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termcn above tornus : cilia pale ochreous tinged ferruginous, suffused 

 deep ferruginous towards apex. Hindwings pale ochieous-yellowish, 

 dorsal half slightly tinged grey ; cilia pale yellowish. 



2 . 21-23 mm. Head, thorax light red-brownish. Forewings 

 suboblong, costa anteriorly strongly arched, posteriorly slightly 

 sinuate, apex obtuse, slightly prominent (variable), termen some- 

 what sinuate, slightly oblique ; light ochreous, sliglitly tinged 

 brown-reddish, indistinctly and suffusedly strigulated ferruginous ; 

 costal patch indicated by ferruginous suffusion, other markings 

 hardly represented : cilia pale ochreous, suffused ferruginous towards 

 apex. Hindwings orange-yellowish or pale yellowish, hardly 

 greyish-tinged towards dorsum ; a thickened patch of grey-yellowish 

 hairscales on costa towards a2)ex ; cilia pale yellowish. 



Himalaya, Kumaon, Kamgarh, bred in September from larvae 

 boring into fruits of a])ple in the same way as Laspeyresia pomonella, 

 a serious local pest {Fletcher) ; 4 ex. 



Pandemis dryoxesta, n. sp. 



S 2 . 23-25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax varying from light 

 greyish-ochreous to fu-icous. Porewings costa anteriorly strongly 

 tirciied, posteriorly almost stiaight, termen 6 faintly, $ more 

 perceptibly sinuate, nearly vertical; pale brownish-ochreous, 

 greyish-ochreous, or light fuscous, sometimes with faint slight 

 darker strigulation ; markings rather darker, edged faint darker or 

 sometimes paler lines ; basal patch moderate, edge oblique, ob- 

 solescHut towards fold ; central fascia moderate, very oblique, edge 

 rather irregular ; costal patch triangular, posterior edge obsolete : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, sometimes with light fuscous basal and 

 median lines, not darker than wing. Hindwings rather dark grey; 

 cilia whitish, a grey subbasal line. 



Punjab, Murree, 7500 feet, June {Dutt) ; 11 ex. Nearest the 

 Mongolian praejioratana, which the lighter examples closely 

 resemble, but praejloratana has whitish hindwings. 



Tortrix chlorodoxa, n. sp. 



S 2 • 20-23 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale ochreous. Fore- 

 wings costa anteriorly strongly arched, posteriorly nearly straight, 

 (S edge slightly reflexed and roughened towards i, termen J 

 faintly sinuate, little oblique, $ somewhat more sinuate, almost 

 vertical ; pale ochreous, with scanty indistinct light ochreous- 

 fuscous reticulation ; basal patch obsolete ; central fascia moderate, 

 fuscous-ochreous, edged fuscous, oblique, anterior edge even and 

 slightly convex on lower half, posterior edge obsolete on median 

 third, widest below this but rather narrowed dorsally ; costal 

 patch similar, elongate-triangular or semioval, posterior edge 

 suffused : cilia whitish-ochreous, Hindwings whitish, dorsal half 

 tinged grey ; cilia whitish. 



Punjab, Murree, 7500 feet, June ( Dutt) ; 4 ex. 



