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Thorax whitish sprinkled dark fuscous, shoulders with a dark 

 fuscous spot. Abdomen i)alo grej', anal tuft ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewinj;s elongate-la iiccolato, acute ; 3 present, i) and 10 separate ; 

 whitish, spiinkled dark fuscnns, tending to form iransverse st rise ; 

 markings dark fuscous ; a blotch on base of costa, and a sjjot near 

 dorsum at :j ; a somewhat obli(]ue fascia t'lom ,] of costa to fold ; 

 a rather irregular fascia from j| of costa to tornus ; a small spot on 

 costa beyond this, one at apex, and two or three on tcrmen : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, basal half sprinkled dark fuscous. Hiudwings 

 3 present, 6 and 7 approximated ; pale grey ; cilia whitish-grey- 

 ochreous. 



KuMAOX, Bhim Tal, 5000-GOUO feet, May {Maxwell) ; two 

 specimens, 



Demobrotis alludens, n. sp. 



J. 7 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, tip pale whitish-ochreous. .Forewings lanceolate ; 

 3 absent, 9 and 10 stalked; pale whitish-ochreous, irregularly 

 marbled fulvous-ochreous ; several strigulse and extreme edge on 

 anterior half of costa irrorated black : cilia ochreous-whitish, 

 sprinkled dark fuscous specks. Hindwings 3 absent, G and 7 

 stalked; ochreous-whitish tinged grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Cetlon, ^laskeliya, February (Pole) ; one specimen. 



Demobrotis isoploca, n. sp. 



$. 7 mm. Head fuscous-whitish. Palpi whitish. Thorax 

 white, somewhat sprinkled fuscous. Abdomen whitish-grcj*. Fore- 

 wings lanceolate ; 3 absent, 9 and 10 stalked; white, irregularly 

 but evenly and coarsely reticulated throughout with fuscous 

 sprinkled darker : cilia white, two strong dark fuscous lines. 

 Hindwings 3 absent, 6 and 7 stalked ; grey-whitish ; cilia grey- 

 whitish. 



North Australia, Port Darwin (Dodd) : one specimen. 



Demobrotis lamprodeta, n. sp. 



c? . 10-11 mm. Head whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, apex of joints 

 broadly whitish. Thoi'ax whitish sprinkled fuscous. Abdomen 

 pale grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate ; 3 present, 9 and 10 separate ; white irregularly 

 reticulated ochreous-brown with a golden tinge; two small blackish 

 spots on costa near base; small elongate blackish sjiots on fold 

 at 4 and middle of wing ; slightly oldique cloudy blackish bars 

 from costa at ^ and |, reaching half aci'oss uing ; small spots of 

 blackish irroration on middle of costa and in disc beyond middle ; 

 marginal dots of blackish irroration round termen and apex: cilia 

 whitish speckled dark fuscous, a median line of blackish points. 

 Hindwings 3 present, G and 7 apj roximnted ; light grey ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, November, December (Pole) ; two specimens. 



