N¢ 
9 Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soe., Vol. X.XT., No. 1. [ October 31, 1911. 
spots on costa between this and apex; a large triangular spot on dorsum 
before tornus; a triangular blotch resting on apex and upper % of 
termen : cilia pale yellowish. Hindwings bronzy-grey ; cilia whitish-ochre- 
ous, 
Palni Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; one specimen. 
Tinea sindonia, n. sp. 
3 2. 20-24 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Thorax white, anteriorly 
ochreous-whitish, shoulders with a dark fuscous spot. Palpi ochreous- 
whitish, second joint externally dark fuscous except apex, terminal joint 
long, sometimes dark fuscous towards base. Antennze ochreous-whitish, 
tinged with grey towards apex. Abdomen ochreous-grey-whitish. Fore- 
wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen 
very obliquely rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous, yellowish-tinged, in one 
specimen suffused with fuscous except towards base; markings white, 
sometimes yellowish-tinged, edged with scattered dark fuscous scales ; two 
triangular blotches occupying most of dorsum, reaching nearly half across 
wing ; undefined patches towards costa before middle, and in dise at 4, 
sometimes almost obsolete ; a semicircular spot on costa before apex, and 
two or three irregular spots on termen, more or less edged with dark 
fuscous suffusion : cilia pale whitish-ochreous sometimes mixed with fus- 
cous, at apex with a dark fuscous bar. Hindwings with 5 and 6 stalked ; 
pale brassy-whitish yellowish ; cilia yellow-whitish. 
Palni Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; five specimens. 
Tinea chelyodes, n. sp. 
2. 16mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, shoulders infuscated. 
Palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennze whitish-ochreous, towards apex with 
several rings of dark fuscous suffusion. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Fore- 
wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded ; bronzy-yellow-ochreous ; costa suffused with dark 
fuscous near base; two transverse white streaks towards base, confluent 
towards costa into a patch containing three costal dots of groundcolour, 
with a white dorsal dot between them ; between this and apex are about 
eight indistinct transverse whitish streaks, posteriorly obsolete towards 
costa, and several dots on costa and termen towards apex ; a blackish- 
fuscous elongate patch extending along dorsum from { to beyond tornus, 
cut by one streak anteriorly and enclosing several whitish dorsal dots : 
cilia pale whitish-ochreous, obliquely barred with dark fuscous irroration, 
at apex with a direct projecting blackish bar, on costa whitish trans- 
versely barred with yellow-ochreous. Hindwings grey-whitish; cilia pale 
whitish-ochreous. 
Khasis, in October ; one specimen, 
Tinea artificiosa, n. sp. 
¢. 12 mm. Head and thorax white, shoulders marked with dark 
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