ADELID^. 537 



obliquely rounded ; purple suffusedly irrorated coppery-bronze 

 and dark fuscous ; anterior area of wing yellow, limited by a 

 direct transverse silvery-metallic finely black-edged streak hardly 

 before middle, a similar slightly excuived transverse streak at 5, 

 a short thick silvery-metallic median streak from base in middle : 

 cilia cop2)ery-bronzo. llindwings dark purplish-grey ; cilia grey, 

 a darker subbasal line. 



Madras, Nilgiris, Pykara, 6000 feet, May (Andreiues) • 2 ex. 



Nemotois tricrates, n. sp, 



$ . 15 mm. Head whitish mixed blackish. Palpi white 

 sprinkled grey. Anteniue 1 j, dark grey, basal half thickened with 

 scales terminating in a blackish-grey tuft, above this a rather 

 narrow wliite band. Thorax dark grey irrorated whitish. Fore- 

 wings moderately broad, dilated posteriorly, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; blackish-grey closely and suffuseuiy irrorated whitish, 

 terminal area suffusedly mixed light violet ; a small black spot on 

 base of costa, and a mark on base of dorsum ; a straight narrow 

 ochreous-white fascia before middle, edged anteiiorly by a black 

 line and then by a slender silver-metallic streak : cilia grey with 

 strong golden-bronze reflection, on costa outer half purplish. 

 Hindwings dark purple-grey ; cilia grey. 



KuMAON, Bhim Tal, 4500 feet, August (Flekher); 1 ex. Nearest 

 cassitei-ites, but in that species the fascia is in (not before) the 

 middle, slightly curved, and the preceding black line and metallic 

 streak are both much broader. 



Nemotois cyphozona, n. sp. 



S 2 ' 14-15 mm. Head white, a few blackish hairs, eyes in J 

 enlarged but remote on crown. Palpi rather short, with rather 

 sliort white hairs. Antenuje in cf grey, with short rough dark 

 grey stales above on basal eighth, a white band above ^, in $ 

 dark grey, basal half thickened with scales and terminating in a 

 black tutt, above this a white band. Thorax blackish irrorated 

 white. Porewings rather broad, dilated posteriorly, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; dark violet-grey closely and suffusedly irrorated 

 yellow-whitish ; a small black spot on base of costa, and a mark on 

 dorsum near base; a slightly curved narrow white fascia before 

 middle, edged anteriorly by a black line and then by a narrow 

 silver-metallic streak, its posterior edge sinuate-indented on fold ; 

 in $ a cloudy blackish sjjot towards termen below middle, in c? 

 indistinctly indicated : cilia pale grey, bassl | overlaid silvery, 

 whitish, tips on costa dark purple-grey, Hindwings dark purple- 

 grey ; cilia grey, a darker basal shade. 



Assam, Sadiya, May (Fletcher) ; 2 ex. "Very close to ti-icmtes, 

 but the difference in form of fascia seems characteristic. 



Nemotois chrysocrcssa, n. sp. 

 J. 13-14 mm. Head orange, face bright bronzy-metallic, eyes 

 very large, meeting on crown. Palpi short, with scanty greyish 



