TINFTBiE. 603 



as light ^.TP}'. A fnie Tivea of veiy similar colouring was talicn 

 also in the same caves, but the example is not in sufficiently good 

 condition to be described. 



Tinea euzela, u. sp. 



cJ. 10 mm. Head whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, tip whitish. 

 Antennae greyish. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex acute, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded; 7 and 8 stalked; shining pale 

 brassy-jellow, with a few irregularly scattered blatkish scales ; a 

 rather thick dark fuscous streak along costa from base to near 

 middle ; a purple apical patch edged with scattered black scales, 

 its margin running from | of costa to | of dorsum (origin of 

 dorsal cilia), somewhat sinuate : cilia dark grey. Hindwings 

 lanceolate, dark coppery-grey ; cilia bronzy-grey. 



S. India, Ootacamund, in December {Fletcher); one specimen. 



Tinea nocticolor, n. sp. 



<S $ . 8-9 mm. Head light fulvous-ochreous. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, apex of joints ochreous-whitish., Antennae dark fuscous, 

 in S pubescent-ciliated. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Eorewings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous, 

 slightly pale-sprinkled : cilia grey, with darker median shade. 

 Hindwings with transverse vein absent between 3 and 5, 4 rising 

 free as a branch of parting-vein, 5 and 6 stalked ; dark grey, 

 cilia grey. 



Assam, Khasis, in April and May ; four specimens. 



Tinea pentaspila, n. sp. 



^ 2 . 9-10 mm. Head whitish-grey or fuscous-whitish, crown in 

 cJ suffused with dark fuscous. Palpi whitish, second joint dark 

 fuscous except towards apex. Antennae dark grey. Thorax dark 

 bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; purple sutfusedly irrorated with dark fuscous ; 

 five cloudy whitish spots, first moderate, on fold at ^ of wing, second 

 large, transverse, from costa at |, reaching more than half across 

 wing, third small, on dorsum opposite this, fourth and fifth small, 

 undefined ; on costa and termen towards apex, opposite : cilia 

 bronzy-grey, with darker median line. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey, with bronzy-purple reflections ; cilia grey. 



VicTOEiA, Gisborne, in October {Lyell) ; five specimens. 



Tinea pterocosma, n. sp. 



c? . 9 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark purple-fuscous, with pale yellow posterior spot. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 



