La 
86° Jour., Bom, Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. X.XT,, No. 3. [July 30, 1932. 
whitish-ochreous, above apex ochreous-brown, beneath it with spot of 
whitish suffusion. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked; grey, darker post- 
eriorly ; cilia grey. 
Kegalle, Ceylon (Alston) ; Konkan (Young) ; three specimens. 
Herpystis pallidula, n. sp. 
$2. 10-14 mm. Head white. Palpi white, basal half imfuseated. 
Thorax ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, somewhat contracted 
posteriorly, costa gently arched, without feld, apex obtuse, termen slightly 
sinuate, rather oblique ; ochreous-whitish er pale whitish-ochreous, with 
scattered strigule of dark fuscous irroration except toward base ; costa 
obliquely strigulated throughout with black; an undefined spot of black 
irroration on fold indicating angle of basal patch ; a narrow ochreous patch 
along posterior half of costa, marked with four pairs of whitish costa 
strigulse and some very oblique leaden-metallic strigze from these ; ocellus 
obscurely margined with leaden-metallic, enclosing some scattered black 
scales; cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings pale greyish: cilia whitish-grey. 
N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; from October to December, six 
specimens. 
Gypsonoma, Meyr. 
This genus is essentially distinguished from Fwcosma by the stalking of 
veins 6 and 7 of hindwings. 
Gypsonoma anthracitis, n. sp. 
g 9. 10-11 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax in dg wholly dark grey, 
posterior extremity of thorax whitish; in 2 head white, crown suffused 
with grey, dark fuscous en sides, palpi dark fuscous, with terminal joint 
and apex of second white, thorax dark grey mixed with white posteriorly, 
patagia white except shoulders. Abdomen in ¢ with long grey hairs from 
each side of back near base. Posterior tibiex in gd clothed with rough 
whitish scales above. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, somewhat con- 
tracted posteriorly, costa gently arched, without fold, apex round-pointed, 
termen sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; ochreous-white, somewhat 
sprinkled with grey ; basal patch suffused with grey, with three or four 
blackish-grey strise, outer edge very obtusely angulated below middle ; 
central fascia and posterior area wholly suffused with grey, irregularly and 
sharply marked with black, costa finely strigulated with whitish, giving rise 
to some oblique teaden-metallic strigze, ocellus leaden-grey edged with 
white : cilia whitish mixed with grey and dark fuscous (imperfect). Hind- 
wings narrower than forewings, 3 and 4 stalked; dark grey, thinly 
scaled anteriorly, in ¢ a brush of long dense dark grey hairs from 
anterior half of costa; undersurface in ¢ with dorsal area broadly 
blackish, costal edge with rough projecting white scales anteriorly ; cilia 
long, grey, in d¢ on dorsum forming an expanded rough fringe of very 
long hairs. Undersurface of forewings in ¢ suffused with dark grey 
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