608 EXOTIC MICKOhKPIDOI'TERA. 



Thorax dark piirple-fuscous, apex of patagia and posterior margin 

 pale yellow-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen 

 rounded, rather oblique; pale yellow-ochreous, posteriorly with a 

 few scattered grey scales ; base of costa dark fuscous ; second 

 discal stigma round, dark purple-fuscous : cilia pale yellow- 

 ochreous. Hind wings grey- whitish ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 

 Kaxara, Karwar, in September {Maxwell) ; one specimen. 



Strutliisca amphizela, n. sp. 



(5 . 16 mm. Head light greyish-ochreous, face fuscous. Palpi 

 very short, fuscous. Antennal pectinations very long, about 3- 

 length of antennae. Thorax rather dark violet-fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark grey, Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 4 absent, 

 7 and 8 stalked, 9 absent ; rather dark violet-fuscous : cilia fuscous. 

 Hind wings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Hakgala, in March (Green) ; one specimen. Much like 

 holoscia, but differs by absence of vein 4 in forewiiigs, shorter 

 antennal pectinations, and colour of head (in holoscia greyish or 

 grey- whitish). 



Melasma chlorotriclia, n. sp. 



c? 17-19 mm., 5 ^4-27 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi 

 moderate, roughly scaled, whitish-ochreous, second joint more or 

 less suffused with dark grey except at apex and on projecting 

 scales. Antennal pectinations of (S 4, Thorax grey mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Porewings elongate, posteriorly 

 somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen ubli(|uely 

 rounded ; dark grey with some lighter scales and indications of suf- 

 fused dark fuscous striguke, veins sometimes tinged with brownish ; 

 so'ne small obscure irregular dark fuscous or blackish spots along 

 costa, and on a subcostal series towards base; suffused rather 

 oblique fasciae of dark irroration before and beyond middle, and 

 one along termen, but these are hardly traceable; costa somewhat 

 tinged with whitish-ochreous between spots posteriorly: cilia grey 

 mixed with dark fuscous, with traces of pale bars. Hind wings 

 dark grey ; cilia grey, with darker subbasal line. 



NrASSAr.A.Nn, Mt. Mlanje, in December (Neave); five specimens. 

 Characterised by the ochreous tinge of head, and general dark 

 suffusion of forewings, 



Melasina metherca, n. sp. 



J 16 m:n., 5 22 mm. Head pale yellow-ochreous. Palpi 

 moderate, dark fuscous, terminal joint and apex of second ochreous- 

 whitish. Antennal pectinations of J 5. Thorax brownish sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Porewings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; light 

 brownish irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous ; two moderate 



