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apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; white ; about 76 small 

 black dots ou veins, viz. one on base of costa, 8 on vein 12, 8 along 

 upper margin of cell, 9 on vein 11, 5 on vein 10, 3 on vein 9, 3 or 

 4 on vein 8, 3 each on veins 7 and 6, 2 on vein 5, 9 or 10 on lower 

 margin of cell, 2 on vein 4, 3 each on veins 3 and 2 (last dot of all 

 veins apical except 4 and 5), 2 on terminal portion of vein Ic, 

 and 9 or 10 on vein 16: cilia white. Hindwings grey, darker 

 posteriorly, base whitish ; cilia white, on dorsum and lower half 

 of termen tinged light grey except towards base. 



PtJNJAB, Murree, 7500 feet, June {Datt) ; 1 ex. Differs from 

 evoivjmdla and millepunctateUa by white cilia of hindwings, and 

 rather different arrangement of spots. 



Roeslerstammia metaplastica, n. sp. 



S. 11-12 mm. Head light ochreous-yellowish. Palpi whitish- 

 yellowish, terminal joint much longer than second. Antennae 1, 

 dark grey, apical fourth white. Thorax deep purple, patagia more 

 or less suffused pale yellowish. Forewings apex obtuse, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; deep coppery-purple ; markings light 

 ochreous-yellow ; a line along fold from base, terminating in a 

 rather large elongate-oval tornal spot ; an elongate similar spot 

 resting on costa above it, variable in development, sometimes 

 reduced to some irroration, sometimes lengthened into a rather 

 broad inwards-oblique fascia of irroration extending to near dorsum 

 at ^ : cilia dark grey. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 



Punjab, Murree, 7500 feet, June (Duit) ; 5 ex. This interesting 

 form is entirely congeneric with the typical European erxlehella. 



"^ METHARMOSTIS, u. g. 



Head smooth; ocelli posterior; tongue short. Antennae |(?), 

 in (S simple, basal joint very elongate, without pecten. Labial 

 palpi long, recurved, second joint smooth, terminal joint as long as 

 second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior 

 tibiae clothed with hairs above. Forewings 1 h furcate, 2 from |, 

 3 from angle, 6 and 7 out of 8, 7 to costa, 11 from middle, 

 thickened beneath long stigmatium. Hindwings f, lanceolate, 

 cilia 2 ; 2-4 nearly parallel, cell open between 4 and 5, 5 and 6 

 stalked, 7 nearly parallel. 



Metharmostis asaphaula, n. sp. 



(S 2 . 7-8 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish-bronzy-ochroous. 

 Forewinga rather narrow, apex caudulate ; whitish-ochreous; faint 

 longitudinal streaks of pale brassy-ochreous suffusion above fold, 

 and in disc posteriorly : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings pale 

 greyish, in S a long pencil of ochreous-whitish hairs lying along 

 costa from base to 4- ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



BoMBA.!, Nasik, October {Beeson) ; 3 ex. 



