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round - pointed, termen somewhat sinuate, rather ohlique ; 

 brownish -ochreous tinged with ferruginous-3'ellow, especially to- 

 •wards dorsum; costa indistinctly strigulated with brown; a 

 minute blackish dot in disc be3'ond middle : cilia yellow- 

 ochreous. Hindwings with 5 approximated to 3 at base ; grey- 

 whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Madras, Nilgiris, at 6000 feet, in May (Andrewes) ; one 

 specimen. 



Peronea petulans, n, sp. 



$. 17-18 ram. Head ochreous-whitish, sometimes with dark 

 fuscous mark on each side of face, sides of crown wnth some dark 

 fuscous hairs. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint sprinkled and 

 spotted with dark fuscous, terminal joint with a median dark 

 fuscous spot. Thorax whitish, mixed or sometimes almost wholly 

 suffused with dark fuscous and ferruginous. Abdomen dark grey. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen sinuate beneath apex, little oblique ; ochreous- 

 whitish more or less mixed irregularly with ferruginous and 

 blackish, with numerous raised scales and minute tufts in 

 irregular transverse series ; costa spotted and strigulated with 

 blackish ; a thick streak of dark grey and black suffusion ex- 

 tending along dorsum throughout, enlarged before tornus into a 

 blotch reaching nearly half across wing ; some irregular ferru- 

 ginous and blackish marking in middle of disc ; posterior area 

 more or less wholly suffused with feiTuginous, leaden -grey, and 

 blackish, except a round ochreous-whitish blotch above tornus ; 

 a leaden-metallic streak preceding an ochreous-whitish terminal 

 streak : cilia ferruginous-ochreous mixed with dark grey. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 rather approximated towards base; 

 rather dark fuscous ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with grey subbasal 

 line. 



AssAJi, Khasis, in October; two specimens. 



Cerace loxodes, n. sp. 

 2 . 52 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-white (partly defaced"). 

 Abdomen oranjje. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa strongly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, rather strongly obli(|ue; danc 

 coppery-jjurplc-fuscous: submcdian fold from base to middle and a 

 streak of suffusion from ^ of disc to apical blotch orange-red ; very 

 numerous ochreous-white dots and small round spots arranged in 

 longitudinal rows, on costa becoming transverse bars, longer to- 

 wards base, on red streak ])ORteriorly marked with silvery scales ; 

 an orange-red apical blotch, triangularly produced along upper half 

 of termen : cilia whitish, barred with dark fuscous and at a])e.x 

 with reddish. Hindwings orange; a dark purple-fuscous blotch 

 occupying apical f, anterior edye somewhat broken into spots, 

 especially .towards dorsum ; cilia orange, on apical blotch dark 

 fuscous, with white spots at and above apex. 

 Tenassrrim ; one specimen. 



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