44 EXOTIC WICROI.EPlItOl'IERA. 



white ringed with black. Abdomcu fuscous mixed -with dull 

 orange and sprinkled with blackish. Posterior tibiae whitish- 

 ochreous banded with dark fuscous, tarsi blackish, first joint with 

 a whitish-ochreous subbasal band, third joint and apex of first two 

 white. Porewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apox 

 obtuse, termen bowed, somewhat oblique; dark fuscous; markings 

 formed by yellow-ochreous or ochreous-whitish suffusion ; two 

 indistinct subconfluent transverse shades near base; two thick 

 rather irregular shades enclosing first line, connected in disc by a 

 bar with following ])air ; two shades enclosing second line, first 

 narrower, second thick, abruptly angulated above middle and 

 somewhat sinuate below it ; a thick terminal shade, partially ob- 

 solescent on upper half: cilia pale ochreous, with dark fuscous 

 apical, median, and tornal patches. Hindwings dark fuscous ; an 

 orange median streak from base to g, its apex forming a projection 

 upwards; an orange streak along lower 5^ of termen; cilia ])alo 

 orange, with a dark fuscous basal line, at apex and tornus suffused 

 with grey. ^ _ ^ 



Assam, Khaei Hills, in March ; two specimens. 



Simaethis antichlora, n. sp. 



5 . 15 mm. Head dark fuscous suffusedly irroratcd with pale 

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

 joints with basal and subapical dark fuscous rings. Antennae 

 white ringed with black. Thorax dark fuscous, transversely banded 

 with pale greyish-ochreous irroration. Abdomen dark fuscous 

 mixed with orange. Posterior tibioe orange banded with dark 

 fuscous, tarsi blackish, first joint with subbasal ochreous-Avhitisli 

 band, third joint and apex of first two white. Forcwings triangular, 

 costa moderatelj' arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, somewhat 

 oblique ; two thick transverse shades near base, first whitish, 

 second whitish-ochreous ; first line nearly straight, enclosed by 

 thick anterior shade of whitish irroration and narroAver posterior 

 whitish-ochreous shade ; second line gently curved, enclosed by 

 narrow anterior shade of whitish irroration, and somewhat thicker 

 whitish-ochreous posterior shade ; an irregular spot of whitish 

 irroration in disc between these lines ; some undefined groups of 

 whitish-ochreous scales towards termen above middle and tornus : 

 cilia greyish, wnth blackish subbasal line, and apical, median, and 

 tornal patches of dark fuscous suffusion. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 an orange-fulvous median streak from base to |, extremity enlarged 

 upAvards into a blotch ; an undefined blotch of orange-fulvous 

 suffusion towards dorsum beyond middle; an orange-fulvous streak 

 along lower ^i of termen ; cilia grey, with blackish subbasal line 

 edged externally with grey- whitish. 



Assam, Khasi Hills, in March ; one specimen. Allied to eumetra, 

 but immediately distinguished by the gently curved second line of 

 fore wings. 



