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tarsi black, base and apex of first two joints, and third joint except 

 apex white. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; blackish; a whitish- 

 ochreous curved transverse line very near base ; first line thick, 

 pale ochreous, white on costa, almost straight ; second line thick, 

 pale ochreous, white on costa, straiglit except that it is interrupted 

 and shortly broken inwards on fold, above middle with a slight 

 enlargement containing an undefined transverse mark ot ground- 

 colour; a yellow-ochreous transverse spot on costa near beyond 

 this; a transverse yellow-ochreous spot from costa just before 

 apex, reaching half across wing ; an undefined fascia of yellow- 

 ochreous sutt'usion along termen, narrow or partially obsolete 

 towards apex : cilia grey, with blackish basal line. Hindwings 

 orange; a dark fuscous costal band; some dark fuscous suffusion 

 on submedian fold and dorsal area towards base ; a blackish line 

 from costal band at | to tornus, and another along termen ; cilia 

 gre3'-whitish, with dark fuscous basal line. 



Philippinks, Mindoro, Laguua de Naujan, in March (Mounseij); 

 one specimen. 



Simaethis trogalia, n. sp. 



J 5 . 14-16 mm. Head dark luscous, irrorated with whitish. 

 Palpi white, second and terminal joints with basal and subapical 

 dark fuscous rings, iintemiaj white ringed with black. Thorax 

 dark fuscous irrorated with whitish except posteriorly. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous mixed with fulvous. Posterior tibiaj ochreous- 

 brovvnish banded with dark fuscous, tarsi dark fuscous, basal half 

 of first joint ochreous, third joint and apex of first two white. 

 Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 bowed, somewhat oblique ; brown ; basal area more or less w^hitish- 

 sprinkled, with a small blackish spot on costa near base ; a straight 

 blackish transverse shade at ^, followed by a pale violet shade 

 forming a white dot on costa ; an irregularly curved pale violet 

 postmedian line, white on costa, rounded-angulaled above middle 

 and somewhat dentate below it, preceded by a fascia of blackish 

 suff"usion, and followed by a fine blackish line, beyond which is an 

 obscure band of pale violet irroration : cilia brown with darker 

 basal line, and apical, median, and tornal undefined patches of darjc 

 fuscous suffusion. Hindwings dull fulvous; an irregular dark 

 fuscous band along costa ; dorsal half irregularly suffused with dark 

 fuscous from base to beyond middle ; a dark fuscous subterminal 

 streak from tornus to apex, where it forms an apical patch ; cilia 

 fuscous, with darker basal line. 



Assam, Khasi Hills, in December and January ; fifteen specimens. 



Simaethis eumetra, n. sp. 



cJ $ . l''5-14 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous irrorated with 

 greyish-ochrcous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second and terminal 

 joints with basal and subapical dark fuscous rings. Antennae 



