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Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XXII., No. 1. [ Apral 21, 1913. 
Trichotaphe pseudometra, n. sp. 
g @. 12-13 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, face grey, sides 
blackish, shoulders blackish. Palpi blackish-grey, terminal joint whitish 
except base. Antennal ciliations of g 3. Abdomen grey. Forewings 
elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous, with some scattered fuscous or blackish 
scales or traces of strigule ; costal edge blackish at base; about eight 
very short black strigule on costa between base and an elongate black 
mark at 2; a blackish dot in dise at }, sometimes little marked ; stigmata 
blackish, discal approximated, first discal minute, plical obliquely before 
first discal; a dot of blackish suffusion on dorsum before tornus; some 
indistinct dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and termen: 
cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 
N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in March, May, and November, five 
specimens. 
Trichotaphe malachias, n. sp. 
Q. 16-18 mm. Head and thorax light greenish-ochreous. Palpi with 
second joint brown, apical edge white, terminal joint whitish, anterior 
edge dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, apex light ochreous. Forewings 
elongate, costa slightly arched, faintly simuate in middle, apex round- 
pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7; light greenish- 
ochreous, towards costa whitish-ochreous with scattered dark fuscous 
scales ; costa edge blackish towards base; a dark fuscous dot in dise at 7 ; 
stigmata dark fuscous, discal moderately large, whitish-ringed, plical 
smaller, beneath first discal; two or three small marks of dark fuscous 
irroration on costa posteriorly ; a very undefined narrow fascia of faint 
brownish suffusion with dark fuscous irroration from + of costa close before 
termen to tornus; some dark fuscous terminal dots: cilia brownish- 
ochreous or whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey; cilia ochreous-grey. 
Khasis; in June and October, two specimens. 
Trichotaphe pelitis, n. sp. 
3 Q. 17-19 mm. Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous. Palpi 
with second joint brown, upper half suffused with dark fuscous, apical 
edge whitish, terminal jot ochreous-whitish, anterior edge finely fuscous. 
Antennal ciliations of ¢ 1. Abdomen grey, anal tuft pale-ochreous. 
Yorewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 
somewhat sinuate, rather oblique; pale brownish-ochreous ; costal edge 
pale ochreous-yellowish ; stigmata blackish, discal moderate, plical small, 
rather beyond first discal; a small dark fuscous mark on costa beyond 
middle, and a row of dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and 
termen; a faint pale curved subterminal line, slightly indented opposite 
apex: cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings fuscous, cilia pale fuscous, with 
darker subbasal shade. 
Khasis; from July to October, six specimens. 
Trichotaphe cocta, n. sp. 
Q. 17-18 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-fuscous. Palpi with 
second joint brown, upper half suffused with dark fuscous, apical edge pale 
yellowish, terminal joint pale yellowish, anterior edge fuscous. Abdomen 
light fuscous, apex pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 
gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen almost straight, oblique; och- 
reous-fuscous, costal edge suffused with yellow-ochreous ; stigmata dark 
fuscous, discal approximated, plical obliquely before first discal ; some dark 
fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and termen: cilia ochreous. 
Hindwings grey ; cilia light ochreous-grey, with darker subbasal shade. 
Khasis ; in April and May, two specimens. 
Trichotaphe siranta, n. sp. 
¢Q. 16-17 mm. Head bronzy-fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal 
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