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Limnoecia asterodes, n. sp. 



(^ . 10 mm. Head dark fuscous, face silvery-whitisli. Palpi 

 whitish, terminal joint anteriorly dark fuscous. Antennae whitish, 

 with dark fuscous band below middle, and three narrow ones on 

 apical third. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. JB'orewings 

 elongate-lanceolate ; dark fuscous ; markings shining white ; a 

 narrow transverse fascia- before }, attenuated to a point above and 

 not quite reaching costa ; a small spot on middle of costa, one 

 rather larger on dorsum beyond it just before tornus, and another 

 on costa near apex : cilia dark grey, with a white basal dot at apex. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia dark grey, 



Assam, Ivhasis, in November and March ; two specimens. 



Limnoecia stabilita, n. sp. 



6 2 • 10-12 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi 

 whitish lined with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Porewings elongate-lanceolate; dark fuscous; markings 

 ochreous-white ; a moderate oblique fascia at ^- ; a small spot on 

 costa slightly beyond middle, a larger irregular spot on dorsum 

 beyond this just before tornns, and a rounded spot on costa at ^: 

 cilia fuscous, round apex mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



CooRG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, in May and June, and from October to 

 December (Newcome) ; ten specimens. Very like proclina from 

 Ceylon, but smaller, forewings with fascia less oblique and spots 

 larger, without whitish suffusion in tornal cilia, and hindwings 

 lighter. 



Limnoecia amblcpa, n. sp, 



J . 16 mm. Head and thorax rather dark bronzy-fuscous. 

 Palpi whitish lined with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate-lanceolate ; rather dark fuscous ; some blackish- 

 fuscous scales in disc, and a narrow undefined streak of blackish- 

 fuscous suffusion along fold ; obscure cloudy whitish spots on costa 

 at \, middle, and |, and an irregular elongate whitish mark on fold 

 beneath first ; a small obscure cloudy whitish spot on fold before 

 its extremity ; cilia fuscous, on tornal area suffused with whitish- 

 ochreous, Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey, on termen suft'used 

 with whitish-ochreous towards base, more widely dorsally, 



S. India, Nilgiris, 7000 feet, in 'March {Ayidreives) ; one specimen. 



Persicoptila meliteucta, n, sp. 



5-13 mm. Head white, sidetufts yellow-ochreous. Palpi 

 whitish, terminal joint with two yellowish bands. Thorax whitish, 

 anterior half of patagia yellow-ochreous. Tuft of posterior tibioe 

 ochreous-whitish tinged with rosy, with two fuscous bars. Fore- 

 wings narrow-lanceolate, long-pointed, acute ; yellow-ochreous ; 

 two bi'oad undefined fasciae of fuscous irroration occupying most of 



