»F 
465° —s Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XXII, No. 1. [Apri 21, 1913. 
occupying nearly median third of costa, reaching half across wing, 
preceded on costa by a small dark fuscous spot separated by a whitish 
strigula ; costa posteriorly dark fuscous, with several fine whitish oblique 
strigule; a short black dash in disc at {, one resting on termen 
beneath apex, and a minute one just above tornus: cilia light fuscous 
irrorated with whitish. Hindwings grey, lighter and thinly scaled 
towards base, veins darker; cilia whitish-ochreous, tinged with fuscous 
round apex. 
Khasis ; in August and November, three specimens. 
Chelaria spathota, n. sp. 
@. 15-17 mm. Head and thorax pale whitish-ochreous, patagia blackish- 
fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with lower § fuscous with 
two suffused blackish-fuscous bands, apical portion with whorls of fuscous 
whitish-tipped scales, beneath with very long broad rough tuft of project- 
ing scales, terminal joint with oblique blackish ring towards base and 
three towards middle, posteriorly with median projection of dark fuscous 
scales. Abdomen grey, anal tuft ochreous. Forewings elongate, very 
narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded; 6 separate to apex, 7 and 8 stalked; dark purple- 
fuscous longitudinally streaked with black; a dark brown streak above 
fold from base to # of wing; a rather broad ochreous-whitish streak along 
dorsum from base to tornus, thence attenuated almost to apex, including 
short blackish dashes on each side of tornus, its upper edge with a short 
ochreous-whitish dash adjacent at 2, and a similar but transverse mark at 
2; a fine white longitudinal line above apical portion: cilia pale fuscous, 
basal half suffused with ochreous-whitish, above apex suffused with dark 
fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly, veins and 
termen suffused with darker; cilia light fuscous. 
Konkan (Young); Khasis; in August, two specimens. 
Chelaria tortuosa, 1. sp. 
¢. 14mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous sprinkled with 
whitish, shoulders mixed with fuseous. Palpi whitish sprinkled with 
fuscous, second joint suffused with dark fuscous except towards apex, 
beneath with long dense projecting brownish scales throughout sprinkled 
with dark fuscous, terminal joint thickened with scales except towards 
apex, with broad median dark fuscous band. Abdomen whitish-ochreous 
sprinkled with fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, widest near 
base, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded ; 6 separate, 7 and 8 stalked ; brown, sprinkled with dark 
fuscous; undetined irregular longitudinal streaks of ochreous-whitish 
suffusion above and below fold throughout; a streak of dark fuscous 
suffusion along fold throughout; rest of wing irregularly marked with 
broken logitudinal streaks of dark fuscous suffusion; costa suffused with 
dark fuscous from before middle to 4: cilia fuscous sprinkled with whitish. 
Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline anteriorly, veins and termen 
dark fuscous ; cilia pale ochreous-fuscous. 
Matale, Ceylon (Pole) ; in December, one specimen. 
Chelaria scopulosa, 0. sp. 
g¢. 12mm. Head and thorax brownish mixed with dark grey and 
sprinkled with whitish. Palpi brownish, second joint irrorated with dark 
grey, with moderate rounded tuft beneath, terminal joint clothed with 
dense rough dark grey scales posteriorly almost throughout, with five 
blackish rings. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 
gently arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; 6 separate, 7 and 8° stalked ; four strong conical erect 
tufts along costa, a small tuft near base in middle, and a large one in dise 
[6] 
