71D Jour., Bom, Nat. Hist, Soc., Vol. XX., No. 3. | January 31, 1911. 
Brachmia areifera, Meyr. 
Palni Hills (Campbell); Bhotan (Dudgeon). The abdomen should be 
described as dark fuscous. 
Brachmia bracculata, n. sp. 
36 2. 15-17mm. Head and thorax rather dark lilac-fuscous, face suffus- 
ed with ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish second joint sprinkled 
and on basal half suffused with dark fuscous, anterior edge of terminal joint 
dark fuscous. Antennze dark fuscous, dotted with whitish, ciliations in ¢ 3. 
Abdomen rather dark fuscous, tinged with ochreous, beneath yellow- 
whitish except anal segment. Posterior tibiz ochreous-whitish, basal 3 
dark fuscous, tarsi dark fuscous, ringed with whitish. Forewings elongate 
rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen sinuate, rather oblique ; 2 and 38 stalked, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out 
of 7 ; rather dark purplish-fuscous ; second discal stigma obscurely darker ; 
ochreous-white wedge-shaped strigule on costa at ? and dorsum before 
tornus, connected by a faint sinuate whitish line: cilia bronzy-fuscous 
base on termen white followed by a dark grey shade. Hindwings rather 
dark grey; cilia pale grey, on upper part of termen with base ochreous- 
whitish. 
Khasis ; in May and September, three specimens. 
Brachmia deleastra, n. sp. 
2. 15-l17mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous, face paler or 
whitish-tinged. Palpi whitish, second joint fuscous except apex, with a 
dark fuscous subapical ring, anterior and posterior edges of terminal joint 
blackish. Antennz 1, ochreous-white ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen 
fuscous. Posterior tibiz dark fuscous, apex yellowish-white, tarsi 
yellowish-white spotted with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather 
narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 
termen concave, rather oblique; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out 
of 7; moderately dark purple-fuscous ; stigmata obscurely darker, plical, 
hardly beyond first discal, second discal forming a transverse mark; a 
somewhat oblique ochreous-whitish mark on costa at 3, whence a 
faintly indicated very obtusely angulated pale line runs to dorsum before 
tornus ; a dark terminal line: cilia rather dark purplish-fuscous, with pale 
basal line. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 
Kandy and Arawa, Ceylon (Green, Pole, Fletcher); in August and 
December, three specimens. 
Brachmia storestis, n. sp. 
¢.10 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous, centre of crown pale fuscous. 
Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint suffused with dark fuscous except 
towards apex. Antenne almost 1, ochreous-whitish, serrulate, simple. 
Thorax rather dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, beneath dark fuscous, anal 
tuft pale whitish-ochreous. Posterior tibie rather dark fuscous, apex 
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