^ of costa to tornus, plical stigma forming a 

 black dot on its anterior edge, first discal rather obliquely beyond 

 plical on its posterior edge, a small blackish dot on anterior edge 

 towards costa ; a subtriangular patch extending along costa from 

 before middle to | ; a narrow irregular almost terminal fascia from 

 tornal end of preceding fascia to costa just before apex ; some 

 scattered black scales on termen towards apex : cilia grey- whitish, 

 several very faint fine greyish lines. Hindwings somewhat 

 under 1, parallel-sided, nearly four times as long as broad, cilia 2 ; 

 grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish ; 3-5 closely approximated 

 at base. 



EoMBAY, Khandesh, November, December {Maxwell) ; two speci- 

 mens. Extremely similar to the South African eodri/as, but 

 smaller, distinguished by whitish head and thorax, and different 

 form of hindwings, which in eoJri/as are only three times as long 

 as broad, margins less straight, cilia not much over 1. 



Atasthalistis hieropla, n. sp. 



c? . 19 mm. Head, thorax blackish, a yellow- whitish blotch on 

 shoulder. Palpi blackish, terminal joint whitish towards apex. 

 Antennal ciliations 1. Abdomen blackish-grey, anal tuft pale 

 reddish-grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, faintly sinuate towards middle, apex obtuse, termen hardly 

 rounded, somewhat oblique ; purple-blackish ; a rather broad 

 whitish-yellow streak just below costa from base, somewhat 

 sinuate away from costa beyond middle, and terminating on costa 

 at I ; beyond this a white niarginal line running round costa and 

 termen to tornus, twice interrupted on costa : cilia orange, tips 

 light ochreous-yellow, a tine black basal line. Hindwings bright 

 deep orange : cilia orange, apical half light yellow. 



Fur, Natova, xipril (VeitcJi); one specimen. Ty[)e in British 

 Museum. Intermediate in character between ptjrocosma and 

 tricolor, but quite distinct. 



Dichonieris leucothicta, n. sp. 



S . 20 mm. Head light pinkish-grey, upper orbital scales 

 whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, tuft of second joint moderate, 

 triangular, apical edge white, terminal joint longer, rosy-whitisli, 

 anterior edge with some blackish scales. Thorax rosy-brownish. 



