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transverse fasciae, in disc more silvery or in lowland specimens pale 

 golden-metallic, more or less edged with dark fuscous irroration, 

 somewhat dilated at extremities, first at -|-, second in middle, 

 slightly oblique, third at |, fourth at |, narrowest, rather inwards- 

 oblique : cilia ochreous- whitish, basal third pale ochreous, -with a 

 few dark fuscous specks. Hind wings and cilia ochreous- whitish. 



Kanaka, Ganesh Gudi, Ramanguli,and Manchikeri, in December 

 and May (Maxwell) ; S. India, JSTilgiris, 6000 feet, in May 

 (Anchewes). The mountain specimens are larger and less metallic, 

 but apparently not otherwise different. 



Mnesteria sideraula, n. sp. 



J $. 16-18 mm. Head and thorax brassy-yellow, patagia dark 

 leaden-grey. Palpi in c^ with second joint whitish-ochreous, 

 broadly expanded with leaden-grey scales into a spoon-shaped 

 form, hollowed internnlly, terminal joint aborted, concealed, in 



5 sickle-shaped, yellow. Abdomen in cj" ochreous-whitish, in 5 

 whitish-grey. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termcn extremely obliquely rounded : pale 

 brassy-yellow, in 5 with dorsal half deep ochreous-yellow ; a small 

 spot of dark bluish-leaden suffusion on base of costa ; a dark 

 bluish-leadcn-metallic streak from base along fold to beyond 5, 

 and a similar streak in disc from g to | ; in c5' a rather thick dark 

 fuscous median longitudinal streak from base to apex, including 

 the two preceding, in 5 less strongly marked and on anterior half 

 of wing more or less obsolete : cilia pale yellowish. Hindwings in 



c5' pale ochreous tinged with grey towards costa, with a long dense 

 pale ochreous hairpencil lying along submedian groove from base, 

 in 5 grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Ceylon, Namuuukuli, NeAvera Eliya, Patipola, Maskeliya, 4000- 

 7000 feet, from February to May {Green, Pole, cle Moivhray) ; six 

 specimens. 



Frisilia procentra, n. sp. 



S . 17 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi pale greyish- 

 ochreous, brownish-tinged. Thorax light brownish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, 

 rather oblique ; 3 absent, 2 and 4 stalked, 8 absent, 9 out of 7 ; 

 subdorsal groove sinuate downwards on anterior half ; greyish- 

 ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous dot above 

 subdorsal groove at \', discal stigmata dark fuscous, first moderate, 

 second cloudy, whence a slightly curved somewhat oblique fuscous 

 shade runs to dorsum ; a streak of fuscous suffusion along termen : 

 cilia pale ochreous, with two indistinct fuscous shades. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 



S. India, Palnis, 6000 feet, in May {Fletcher); one specimen. 



Heliangara ericydes, n. sp. 



S . 10 mm. Head and thorax deep purple. Palpi purple- 



