123 Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XX., No. 3. (January 31, 1911, 
Maskeliya and Madulsima, Ceylon (Pole, Alston, de Mowbray, Vaughan) ; 
from November to January, and May to August, eleven specimens. 
Brachmia arotrea, Meyr. 
Maskeliya and Ambulangoda, Ceylon ; Palni Hills, 6,000 feet ; N. Coorg, 
3,500 feet ; Khasis ; Koni, Burma. 
Brachmia verastis, Meyr. 
Mooltan, Punjab. 
Brachmia aruritis, n. sp. 
$2. 11-13mm. Head fuscous sprinkled with pale greyish-ochreous. 
Palpi ochreous-whitish irrorated with dark fuscous. Antenne 4, dark fus- 
cous, ciliations in g 1. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- 
ochreous. Posterior legs pale whitish-ochreous, externally mixed with 
fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen rounded, oblique; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 
apex ; rather dark purplish-fuscous, veins marked by lines of black irror- 
ation, partially and variably edged with whitish-ochreous dashes and lines, 
especially subcostal and plical lines towards base, and a subterminal series 
of dashes; stigmata obscure, blackish, partially edged with whitish- 
ochreous, plical elongate, all tending to be merged in the dark streaks : cilia 
dark fuscous with rows of whitish-ochreous points, base barred with whitish- 
ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 
Maskeliya, Matale, Puttalam, and Trincomali, Ceylon (Pole, de Mowbray, 
Fletcher) ; in December and January and from April to August, nine 
specimens. 
Brachmia percnobela, n. sp. 
©. 17-19mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax dark fuscous, anten- 
nz +. Abdomen fuscous. Posterior tibize light greyish-ochreous, externally 
suffused with rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 
2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex; dark ashy-fuscous, veins 
obscurely marked with blackish ; stigmata obscure, blackish, plical dash- 
like, rather before first discal, which is also rather elongate: cilia dark 
ashy-fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Nilgiris, 3,500 feet (Andrewes); in August, two specimens. Specially 
characterised by the wholly dark fuscous palpi. 
Brachmia lochistis, n. sp. 
36 9. 12-183 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, face paler, margins of eyes 
pale ochreous. Palpi pale whitish-ochreous, second joint sprinkled with 
fuscous, anterior edge of terminal joint fuscous. Antenne +4, rather dark 
fuscous, ciliations in ¢1. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft mixed with ochreous- 
whitish. Posterior legs grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique; 2 and 3 
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