EucosMiDjj;. 447 



dorsum from near base to |, apex reaching | across wing towards 

 j of cobta ; central fascia rather narrow, very oblique, reaching 

 from costa only | across wing, grey suffused deep ferruginous in 

 disc; posterior half of costal edge faintly brown-reddish, with 

 traces of four pairs of Avhitish strigulae ; an elongate deep ferruginous 

 apical spot; a fine black terminal line: cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, 

 a brown spot at apex. Hind wings light grey ; cilia grey- whitish, 

 a grey subbasal line. 



W. ArsTRALiA, C. Xaturaliste, December (Turner) ; 1 ex., Wals. 

 Coll. (300286), 



EiicosKia argyrocyma, n. sp. 



d . 15 mm. Head, palpi pale ochreous. Forewings termeu 

 sliglitly rounded, somewhat oblique ; greyish-silvery ; markings 

 ferruginous- ochreous ; basal patch marked with scattered strigulfe; 

 a transverse series of several small strigulae beyond this ; central 

 fascia indicated by two nearly direct irregular transverse streaks, 

 discal area tinged pinkish round these; three small spots on costa 

 posteriorly, first two emitting faint streaks terminated by ocellus, 

 third continued as an irregular interrupted streak along tcrmen, 

 paired white striguloe on posterior half of costa between markings ; 

 some scattered black scales above ocellus, and a series of four 

 minute irregular dots within it : cilia greyish-silvery, slightly 

 tinged ferruginous. Hindwings 3 and 4 stalked ; grey, lighter 

 anteriorly ; cilia whitish, a grey subbasal shade. 

 Assam, Shillong, May (Fletcher) ; 1 ex. 



Eucosma taophanes, n. sp. 



c? . 12 mm. Head, thorax grey. Palpi grey, some pale ochreous 

 suffusion on upper part of second joint. Forewings rather dilated, 

 termen hardly oblique; light brownish-grey; costa irregularly 

 strigulated whitish and dark fuscous ; a darker stria indicating edge 

 of basal patch from beyond ^ of costa to before middle of dorsum, 

 obtusely angulated in middle ; median band beyond this paler and 

 whitish-tinged ; central fascia little marked, very narrow on costa, 

 represented in disc by some darker suffusion followed by a small 

 dark fuscous spot, and on dorsum by some dark suffusion before 

 tornus ; ocellus pale brownish with one or two dark fuscous specks 

 in upper part, laterally margined by obscure silvery-leaden streaks ; 

 a suffused dark fuscous marginal streak round apical part of costa 

 and upper half of termen, cut by a small triangular white costal 

 spot before apex, and a slight white mark beneath apex : cilia 

 fuscous, somewhat pale-speckled, lighter and more whitish towards 

 tornus, darkest round apex and upper part of termen, white on 

 costal spot. Hindwings 3 and 4 connate; dark fuscous, paler and 

 thinly scaled anteriorly; an elongate bluish-hyaline space beneath 

 basal half of cell (on lower surface with intense bright blue gloss) ; 

 cilia whitish-grey, a dark grey subbasal shade. 



UuEENSLAxu, Caims ; 1 ox. (Coll. Lower). 



