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Apri 21, 1918.) Indian Micro-Lepidoptera, +0 
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-point- 
ed, termen very obliquely rounded ; grey irregularly sprinkled with white ; 
markings black partially edged with white suffusion ; two oblique strigulze 
from costa anteriorly, an oblique spot in middle, and oye es  ——— Ea 
posteriorly; subcostal, median, submedian, and subdorsal longitudinal b AT 
streaks, each broken irregularly into about three segments ; some black / 
scales along termen : cilia pale grey sprinkled with whitish and on basal 
half with black. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled anteriorly, veins and 
termen darker ; cilia whitish-grey. 
Gooty (Campbell) ; one specimen. Allied to the European dineatella. 
Paraspistes tabellata, n. sp. 
3. 14mm. Head and thorax grey sprinkled with whitish, shoulders 
dark fuscous. Palpi whitish, second joint dark fuscous except apical edge, 
above with scales broadly expanded towards apex, terminal joint shorter 
than second, with a few dark grey scales towards apex. Abdomen dark 
grey, two basal segments pale ochreous, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Fore- 
wings elongate, very narrow, costa anteriorly gently arched, posteriorly 
straight, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; grey 
irrorated with white, with scattered black scales, towards costa suffused 
with white ; costal edge finely black anteriorly; a narrow elongate dark 
brown patch extending along costa from 4 to near apex, attenuated to 
extremities ; a dark fuscous spot on tornus; a fine irregular dark fuscous 
streak along termen not quite reaching this: cilia grey sprinkled with 
whitish. Hindwings dark grey, thinly scaled in dise anteriorly ; a hyaline 
space in cell, but covered by a fringe of grey hairs ; cilia grey. 
N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in August, one specimen. 
Paraspistes aprica, n. sp. We 
eee Oem Head and thorax deep yellow-ochreous. Palpi whitish 
ochreous, second joint ferruginous-ochreous except apex, above with scales 
shortly expanded towards apex, terminal joint hardly shorter than second. 
Antennal ciliations 1. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft pale ochreous. Fore- 
wings elongate, narrow, widest at 4, costa anteriorly slightly arched, 
posteriorly almost straight, apex round-pointed, termen extremely oblique- 
ly rounded ; yellow-ochreous, tinged with ferruginous ; several shorrt 
oblique blackish strigulee on costa between 4 and 3; dorsal half obscure- 
ly suffused with ferruginous and irrorated with fuscous : cilia ochreous- 
yellowish. Hindwings dark grey, lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly ; 
cilia grey. 
N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome); in November, two specimens. 
Nothris citharista, n. sp. 
36 Y. 12-14 mm. Head and thorax pale whitish-ochreous more or less 
tinged with grey, shoulders narrowly dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations in 
3 5. Palpi whitish, second joint brown except towards apex, with long 
rough projecting tuft beneath and scales roughly expanded above, 
terminal joint much longer than second, anterior edge dark fuscous. 
Abdomen grey, anal tuft pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very 
narrow, costa gently arched, apex acute, termen extremely obliquely 
rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with grey or fuscous ; costa dark 
fuscous towards base ; an indistinct dark fuscous dot on fold beyond }, and 
one obliquely beneath and before this ; stigmata small, black, accompanied 
with some ferruginous or fuscous scales, discal approximated, plical beneath 
first discal, second discal placed on a slender transverse fuscous sometimes 
ferruginous-mixed fascia, expanded anteriorly on costa ; posterior area of 
wing more or less streaked longitudinally with dark fuscous: cilia whitish- 
fuscous. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled anteriorly, veins and termen 
darker-suffused ; cilia grey. 
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