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two minute whitish riots placed successivclj- above base of cleft : a 

 small white spot on tirst segment at i of length, preceded by ferru- 

 ginous suffusion, and a white dot at | ; a white blotch occupjing 

 second segment from base of iirst cleft, to near second; white dots 

 on second and third segments beyond base of second cleft, and 

 some white scales tOAvards ajiex of second : cilia dark fuscous, on 

 costa towards apex suffused with ferruginous, on upper margin of 

 second segment with some scattered white scales towards middle, 

 on lower margin of second segitient with a ferruginous-j"ellowish 

 patch towards apex terminated by a triangular black subapical 

 scale-tooth, on dorsum wholly ferruginous-yellowish with a dark 

 fuscous patch towards apex, Hindwings dark fuscous with a slight 

 crimson tinge, third segment mixed with coppery-ferruginous ; cilia 

 purplish-fuscous, third segment terminated by a round coppery 

 scale-projection tijjped with black, and preceded by two or three 

 white scales. 



H. India, Nilgiris, Nadgani, at 2500 feet, in October (A ndreices) ; 

 one specimen. Very distinct and handsome. 



Titanoptilus (?) patellatus, n. sp. 



J . 23 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous finely sprinkled 

 with whitish, scales of forehead forming a ridge-like projection. 

 (Abdomen broken.) Posterior legs dark brown banded with 

 whitish snffnsion, tibiie with strong dense expanded scale-whoils on 

 origin of spurs. Forewings cleft to |, segments veiy slender, with 

 very obliquely concave termen, appearing i'alcate ; 7 se[iarate, 

 9 absent, 10 and 11 separate; brown finely sprinkled with whitish, 

 segments irregulaily sprinkled with dark fuscous and blackish ; 

 two or three black scales near base; a blackish dot in disc at g, 

 and one beyond middle ; cilia rather dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 cleft firstly nearly to 1 , secondly to near base, segments very narrow ; 

 dark fuscous ; cilia rather dark fuscous, lower margin of third 

 segment irregularly roughened with projecting short blackisli 

 scales except on a small patch near apex, where it is fringed with 

 sliort white scales, at | with a strong triangular scale-projection. 



Natal, Durban, in -March {Le((/h) • one specimen. Allied ci-r- 

 tainly to Titanoptilus but doubtfully identical, the neuration of the 

 genus being imperfectly ascertained. 



Platyptilia picta, n. sp. 



S . 20-21 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-wbitish mixed with 

 brown and dark fuscous, face with slight scale-projection marked 

 above with dark fuscous bar. Palpi 2, brownish sprinkled with 

 black, apex of joints white, first two joints thickened with scales, 

 terminal short. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins mixed 

 with white, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish suffusedly 

 banded with dark fuscous, middle tibise somewhat thickened with 

 scales at apex. Forewings cleft nearly to |, first segment rather 

 broad, second rather narrow at base, posteriorly dilated, apex 



