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Melasma praecepta, n. sp. 



d . 32-36 mm. Head whitish, hairs suftused with fuscous 

 beneath. Palpi moderate, fuscous, tip whitish. Antennal pecti- 

 nations 5. Thorax fuscous-whitish, patagia more or less suffused 

 with dark fuscous, crest fuscous posteriorly. Abdomen pale 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gentlj arched, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded ; light fuscous, more or 

 less suffused with fuscous-whitish, and strigulated with dark 

 fuscous ; basal third of costa suffused with dark fuscous ; a small 

 dark fuscous spot on fold at ^ ; a. triangular dark fuscous spot 

 beneath middle of wing, its apex connected with dorsum by two 

 strigulce; a dark fuscous transverse-linear mark on end of cell; 

 an irregular slender dark fuscous subterminal streak or series of 

 small spots, rather prominent posteriorly towards costa : cilia 

 fuscous-whitish barred with fuscous. Hiiidwings pale fuscous, 

 sometimes sprinkled with darker specks ; cilia whitish, with 

 fuscous subbasal line. 



5 . 48 mm. Porewings more obscurely marked, with hardly 

 any whitish suffusion. 



Kanaka, Masur, HalJur, Dharwar, in April and May {Maxwell) ; 

 four specimens. 



Melasina tylota, n. sp. 



S . 20-23 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi moderate, 

 dark fuscous, towards apex pale greyish-ochreous. Antennal 

 pectinations 6. Thorax pale greyish-ochreous anteriorly suffused 

 with dark fuscous, crest dark fuscous posteriorly. Abdomen light 

 grey, anal tuft pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 light greyish-ochreous, strewn with small strigulae of blackish 

 irroration ; blotches of dark fuscous suffusion occupying basal 

 fourths of costa and dorsum, nearly meeting ; a blackish-fuscous 

 transverse spot from dorsum beyond middle, reaching to about 

 fold ; a rather oblique fasciate blackish-fuscous blotch from costa 

 at 1^, reaching nearly half across wing; three small dark fuscous 

 spots on costa posteriorly ; a small cloudy dark fuscous spot 

 towards termen above middle : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, with 

 rows of fuscous points. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish- 

 ochreous, with grey subbasal line. 



$ . 30-33 mm. Forewings with markings more cloudy and 

 indistinct, tornal area clouded with dark fuscous irroration. 



8. India, Shevaroys, 4500 feet, in April {Fletcher) ; six 

 specimens. 



Melasina gregaria, n. sp. 



J . 25-29 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi moderate, dark 

 fuscous, towards tip pale ochreous. Antennal pectinations 5. 

 Thorax violet-fuscous, posteriorly pale ochreous.. Abdomen grey, 

 anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly some- 

 what dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen 



