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Ceylon, Maskeliya, in April (Pole); Assam, Khasis, in May; 

 two specimens. The striated hyaline patch and peculiar neuratioa 

 of hindwings are common to both sexes alike, both in this species 

 and the next. 



Allotalanta lacteata, n. sp. 



d $ . 12-14 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi whitish, second 

 and terminal joints each with blackish subbasal and subapical 

 rings. Thorax ochreous-white, with a few dark fuscous scales, 

 and a blackish bar before posterior extremity. Abdomen grey, 

 anal tuft ochreous- whitish. Eorewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 ochreous-white, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales ; markings 

 cloudy, blackish ; a small spot on costa at base ; an oblique series 

 of three small spots from costa near base to beneath fold ; a small 

 spot on costa at ^ ; stigmata moderate, second discal large, round, 

 plical obliquely beyond first discal, an additional dot between 

 discal ; a blotch on dorsum bej'ond middle ; a blotch on costa at |-, 

 whence a curved irregular streak crosses behind second discal 

 stigma to tornus ; small spots on costa and termen near apex : 

 cilia ochreous-white, with basal and median lines of dark fuscous 

 points. Hindwings grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, greyer 

 toAvards base. 



N. CooRG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, in October and November (New- 

 come) ; two specimens. 



HOPLOSTEGA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts raised ; ocelli present ; 

 tongue developed. Antennae |, in cJ rather stout, moderately 

 ciliated, basal joint rather dilated, somewhat concave beneath, 

 forming a small eyecap, with pecten. Labial palpi moderately 

 long, recurved, second joint tliickened with appressed scales, ter- 

 minal joint nearly as long as second, stout, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiaa 

 clothed with rough hairscales above. Forewings with 1 h furcate, 



2 and 3 stalked from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from 

 middle. Hindwings nearly 1, elongate-ovate, cilia nearly 1 ; 



3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 

 Type ochroma Meyr. 



SYNTOMAULA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts raised ; ocelli present ; 

 tongue developed. Antennae f , in <S scaled above towards base, 

 rather shortly ciliated, basal joint elongate, moderately stout, 

 without pecten. Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, second 

 oint not reaching base of antenmc, thickened with appressed scales. 



