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cell, and several small subtevminal spots above and bolow middle ; 

 three dots on cosfca towards apex : cilia light gre3'ish-ochreous, 

 with rather dark fuscous antemediaii shade, towards tips faintly 

 spotted w4th fuscous. Hindwings light fuscous ; cilia whitish- 

 grey-ochreous, with fuscous subbasal line. 



2 . 36-40 mm. Forewings with termen more oblique, markings 

 very obscure and almost obsolete. 



Bengal, Pusa, in June, taken at light {Fletcher) ; eighteen 

 specimens. 



Melasma campestris, n. sp. 



S . 27-30 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous, slightly 

 ■whitish-mixed. I'alpi moderate, rather dark fuscous, tip whitish- 

 ochreous. Antennal pectinations 5. Abdomen fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen 

 rounded, rather oblique ; fuscous, base of scales pale, strewn with 

 small indistinct dark fuscous strigulse, forming small spots on costa 

 posteriorly ; an indistinct somewhat darker transverse blotch 

 crossing fold beneath middle of wing, narrowed downward and 

 generally appearing to reach dorsum ; an even subterminal series 

 of several small indistinct dark spots : cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, 

 with two fuscous shades. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia ochreous- 

 grey-whitish with fuscous subbasal line. 



2 , 36-38 mm. Very similar to J, but somewhat lighter and 

 more obscure. 



Eengal, Pusa, in June, taken at light (Fletcher) ; twenty-one 

 specimens. 



Melasma colonica, u. sp. 



c? . 27-32 mm. Head with ochreous-wbitish hairs suffused 

 beneath with, fuscous. Palpi moderate, fuscous, terminal joint 

 ochreous-whitish. Antennal pectinations 5. Thorax fuscous 

 sprinkled with ochreous-whitish. Abdomen pale fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; light fuscous, more or less sprinkled or mixed 

 with fuscous-whitish, and finely strigulated or reticulated with dark 

 fuscous irroration, posterior half of costa with several small 

 usually obscure dark fuscous spots ; in well-marked specimens an 

 irregular dark patch occupying most of disc from before middle to 

 near termen, its posterior edge with a short abrupt semicircular 

 excavation in middle, but this patch is often indistinct or almost 

 obsolete : cilia whitish suffusedly barred with light fuscous. Hind- 

 wings pale fuscous ; cilia whitish with light fuscous subbasal 

 shade. 



Hajputana, Ajmere, in June and July ; six specimens. 



Melasina expressa, n. sp. 



S . 30-34 mm. Head whitish, hairs suffused beneath with 

 fuscous. Palpi moderate, dark fuscous, terminal joint whitish. 

 Antennal pectinations 5. Thorax fuscous-whitish, patagia, anterior 



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