330 KXOTIC JIlCKOLKl'lDOrTERA. 



gro3--whitisli spcclis, and towards apex with some scattered blnck 

 scales; plical and second di<cal stigmata small, black ; cilia dark 

 grey, towards torims lighter. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



S. Ikdja, Coimbatore, in November, bred from larva on Acacia 

 [Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Cholotis anthraceiita, n. sp. 



(S . 7 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-grey. Palpi gre}'- 

 •« hitish irrorated with dark fuscous. Antennae grey, apical third 

 ochreous-whitish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft ochreous-grey-whitish. 

 Torewings lanceolate, apex produced, acute; grey irregularly in-o- 

 rated with dark fuscous ; plical and second discal stigmata dark 

 fuscous ; a small whitish spot on costa at f , apical area beyond 

 this mostly suffused with dark fuscous : cilia pale greyish, round 

 costa and ajjcx dark grey. Hindwings dark grey, towards base 

 suffused with blackish ; cilia grey. 



Peku, Chosica, 2800 feet, in July (FarisJi) ; five specimens. 



Cholotis plumbata, n. sp. 



c5' 5 . 6 mm. Head and thorax shining dark bronzy-grey. 

 Palpi dark grey, apex of second joint blackish, anterior edge 

 of terminal joint with whitish specks. Antenna? dark grey, apical 

 third whitish. Abdomen grey. ForcAvings lanceolate; shining- 

 dark bronzy-grey : cilia grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



PiansH Guiana, Eartica, Mallali, in Pebruaiy and March 

 {l\irish) ; three specimens. 



Cliolotis pancrypta, n. sp. 



d $ . 11 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark bronzy- fuscoiis. 

 Antenna? dark fuscous, apical third whitish. Abdomen fuscous. 

 Porewings elongate-lanceolate; 6 absent; dark bronzy-fuscous : 

 cilia dark broiizy-fuscous, towards tornus grey. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey ; 4 and 5 connate. 



Cuba, Holguin ; two specimens. Extremely like the Australian 

 semnostola, but difl'ers by whitish apex of antennae. The North 

 American ceanuthiellu, \\hich also belongs here, is broader-winged 

 and more brassy. The character " Veins 4 and 5 of hindwings 

 Connate or approximated " should be added to the diagnosis of the 

 genus. 



Cliolotis chersota, u. sp. 



" d 2 . 10-11 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous, second joint except a^^ex 

 fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft 

 oclireous -\\hitish. Porewings elongate - lanceolate ; brownisli, 

 irrorated with dark fuscous ; stigmata dark fuscous, sometimes 

 edged with ochreous-whitish posteriorly, plical ver}' obliquely 

 before first discal ; an ochreous-whitish dot on costa at f; some- 

 times some ochreous-whitish specks round margins towards apex, 



