Melasma brachiata, n. sp. 



cJ . 32-85 mm. Head whitish, hairs suffused fuscous towards 

 base. Palpi moderate, fuscous, terminal joint whitisli. Anteunal 

 pectinatious 5. Thorax fuscous mixed whitisli, shoulders suffused 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen pale fuscous. Forewinojs elongate, costa 

 slight!}' arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termcn obliquely rounded ; 

 light fuscous irregularly suffused whitish, and strewn with striguhe 

 of dark fuscous irroratiou ; markings formed by more or less dark 

 fuscous irroration, with absence of white suffusion; a suffused 

 blotch along basal third of costa; an irregular angulate blotch 

 extending round posterior margin of cell and beneath middle of 

 wing, with a strong triangular projection downwards from beneatb 

 middle nearly to dorsum, upper portion connected with costa by 

 two bars, posteriorly with sufiused bar to termen above torn us; a 

 nearly straight subterminal series of six dark fuscous spots, larger 

 above and below middle : cilia fuscous-whitish barred fuscous, 

 Hmdwinga pale fuscous ; cilia ochreous-whitish, a faint fuscous line. 



5 . 40 mm. Forewings more elongate, light fuscous irrorated 

 dark fuscous, with whitish suffusion, discal markings only obscurely 

 indicated by darker suffusion. 



BoMBAT, Darwar, Poona, May, June {JSIaxweJl, FletcJur); six 

 specimens. Extremely like certatrir, but certainly distinct, fore- 

 wings narrower anteriorly, with costa less arched and termen more 

 oblifpie, and recognisable by the subterminal series of dark spots, of 

 which the central portion is absent in certatrlx\ the same character 

 will separate it easily from the Ceylon expressa. 



Melasma coagulata, n. sp. 



S. 24-28 mm. Head light greyish-ochreous mixed whitish. 

 Palpi moderate, smooth, fuscous, tip whitish. Antennal pectina- 

 tions 6. Thorax white, more or less sprinkled fuscous or dark 

 fuscous, especially anteriorly, shoulders suffused fuscous. Abdomen- 

 fuscous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; white, strewn with 

 strigulai of dark fuscous irroration ; markings formed of pale fuscous- 

 or greyish-ochreous suflFusion, irrorated dark fuscous ; some suffusion 

 along basal half of costa, and a row of small dark spots beneath 

 this and posterior half of costa ; undefintd blotches in disc about) 

 middle and | and a darker blotch on fold between them, usually 

 connected with them by a broad U-shaped baud of suffusion, with 

 projecting lobes posteriorly above and below middle ; a series of 

 strigula3or small spots along dorsum and termen : cilia white, towards- 

 base yellowish-tinged, barred dark fuscous. Hindwings whitish- 

 fuscous or pale fuscous ; cilia ochreous-whitish, a faint fuscous line. 



Madras, Trichinopoly, Dindigul, Guindy, August, September 

 {Maxivell, Fletclur) ; four specimens. 



\ Dysoptus tantalota, n. sp. 



S. 10 mm. Head whitish-ochreous ; crown sprinkled fuscous^ 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous sprinkled fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous^ 



