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beneath, and two short direct white strigulee from costa posteriorly ; 
a straight leaden-metallic streak from costa beyond these to tornus, mar- 
gined anteriorly below middle by two wedgeshaped black marks surrounded 
with yellow-ochreous suffusien, and posteriorly above middle by a small 
black spot reaching termen, remainder of terminal area yellow-ochreous : 
cilia pale ochreous, basal third shining leaden-grey, tips dark fuscous on 
upper part of termen, on costa dark fuscous with base whitish, forming a 
somewhat prominent apical hook. Hindwings in ¢ grey-whitish or whitish- 
grey, darker posteriorly, cilia whitish ; in 9 rather dark grey, cilia grey. 
Khasis ; in April and from July te Nevember, eighteen specimens. 
Strobisia gradata, Meyr. 
[ S chen. aw z Atal) 
Khasis ; Karsiang, 5,000 feet, K. Himalayas. — pr po y. 
Strobiste hibisci Stt. 
Maskeliya and Puttalam, Ceylon ; N. Ceorg, 3;500 feet; Pusa, Benge! ; 
Calcutta; Khasis. arva orn Hibiscus. 
Strobisia lamprostoma, Zell. 
Yala, Ceylon (Fletcher); in February. Widely distributed in Africa and 
S. Europe. 
Strobisia balteata, n. sp. 
2. 13-14 mm. Head bronzy-fuscous, face paler, becoming whitish- 
‘ochreous beneath. Palpi pale whitish-ochreous, second joint tinged with 
yellowish, anterier edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antenne dark 
fuscous. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore- 
wings elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, more 
strongly posterierly, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, eblique; 7 and 8 
stalked, 7 to apex; dark shining purplish-leaden-grey ; a blackish-fuscous 
trapezeidal blotch on dorsum before middle, reaching 3 across wing, edged 
with whitish-ochreous; an oblique whitish-ochreous strigula from costa 
before middle, edged posteriorly with dark fuscous; second discal stigma 
small, transverse-linear, whitish-ochreous; a nearly straight double whitish- 
ochreous streak from about 3 of costa to dorsum before tornus, somewhat 
dilated on costa, followed He a fascia of blackish-fuscous suffusion; a 
whitish-ochreous streak round apex and termen to near tornus, thickened 
at apex, edged with a blackish marginal line: cilia shining dark leaden- 
grey. Hindwings blackish- -fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous. _ 
~ Khasis ; in October and November, two specimens. 
Nosphistica, n..g. 
Head smooth; ocelli present; tongue developed. Antenne £,in 3 with 
dong fine ciliations (4), basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. 
Labial palpi very long, recurved, secord joint smooth-scaled, terminal joint 
as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi short, filiform, appressed 
to tongue. Posterior tibie rough-scaled above, basal joint of tarsi tufted 
at apex. Forewings with 5 and 4 out of 2, 7 absent, 8 and 9 stalked. 
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