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Simaethis strepsidesma, n. sp. 



2 . 12-13 mm. Head and thorax fulvous-brown, slightly whitish- 

 sprinkled. Palpi ochreous irrorated with dark grey, basal joint 

 and tips of four whorls of scales whitish. Antennae white ringed 

 with black. Abdomen ferruginous sprinkled with dark fuscous. 

 Posterior tibiae dark fuscous mixed with ferruginous and sprinkled 

 with white, tarsi dark fuscous, first joint with subbasal whitish 

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

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, somewhat 

 oblique; ferruginous-brown, more or less mixed with blackish, 

 especially in disc below middle, and slightly sprinkled with whitish 

 specks ; first line represented by a somewhat sinuate thick 

 posteriorly undefined shade of whitish irroration ; second line 

 formed of whitish irroration, slender, irregularly dentate on lower 

 |, angulated outwards at g from costa and broken inwards at |, 

 followed on upper | by a shade of whitish irroration : cilia reddish- 

 fuscous, with apical, median, and tornal patches of dark fuscous 

 suffusion. Hindwings dark fuscous ; an irregular patch of fulvous 

 suffusion in middle of disc ; a fulvous streak along lower S of 

 termen ; cilia rcddish-ochreous, with dark fuscous basal line, tips 

 whitish. 



Assam, Khasi Hills, in September and November ; three 

 specimens. 



Simaethis cothurnata, n. sp. 



cJ 2 . 14 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous, with some 

 ferruginous suft'usion behind shoulders. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 second and terminal joints with basal and subapical ferruginous- 

 ochreous rings. Antennae white ringed with black. Abdomen 

 ochreous mixed with dark fuscous. Posterior tibias ochreous- 

 Avhitish banded with ochreous-brown, tarsi roughly tufted with 

 scales above, blackish, first joint suffused with ochreous-brown 

 except towards apex, secoud ochreous-white. Forewings triangular, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, somewhat 

 oblique ; light ochreous ; a small ferruginous-brown spot on base 

 of costa; a larger ferruginous-brown spot on costa at 5, marked 

 with blackish on costal edge, and giving rise to a faint undefined 

 fascia of ferruginous suiiusion crossing wing ; a blackish mark on 

 middle of costa, and blackish dots before and beyond this ; some 

 broad undefined ferruginous suffusion on dorsal half beyond middle • 

 an undefined spot of blackish suft'usion on costa at | ; a dark 

 fuscous or reddish-fuscous quadrate spot on termen above middle, 

 and a suffused similar patch on tornus : cilia dark reddish-fuscous 

 with small pale ochreous patches be^ow apex and below middle of 

 termen. Hindwings blackish-fuscous; an undefined narrow median 

 streak of whitish suffusion from base to |, where it sometimes 

 forms an irregular spot; an irregular partially interrupted whitish 

 streak along lower = of termen : cilia ochreous-whitish, more or 



