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times wholly tinged with fuscous ; stigmata black, plical rather 

 before first discal ; a cloudy grey dot on dorsum beneath second 

 discal ; an almost marginal row of black dots round posterior part 

 of costa and termen : cilia concolorous but somewhat yellower, 

 lliudwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Horton Plains, Pattipola, Maskeliya, in November, 

 December, March, April, and June {Pole, Green) ; six specimens. 



PROTOBATHRA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts raised, spreading ; ocelli 

 present ; tongue developed. Antennae |, basal joint elongate, 

 without pectcn. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint 

 with ajipressed scales, terminal joint rather shorter than second, 

 slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to 

 tongue. Posterior tibia3 clothed with rough scales above. Fore- 

 wings with 2 from towards angle, 3-5 approximated, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings somewhat over 1, 

 trapezoidal-ovate, termen slightly sinuate beneath apex, cilia 

 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 rather approximated to 4, 6 and 7 connate 



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Protobathra erista, n. sp. 

 5 . 20 mm. Head oehreous-white, sometimes suff'usedly mixed 

 with fuscous. Palpi white, second joint dark fuscous except apex, 

 terminal joint suffused with dark fuscous towards base. Thorax 

 dark fuscous somewhat mixed with whitisli, with two white 

 posterior spots. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

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

 oblique ; fuscous, more or less irrorated suftusedly with dark 

 fuscous ; cloudy dark fuscous 8-shaped spots in disk before and 

 beyond middle representing stigmata ; in one specimen the discal 

 area all round these is w^holly suffused Avith white, extending 

 broadly to costa and dorsum beyond middle, and there is a patch 

 of white suffusion towards basal portion of dorsum, and an irregular 

 suffused white subterminal fascia, in the other specimen these 

 white areas are only indicated by some irregular white irroration : 

 cilia whitish mixed with fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, paler ante- 

 riorly ; cilia fuscous-whitish. 



S. India, Nilgiris, 6000 feet {Andreioes), Ootacamund (Green), 

 in May ; two spcciuiens. 



BLASTOBASID^. 



Blastobasis crassifica, n. sp. 

 J $. 12-13 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, in J with second joint somewhat sprinkled with fuscous 

 except towards apex, terminal joint as long as second, very stout, 

 somewhat trigonate, obtuse-pointed, in $ sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Antenna) in J with strong notch near baso of stalk, 



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