GKLECHIAD^. 569 



obscurely iiidioatetl, obliquely before first disral : cilia light grey, 



on basal half sprinkled with brown, whitish, and dark fnscous. 



Hindwings grey, lighter in cell and towards base ; cilia light grey. 



Eengal, Pusa, in June and August (Fletcher); Iwo specimens. 



Phthorimaea blapsigona, n. sp. 



c? $ . 13-14 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, some- 

 times with a few dark fuscous specks, shoulders dark fuscous. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint with a more or less developed blackish supramedian 

 baud. Abdomen whitish irrorated with grey, Porewiugs elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, largely suffusedly 

 streaked with brownish-ochreous, and irregularly sprinkled with 

 blackish ; stigmata small, cloudy, blackish, plical beneath first 

 discal ; a small cloudy spot of blackish irroration on costa at f : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, basal half sprinkled with blackish. Hind- 

 wings pale grey, more or less whitish-tinged anteriorly ; cilia pale 

 whitish-ochreous. 



S. India, Coimbatore, bred in July and August from larvje feed- 

 ing on buds of " brinjal," Solanum melongena (FhtcJier) ; four 

 specimens: also stated to occur at Pusa and Nagpur. Allied to 

 heliopa and other Solanacece-feeders. 



Timyra isochra Meyr. 



Described from several c? examples from Ceylon ; others subse- 

 quently obtained from Kanara (Maanuell) and Gooty, S. India (C'««?p- 

 heU) enable following additions and corrections : Head with fuscous 

 spot on each side of crown ; palpi in 5 with anterior edge of ter- 

 minal joint dark fuscous ; antennae in (S with small notch at base of 

 stalk : thorax wath transverse anterior series of four small fuscous 

 8])ots ; forewings with 4 and 5 connate or stalked, 9 sometimes 

 connate with 7, lower part of third fascia connected by bar with 

 upper part of fourth, fasciae in § fuscous or dark fuscous ; hind- 

 wings with 6 to costa or apex, in 2 grey, cilia as in d' • 



Timyra platycapna, n. sp. 



2 . 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish, shoulders with a dark fuscous mark. Posterior tibiae and 

 basal joint of tarsi with long rough expanding ochreous-whitish 

 hairscales mixed with grey. Porewings elongate, narrow, costa 

 rather abruptly bent before middle, with long rough cilia thence 

 onwards, a]iex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 4 and 

 5 sialked, 7 to costa; rather dark fuscous ; a transverse ochreous- 

 whitish line almost at base ; a transverse whitish-ochreous line 

 before middle, somewhat curved outwards on each half and in- 

 dented in middle ; a suf used ochreous-yellow patch occupying 

 apical fifth : cilia ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings with 6 to apex ; 



