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ee = Jour'., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XXII., No. 1. [April 21, 1913, 
mark on base of costa, and several black dots between this and 2 ; a spot 
of blackish irroration towards dorsum at 7; stigmata black, discal ap- - 
proximated, plical obliquely before first discal; a grey spot towards costa — 
before middle, one beneath first discal stigma, and some suffusion along 
median portion of dorsum, sometimes confluent; a patch of dark grey 
suffusion on costa at 2, and one on dorsum beneath second discal stigma ; 
a streak of dark grey suffusion along termen: cilia pale yellow-ochreous, 
at apex with a grey bar, Hindwings whitish-grey, thinly scaled anterior- 
ly ; cilia ochreous-grey—-whitish. ; 
Hambantota, Ceylon (Fletcher); Bombay (Fletcher); in Mareh and 
October, two specimens. NMS, 
Dichomeris ferruginosa, D. sp. 
&. 15-16 mm. Head ochreous, sometimes brownish-tinged. Palpi 
whitish, second joint brownish except apex, above clothed with very long 
fine expansible whitish hairs, beneath with very long projecting apical 
tuft, terminal joint with anterior edge blackish. Antennze sinuate towards 
base, ciliations 12. Thorax ochreous, shoulders suffused with dark fuscous. 
Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very 
narrow, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely 
rounded ; yellow-ochreous ; costa and dorsum suffused with _ ferruginous 
and_strigulated-with dark leaden-fuscous irroration ; stigmata black, 
moderately large, discal approximated, plical beneath first discal ; an 
oblique narrow transverse fascia of ferruginous suffusion and dark leaden- 
fuscous irroration crossing wing between first discal and plical stigmata ; 
a streak of ferruginous suffusion and dark leaden-fuscous irroration along 
termen: cilia yellow-ochreous. Hindwings grey, thinly sealed and irrides- 
cent-semihyaline, veins and termen suffused with darker ; cilia light grey, 
towards base tinged with purplish-ochreous. 
Khasis ; in July and August, five specimens. 
Dichomeris intensa, n. sp. 
&4Q. 11-14mm. Head and thorax bronzy-fuscous irrorated with pale 
ochreous, face shining grey, shoulders dark fuscous. Palpi with second 
joint dark bluish-fuscous, above with triangularly projecting scales, 
beneath with long broad rough projecting tuft, terminal joint whitish, 
anterior edge black. Antennal ciliations of ¢ minute. Abdomen dark 
grey, faintly purplish-tinged. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa 
moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; brownish, 
variably sprinkled or irrorated with dark fuscous ; costa more or less 
broadly and irregularly suffused with dark leaden-fuscous from base to 
near apex, sometimes marked with several fine oblique pale strigulz 
towards middle; a narrow dark leaden-fuscous terminal fascia, preceded 
on costa by a small pale ochreous patch, these markings limited anteriorly 
by an angulated pale ochreous or brownish transverse line sprinkled with 
dark fuscous : cilia light fulvous-ochreous, with a fine dark grey median 
line, on tornus with a patch of grey suffusion. Hindwings dark grey, in 
¢ thinly scaled and violet-subhyaline in disc, cilia dark grey. 
Maskeliya and Puttalam, Ceylon (Pole); Cuddapah, 4,000 feet (Camp- 
bell); N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome); in March, May, November, and 
December, five specimens. 
Dichomeris crepitatrix, n. sp. 
3. 15mm. Head rather dark bronzy-grey. Palpi dark grey sprin- 
kled with minute whitish points, second joint with strong dense projecting 
tuft beneath and scales triangularly expanded towards apex above, 
terminal joint whitish, anterior edge blackish. Antenne sinuate above 
base, ciliations 3. Thorax brown, dorsally suffused with grey, shoulders 
dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa 
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