blastobasid.t;. 5.39 



cf without notch ; ciliations Ik. Fore wings rather narrow, 

 pointed, terinen ext remely oblicinely rounded ; rather dark fuscous, 

 Gtiscurcly p.ik'-speckled ; di.scul stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous: 

 cilia rather dark grey. Hindwings rather dark grey, becoming 

 whitish-hyaline towards base, less so in $ ; cilia grey. 

 Punjab, Murree, 7500 feet, June {Du(t); '3 ex. 



Blastobasis lutiflua, n, sp, 



(S . 15 mm. Head, thorax whiiish-ochreous, shoulders greyish- 

 tinged. Palpi moderate, acute, ochreous-whitish, second joint 

 suffused grey. Antennae rather thick, without notch or ciliations. 

 Forewings rather narrow, tolerably pointed, termen extremely 

 oblicjuely rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous, indistinctly mottled 

 grey; first discal stigma dark grey, "second hardly indicated: cilia 

 wliitish-grey-ochrcous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish-grey- 

 ochreous. 



Punjab, Murree, 7500 feet, June {Dutt); 1 ex. 



Blastobasis pacalis, n. sp. 



J $ . 9-11 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish - 

 ochreous sprinkled dark fuscous. Antennae without subbasal 

 notch. Thorax light greyish-ochreous. Forewings rather narrow, 

 apex obtusely pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; grev, 

 irrorated or partially suifused pale grejisli-ochreous ; discal 

 stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, an additioiaal dot beneath secuud : 

 cilia grey, whitish-speckled. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Brazil, Para; Peru, Iquilos, Jurimaguas ; JJkitish (Juiaxa, 

 Bartica ; February, March, July (^Farisli); 4 ex. 



Blastobasis candidata, n. sp. 



J . 12 mm. Head light greyish-ochreous. Palpi whitish, second 

 an. I terminal joints broadly banded dark grey. Antenn£e without 

 sultbasal notch. Thorax grey somewhat mixed whitish. Fore- 

 Avings rather narrow, obtuse-pointed, termen extremely oblique ; 

 grey, irregularly mixed white, some scattered dark grey scales ; an 

 angulated aiitemedian fascia of blackish suffusion, preceded by a 

 fascia of white auffusion, and followed by white suffusion extended 

 in disc as an elongate patch to end of cell ; second discal stigma 

 moderate, blackish, a similar dot beneath it; some white suffusion 

 round margins posteriorly, surrounding irregular dark marginal 

 dots: cilia pale grey speckled whitish, towards tornus ochreous- 

 whitish. Hindwangs light grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Peku, Lima, 5U0 feet, August {Parish) ; 1 ex. 



Blastobasis commendata, n. sp. 



(^ . 12 mm. Head, thorax pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish suffusedly irrorated dark grey except apex of 

 joints. Antenuce with strong subbasal notch. Forewings rather 



