G^LECHIAD.T?. 577 



Brachmia idiastis, n. sj). 



cJ 10-11 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen grey. An- 

 tennae grey, serrate, shortly ciliated. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termeu obliquely rounded ; 

 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; grey, finely irrorated 

 with ochreous-whitish ; stigmata moderate, dark fuscous, laterally 

 edged with white, plical beneath first discal ; a terminal row of 

 dark fuscous dots : cilia grey, with rows of whitish points. Hind- 

 wings and cilia light grey, 



Ben&al, Pusa, bred in June from larvse feeding on Paakuni sp. 

 (Fletcher). 



Paclmistia periochra, n. sp. 



cS 19 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreons. Antennte 

 serrate, ciliations 1, fasciculated. Palpi ochreous, second joint 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; brownish-ochreous ; 

 discal stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, plical minute, indistinct, 

 somewhat beyond first discal ; a series of small indistinct dark 

 fuscous dots just before ajncal part of costa and termen : cilia 

 ochreous. Hind wings and cilia whitish-gi*ey-ochreous. 



Nyassaland, Zomba, in November {JSeave) ; one specimen. Type 

 in British Museum. 



Helcystogramma infibulata, n. sp. 



S . 10 mm. Head whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint tinged 

 with ochreous towards apex, terminal joint with a fuscous lateral 

 line. Thorax ochreous-whitish, patagia white. Abdomen grey, 

 anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen hardly rounded, oblique ; dark brown ; a 

 thick light ochreous-brown streak along dorsum from base to |, 

 upper edge shortly prominent before middle of wing, edged with 

 white from base to this, groundcolour suffused with dark fuscous 

 towards it ; a broad grey postmedian band included between two 

 rather oblique white lines, edged with dark fuscous anteriorlj', 

 first strongly sufi"used with white on upper half posteriori)-, second 

 running to tornus, enlarged into a white triangular spot on costa, 

 within this band is an elongate-oval dark fuscous finely white- 

 edged blotch in disc ; a white streak along lower part of termen, 

 including two black linear dots, sometimes extended round apex : 

 cilia light silvery-grey. Hindwings and cilia light grey. 



Ceylox, Maskeliya, in October {Alston) ; S. India, Coimbatore, 

 in February [Fletcher) j two specimens. 



Helcystogramma hoplophora, n. sp. 



J. 9 mm. Head grey. Palpi grey-whitish, terminal joint 

 white lined with black. Thorax greyish-bronze with three blue- 

 metallic stripes. Abdomen dark leaden-grey, anal tuft whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, 



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