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basal half of wiug, separated by a faint whitish line ; another faint 

 whitish line beyond these, and one near before apex ; some slight 

 fuscons irroration towards tornus : cilia pale ochreous, on tennen 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous on basal half. Hindwings light gre)' ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, 



CooEG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, in May (Neivcomc) ; one specimen. 



Persicoptila acrostigma, n. sp. 



c? . lG-17 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous, 

 extreme apex of second joint and two slender rings of terminal 

 joint dark fuscous. Thorax pale ochroous suffugedlv mixed with 

 whitish and obscurely streaked with darker. Abdomen pale 

 yellow-ochreous. Tuft of posterior tibise whitish marked with 

 ochreous blotches irrorated with blackish, Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate, apex somewhat produced, acute ; ochreous more or 

 less sprinkled with fuscous ; stigmata blackish surrounded with 

 whitish suffusion, discal approximated, ])lical before first discal, 

 produced anteriorly into a strong dash along fold, second discal 

 very small or reduced to a whitish dot; an angulated whitish 

 Bubterminal line, apical area beyond this suffusedly irrorated 

 with blackish : cilia pale ochreous sprinkled vpith dark fuscous 

 and blackish. Hindwings ochreous-whitish, extreme tip dark 

 grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



S. India, Nilgiris, 7000 feet, in March and April (And reives); 

 two specimens. 



Persicoptila petrinopa, n. sp. 



J 5 . 17-18 mm. Head whitish, crown mixed with dark 

 grey. Palpi whitish irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous, 

 extreme apex of second joint and a subapical band of terminal 

 joint dark fuscous. Thorax grey mixed with whitish and 

 irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish, in 2 mixed 

 with dark grey towards middle. Tuft of posterior tibiae whitish 

 suffusedly banded with dark grey irroration. Forewings narrow- 

 lanceolale ; light ochreous-grey or light fuscous variably irrorated 

 with dark fuscous; basal area sometimes suffused with blackish 

 irroration ; stigmata blackish, more or less edged with whitish, 

 sometimes rosj^-tinged, discal approximated, first discal beyond 

 middle, plical before first discal, enlarged into an irregular spot, 

 sometimes preceded on fold by an irregular whitish streak edged 

 with two undefined blackish marks before middle ; an angulated 

 white subterininal line near before apex, followed by more or less 

 blackish irroration : cilia pale greyish -ochreous, more or less 

 irrorated Avith blackish, sometimes with two distinct blackish 

 shades. Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish, jwstcriorly or wholly 

 suffused with rather dark grey irroration ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 

 S. India, Nilgiris, 7000 feet, in March (Audraves) ; four 

 specimens. 



