48 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDOPTERA. 



rings. Aiitennpc white ringed with black. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 somewhat tinged with fulvous. Posterior tibife dark fuscous 

 sprinkled with whitish, tarsi blackish, first two joints with subbasal 

 and apical white rings, third joint white. Forewings triangular, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, somewhat 

 oblique; dark fuscous, more or less mixed with fulvous, with an 

 irregular narrow fulvous terminal fascia ; markings formed of 

 Avhitish irroration ; a slight shade near base ; first line rather 

 thick, slightly curved ; second line slender, irregularly curved 

 outwards above middle, curve enclosing a transverse linear mark, 

 lower half irregular, with a strong subtriangular indentation at |, 

 this line followed throughout by a thick irregular shade : cilia 

 dark grey, mixed with ochreous-Avhitish above and below middle, 

 with black basal line. Ilindwings dark fuscous ; a few fulvous 

 scales on middle of termen : cilia ochreous-whitish, towards apex 

 and tornus grey, with dark fuscous basal line. 



Assam, Khasi Hills, in October and November; nine specimens. 



Simaetliis fulminea, n. sp, 



5.11 ram. Head and thorax yellow-ochreous sprinkled with 

 white. Palpi yellow-ochreous sprinkled with grey, basal joint and 

 apex of whorls of scales white. Antennae white ringed Avith black. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous. Posterior tibial dark fuscous sprinkled 

 with Avhite, tarsi blackish, base and apex of first joint Avhite, second 

 and third joints Avhite. Forewings triangular, costa moderately 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; deep 

 ferruginous-brown, suffused with blackish except toAvards costa and 

 termen ; two violet-blue-metallie transverse shades towards base, 

 and a third representing first line, margined posteriorly by a 

 whitish-ochreous projecting spot in middle and smaller ones above 

 and beloAV this ; an undefined violef-blue-metallic spot in disc at f ; 

 second line double, violet-blue-metallic, curved -angulated above 

 middle and rather approximated to termen on median third, 

 irregularly dentate toAvards termen. HindAvings dark fuscous ; 

 a short whitish mark along tornus ; a few red-brown scales on 

 middle of termen : cilia Avhitish, w ith dark reddish-broAvn basal 

 line, toAvards apex and tornus grey. 



Ceylon, Trincomali, in December (Fhtcher); one specimen. 



Siniaethis dichlora, n. sp. 



(J . 9 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous mixed Avith ochrcous- 

 Avhitish. Palpi ochreous-Avhite, second and terminal joints with 

 basal and supramedian dark fuscous rings. Antenna) white ringed 

 Avith black. Posterior tibia3 ochreous-vvbitc banded Avitli blackish 

 (tarsi broken). Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen bowed, rather oblii^ue ; dark fuscous, median 

 and terminal areas irregularly and sufFusedly mixed Avith pale 

 ochreous : a Avhite transA'crse stria near base ; an irregular wliite 



