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above tornus, and on tips beneath ajiex. Hindwings fuscous clouded 

 with darker ; a whitish antemedian ring in disc; a rather broad 

 light orange-ocbreous terminal fascia, not reaching tornus, and 

 becoming very narrow round apex, preceded on this narrow 

 portion by a pale blue-metallic mark edged with some black scales 

 posteriorly, whence a white grey-edged subterminal streak runs 

 through middle of broader portion ; cilia grey- whitish, with white 

 antemedian and dark grey subbasal shades, outer portion suflPused 

 with dark grey on lower part of terraen and a spot beneath apex. 

 Assam, Khasi Hills, in October ; one specimen. 



Brenthia virginalis, n. sp. 



^ . 12 mm, (Head broken.) Forewings rather elongate- 

 triangular, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen almost 

 straight, little oblique ; dark fuscous, irregularly irrorated with 

 whitish ; a transverse-oval whitish ring in disc beyond middle ; a 

 black termiiud fascia divided into three blotches by slender whitish- 

 fuscous bars, uppermost smallest, other two nearly equal, lowest 

 with three and each of the others with two brilliant violet-metallic 

 terminal dots : cilia grey, with dark fuscous subbasal shade. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous ; an oblique-oval whitish ring in disc before 

 middle ; a curved inwardly oblique violet-metallic streak from costa 

 towards apex ; an undefined lighter subterminal line, becoming 

 white for a short distance towards middle; a violet-metallic streak 

 along upper half of termen, and a shorter one below middle ; cilia 

 grey, with dark fuscous basal lino, with oblique blackish patches at 

 apex, middle of termen, and tornus, and oblique whitish patches 

 between these. 



Natal, Pinetown, in February {Lehjli) ; one specimen. 



Brenthia ardens, n. sp. 



2 . 10-11 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Palpi white, second and terminal joints each with dark fuscous 

 basal and supramedian rings. Antennoe dark fuscous dotted with 

 white. Posterior tibiae whitish banded with dark fuscous, tarsi 

 white, apex of three first joints and last two wholly dark fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; dark fuscous ; irregu- 

 larly sprinkled with whitish, sometimes forming undefined transverse 

 shades and a discal ring ; a marginal black fascia running round 

 apex and termen, cut by fine pale ochreous lines into seven or 

 eight spots, each containing a violet-blue-metallic dot : cilia fuscous 

 with two darker shades. Hindwings dark fuscous; a white 

 subterminal streak on discal third ; a short violet-blue-metallic 

 mark on a])ical margin, and a dot on costa above it; cilia greyish 

 Avith two dark fuscous shades, with more or less whitish-suftused 

 patches above and below middle of termen, and above apex. 



AssA'.r, Khasi Hills, in October; four sj)ccimens. 



