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XYLORYCTIDiE. 



Aeolanthes cyclantlia, n. sp. 



5 . 22 mm. Head ochreous. Palpi pale oolireous sprinkled 

 grey. Thorax reddish-ochroous partially suffused grey. Forewings 

 siiboblong, costa with broad scale-projection before middle, termen 

 rather obliquely rounded; dark fuscous i)artially suffused light 

 crimson-rosy, with irregularly strewn suffused yellow-ochreous 

 spots and blotches partially tinged crimson, largest blotch resting 

 on antemedian costal scale-projection, a distinct roiind spot in disc 

 beyond middle : cilia ochreous-yellow mixed dark fuscous and 

 crimson at base (apex of wing injured). Hindwiugs dark fuscous; 

 cilia grey, a dark fuscous subbasal line. 



S. India, Nilgiris, October (Rao); 1 ex. Distinct from rliodo- 

 chrysa by dark fuscous hindwiugs with grey cilia. 



Aeolanthes deltogramma, n. sp. 



c? . 25 mm. Head dark brownish sprinkled white. Palpi 

 brown somewhat sprinkled dark fuscous, tips of joints white. 

 Thorax ochreous-browu mixed dark fuscous, an inverted V-shaped 

 dorsal line, an irregular line on patagia, and crests sprinkled white. 

 Forewings oblong, termen nearly straight, somewhat oblique ; deep 

 ochreous, somewhat greyish-tinged in disc, greyer-suffused towards 

 dorsum, on costal third ochreous orange, veins more or less lined 

 ferruginous ; two superimposed elongate light yellow spots beneath 

 middle of costa ; a spot of ferruginous suffusion on end of cell, 

 containing a minute white dot, and followed by two light yellow 

 spots surrounded by ferruginous suffusion and some slight dark 

 fuscous irroration ; a triangular ferruginous subdorsal spot beneath 

 end of cell, finely edged laterally white, anterior edge extended as 

 a fine white subdorsal line halfway to base ; streaks of fuscous 

 suffusion mixed silvery-white between veins 9-11 towards costa ; a 

 large equilateral triangular white blotch resting on upper | of 

 termen, limited above by vein 8 and cut by ferruginous lines on 

 5 and 6 ; terminal edge finely blackish : cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 two greyish lines, base sprinkled greyish-ochreous, tips suffused 

 greyish-ochreous, beneath tornus mixed white. Hindwiugs 

 ochreous-whitish thinly strewn grey hair-scales, veins grey ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, on dorsum and lower half of termen pale greyish 

 with grey subbasal shade. 



Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, July {Fletcher) ; 1 ex. 



CTENIOXENA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sides rough, connivent ; ocelli just 

 posterior; tongue developed. Antenna) |, basal joint elongate, 

 with pecten of about 6 long hairscales. Labial palpi very long, 

 recurved, thickened with scales, second joint with short rough 



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