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shade nearly precedini? first line ; first line slender, irregular, 

 white ; a transverse white discal mark beyond middle ; second line 

 slender, white, obtusely angulated above middle, below this 

 irregular, dentate at f , nearly followed by a similar slightly thicker 

 pale ochreous line: cilia white, with blackish basal line, and dark 

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

 cilia white, with blackish basal line, at apex and tornus tinged 

 with grej'. 



CuiNA, Hainan I. ; one specimen. 



Simaethis diplogramma, n. sp, 



J 5 . 12 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous 

 irroruted with pale ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second and 

 terminal joints with dark fuscous basal and supramedian rings. 

 Antennae white ringed with black. Posterior tibi* white banded 

 Avith black, tarsi black, subbasal ring of first and apex of first two 

 joints white, third joint white. Forewings triangular, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, rather oblique ; 

 dark fuscous ; a yellowish transverse line near base, followed by some 

 scattered yellowish scales ; first line slender, rather irregular, Avhite, 

 nearly followed by a more irregular yellowish one ; a transverse 

 linear white discal mark beyond middle, preceded by a patch of 

 yellowish suffusion; second line slender, white, obtusely angulated 

 above middle, below this irregular, dentate at -J, nearly followed by 

 a somewhat thicker less irregular ochreous-yellowish line ; some 

 irregular ochreous-yellow irroration or scattered scales towards ter- 

 men : cilia dark grey, with whitish patches above and below middle 

 of termen, and blackish basal line. Hindwings dark fuscous ; an 

 orange transverse patch in disc beyond middle, connected with base 

 by a slender streak of suffusion ; a short suffused orange subterminal 

 mark from tornus, reaching ^ across wing; cilia whitish, with 

 blackish basal line, at apex and tornus tinged with grey. 



Assam, Kliasi Hills, in June, September, and October; three 

 ppecimens. 



Simaethis itriodes, n. sp. 



cS . 13 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous irrorated 

 with pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second and 

 terminal joints with black basal and supramedian rings. Antennae 

 white ringed with black. Posterior tibire white banded with 

 black, tai'si black, subbasal ring of first and apex of first three 

 joints white. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen bowed, rather obli(iue ; blackish, irrorated through- 

 out with light greyish-ochreous; lines formed of similar irroration, 

 first rather thick, hardly defined, second slender, right-angled 

 above middle, followed by a somewhat thicker similar line ; a 

 transverse linear pale greyish-ochreous discal mark beyond middle : 

 cilia blackish-grey, with blacki.-h basal line, with a whitish patch 

 below middle of termen and tips whitish on a patch above middle. 

 VOL. J.— October 1912. E 



