46 EXOTIC MlCROLEPlBOl'TrEA. 



less siiflTuscd with ochreous on lower third oF termeii, Mith ochreous 

 basal line becoming dark fuscons round apex. 



AssAU, Khasi Hills, in November; two specimens. 



Simaethis achyrodes, n. sp. 



S $ . 13-10 mm. Head dark fuscous irrorated with whitish. 

 Palpi with eight whorls of blackish white-tipped scales, basal joint 

 w bite. Antennae white ringed with black. Thorax ferruginous- 

 brown or fuscous, sprinkled with whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Posterior tibiae blackish irrorated with white, tarsi blackish, third 

 joint and base and npcx of first two white. Eorewings triangular, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, somewhat 

 oblique ; ferruginous-brown ; markings formed by irroration of 

 white scales with dark fuscous bases ; two slight very undefined 

 shades towards base; fir^t line nearly straight, narrow; second 

 line double, both portions slender, obtusely angulated above middle, 

 twice or thrice dentate on lower j)ortii)n, angulation including a 

 discal transverse linear mark, all tending to be i}artially interrupted 

 and resembling an irregular network : usually some slight irregular 

 admixture of black scales before and beyond second line, especially 

 towards tornus : cilia fuscous, w ith somewhat dariier apical, median, 

 and tornal patches, and dark ferruginous-fuscous basal line, tips 

 whitish, on costa dark fuscous with a snow-white mark before 

 apex. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia reddish-brown, with dark 

 fuscous basal line, tips grey-w'hitish. 



Assam, Khasi Hills ; Pombay, KsiWavn {Maxwell); S. India, Coorg, 

 3500 feet (Newcome), Nilgiris, 3500 feet (Anch-ewes) ; Ceylon, 

 Kandy, Maskeliya (G^r^^n, Pole, Maclavood) ; from May to December, 

 sixteen specimens. 



Simaethis ialeura, n. sp. 



cT . 12-13 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous irrorated with 

 whitish. Palpi wdth eight whorls of blackish white-tipped scales, 

 basal joint white. Antennae white ringed with black. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous mixed with fulvous. Posterior tibiae blackish irrorated 

 with white, tarsi blackish, third joint and base and apex of fii'st 

 two wdiite. Porewiugs triangular, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen bowed, ratlier oblique; basal | olive-brown, 

 remainder deep ferruginous siitfusedly mixed with black except 

 along costa and termen : markings formed of violet-white irroration ; 

 a moderate basal patch ; first line represented by a hardly curved 

 shade ; second line slender, acutely angulated above middle, and 

 with a deep indentation towards dorsum, angulation including an 

 undefined spot, this line followed by a thick shade : cilia grey, 

 towards tips whitish, with blackish basal line, and apical, median, 

 and tornal dark grey patches, on costa dark grey with a white 

 mark towards apex. Hindwings dark fuscous ; a more or less 

 developed orange-ochreous triangular patch in disc extending from 

 base to | ; an undefined spot of orange-ochreous suffusion on tornus, 



