GELKCHIAD^, 5S9 



Symmoca acatharta Meyr, 

 Having obtained better specimens, I find that my description is 

 inadequate, the principal features being omitted, viz. large tufts 

 representing the stigmata (rubbed in the original specimens), 

 ochreous- whitish anteriorly, dark fuscous posteriorly, plical beneath 

 first discal, second discal double, edged with whitish-yellowish 

 posteriorly. 



Symmoca dolabrata, n, sp. 



2 . 16 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint dark 

 fuscous except towards apex. Thorax whitish, shoulders narrowly 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen light grey, segments banded with ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; pale grey suffused with white, with a few 

 scattered dark fuscous scales ; markings fuscous suffusedly irrorated 

 with black ; a narrow basal fascia, widest on dorsum, edge convex ; 

 small spots transversely placed representing plical and first discal 

 stigmata ; a transverse blotch from dorsum towards tornus reaching 

 I across wing, with a strong projection from its anterior edge in 

 middle of disc ; a small cloudy spot on costa at |^ ; a small apical 

 spot, and two black dots on termen beneath it : cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, with a few dark fuscous specks. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 grej'-whitish. 



b, India, Nilgiris, 7000 feet, in March (Andreives) ; one specimen. 



Epimimastis escharitis, n. sp. 



J . 19 mm. Head grey. Palpi dark grey. Thorax rather 

 dark brown. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wiugs elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; rather dark 

 brown ; costal edge suffused with fulvous-ochreous on median 

 third ; two blackish dots transversely placed on end of cell : cilia 

 grey, with dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings rather dark grey ; 

 cilia grey. 



CBYLOiSr, Namunukuli, 6000 feet, in February (Green) ; one 

 specimen. 



Epimimastis emblematica, n. sp. 



c? . 13-14 mm. Head brassy-whitish-ochreous, sides of face 

 sometimes grey. Palpi dark grey, tip ochreous-whitish. Thorax 

 whitish-yellow, shoulders blackish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous 

 more or less mixed with grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather 

 oblique ; pale ochreous-yellowish, with some scattered dark fuscous 

 specks ; a blackish mark on base of costa ; small wedge-shaped 

 blackish spots on costa at j^ and | ; a triangular blackish-grey 

 blotch on costa about |, reaching half across wing and becoming 

 pale brownish-ochreous at apex : a small blackish mark on costa 

 just beyond this ; a pale browuish-oehrcous irregular transverse 



