448 Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XX., No. 2. [ October 12, 1910, 
resemblance to some forms of 7imyra, and the modification of the palpi in gd 
also suggests relationship ; it is however a true Lectthocera, but may really 
indicate the genetic origin of Timyra. 
Lecithacera crebrata, a. sp. 
¢ 2. 18 mm. Head glossy dark purple-fuscous, sides of crown 
ochreous-yellow, face more or less whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 
second joint sprinkled with blackish, anterior edge of terminal joint 
blackish. Antenne dark fuscous, beneath pale ochreous-yellowish. 
Thorax dark fuscous, in ¢ mixed with pale yellowish. Abdomen light 
ochreous-yellowish, on sides mixed with dark fuscous, in gd posteriorly with 
lateral tufts of scales on margins of segments. Posterior tibizw light 
ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 
stalked, 4 and 5 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7; pale ochreous-yellowish, in d 
irregularly irrorated with fuscous and blackish, in Q almost concealed 
with dense purple-blackish irroration; discal stigmata represented by 
cloudy round purple-blackish spots, their lower extremities connected in 
2 by a streak of pale ground colour: cilia light ochreous-yellowish, in d 
slightly sprinkled, in 2 mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings in ¢ pale 
ochreous-yellowish, in Q rather dark fuscous; in ¢ with a downwards- 
directed fringe of dense ochreous-yellow hair-scales along lower margin of 
cell, longest in middle; cilia in ¢ pale yellowish, in Q fuscous. 
N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in May (Newcome) ; two specimens. 
Lecithocera choritis, n. sp. 
@. 21-23 mm. Head pale yellow-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 
second joint suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous except at apex, anterior 
edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antenne whitish-ochreous dotted 
with dark fuscous, towards base suffused above with dark fuscous. Thorax 
rather light purplish-fuscous. Abdomen pale yellow-ochreous. Forewings 
elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen nearly straight, oblique; 2 and 8 staiked, 4 and 6 stalked, 8 and 9 
out of 7; pale ochreous-yellowish, irregularly and variably irrorated with 
purplish-fuscous and dark fuscous; discal stigmata represented by round 
dark purplish-fuscous spots, connected by a central elongate patch of pale 
ground colour: cilia pale ochreous-yellowish, with traces of two fuscous 
shades. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-ochreous, round apex with two 
faint fuscous lines. 
Palni Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell); Nilgiris, 6,000 feet (Andrewes); in 
May, three specimens. 
Lecithocera epigompha, n. sp. 
gd. 20 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous. Palpi whitish- 
ochreous, second joint suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous. Antenne 
ochreous-fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 
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