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joint ochreous-whitish except base and anterior edge. Antennal ciliations 
of ¢ 3. Thorax light fuscous tinged with ochreous, shoulders dark 
purplish-fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft of 3 ochreous. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex round- 
pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather oblique; 9 tolerably remote from 
stalk of 7 and 8; ochreous, sometimes tinged with fuscous; costal edge 
fuscous; stigmata dark fuscous, first discal conspicuous, others little 
marked, plical somewhat beyond first discal; a narrow fuscous terminal 
fascia, widest beneath apex and narrowed to tornus ; an interrupted dark 
fuscous terminal line: cilia ochreous, towards tornus with indications of 
fuscous bars. Hindwings dark grey; cilia light greyish. 7 
Khasis ; in October and November, two specimens. 
Trichotaphe cellaria, n. sp. 
@. 10-15 mm. Head and thorax light bronzy. Palpi bronzy-fuscous, 
apical edge of second joint white, terminal joint white, anterior edge dark 
fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly 
dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 
faintly sinuate, oblique ; light bronzy-fuscous, with faint purplish reflec- 
tions; a suffused ochreous-white streak along costa from base to 3; first 
discal stigma rather large, blackish, plical hardly indicated, below first 
discal, second discal obsolete ; a nearly straight or slightly curved white 
line from 2 of costa to dorsum before tornus, edged anteriorly with darker 
fuscous suffusion, and followed by a band of whitish-ochreous suffusion ; a 
white line marked with dark fuseocus dots running round posterior part 
of costa and termen: cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings rather dark 
grey ; cilia light fuscous. 
Khasis ; in November and December, three specimens. 
Trichotaphe macrovyla, n. sp. 
3 Q. 18-20mm. Head light shining grey, sides of crown ochreous. 
Palpi blackish-grey, terminal joint whitish except base and anterior edge. 
Antennal ciliations of ¢ 13. Thorax whitish-ochreous, with broad central 
brown stripe. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa gently arched towards extremities, otherwise straight, apex obtuse, 
termen almost straight, somewhat oblique; whitish-ochreous ; posterior 
2 of costa, and dorsum and termen throughout rather broadly suffused 
with brown, darkest on margin of wing, cut at apex by a fine streak of 
ground colour; stigmata minute, blackish, plical slightly before first discal ; 
a black line round apex and termen: cilia brown, outer half dark brown. 
Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, more or less tinged with grey. 
Khasis ; from June to August, six specimens. 
Trichotaphe cerulescens, 0. sp. 
@. 14-15mm. Head and thorax bronzy-fuscous, with prismatic 
reflections. Palpi dark fuscous, apical edge of second joint whitish, 
terminal joint whitish with anterior edge blackish. Antennal ciliations 
14. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft ochreous-fuscous. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 
dark fuseous, with strong bluish-leaden reflections ; stigmata rather large, 
blackish, plical somewhat before first discal; an ochreous-whitish dot on 
costa at 2; a terminal series of blackish dots: cilia bronzy-fuscous. 
Hindwings grey ; cilia light bronzy-fuscous. 
Khasis ; in August, two specimens. 
Trichotaphe plutelliformis, Snell. 
(Ceratophora plutelliformis, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. XLIV, 84, pl. VI, 4.) 
Puttalam, Ceylon (Pole); N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome); in January 
and May. Occurs also in Java and Australia. 
Phatnotis, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennz 
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