50 K.VOTIC MlCROLEnnOPTERA. 



Hiijdwings dark fuscous; a triangular orange patch in disc beyond 

 middle, connected with base by a suffused streak ; a short orange 

 subterrainal streak from tornus, hardly reaching i across wing ; 

 cilia pale yellow^ish, with dark fuscous basal line, at apex and 

 tornus grey. 



Assam, Khasi Hills, in November; one specimen. 



Simaethis pilaria, n. sp. 



c? . 11 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous mixed with whitish- 

 ochrcous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second and terminal joints with 

 basal and supramedian pale ochreous rings sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Antennae white ringed with black. Abdomen dark 

 fuscous, segmental margins mixed with whitish-ochreous. Posterior 

 tibiaj ochreous-white banded with dark fuscous, tarsi blackish, 

 third joint and base and apex of first two white. Forewings 

 triangular, oosta moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, 

 rather oblique ; purple-blackish ; a whitish transverse line near 

 base; some whitish irroration in disc before first line; first line 

 rather tbick, whitish, nearly straight; a white transverse linear 

 discal mark beyond middle; second line slender, wbite, curved- 

 angnlated above middle, beneath this irregular, shar])ly dentate at 

 |, nearly followed throughout by a slightly thicker light ochreous- 

 yellowish line; some ochreous-yellowish irroration towards termen : 

 cilia white, with daj-k fuscous ba?al line, and fuscous apical, 

 median, and tornal patches. Hindwings dark fuscous ; a roundish 

 whitish-ochreous spot in disc below middle ; a whitish-ochreous 

 subterrainal streak from tornus reaching j across wing ; cilia 

 whitish, with dark fuscous basal line, towards apex and tornus 

 sufi'used with light grey. 



Assam, Khasi Hills, in June ; one specimen. 



Simaethis halimora, n, sp. 



c( 2 • 11-12 nmi. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous 

 sprinkled with white points. Palpi white, second and terminal 

 joints each with dark fuscous basal and supramedian bands. 

 Antennge white ringed with black. Posterior tibiaj dark fuscous 

 sprinkled with white, tarsi dark fuscous, basal band of first joint 

 and apex of first three white. Porewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, oblique ; blackish- 

 fuscous ; very undefined subbasal, antemedian, and subterminal 

 fascia? of white irroration, latter two forming white dots on costa; 

 second line fine, of white irroration, forming a white dot on costa, 

 angulated outw^aj-ds in disc and twice sinuate inwards between this 

 and dorsum, angularly projecting outwards between sinuafions : 

 cilia dark fuscous, above apex with tips white, above and below 

 middle of termen with patches of white intermixture. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; a cloudy curved wbite line from tornus, reaching 



