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wings clouded with fuscous ; hind wings have a dark discoidal spot 

 and transverse hne beyond. 



Expanse, 30 milHm. 



Collection number, 1834. 



A female specimen from Arizan, June, 1908. 



Allied to L. aurata, Moore. 



Lithacodia tahvana, sp. n. 

 ^ . Fore wings pale brown, powdered with darker brown thickly 

 on basal half and terminal fourth ; costa marked with whitish brown ; 

 antemedial line dark brown, sinuous, indistinct ; two pale-edged dark 

 dots at outer end of the cell; postmedial line dark brown, outwardly 

 pale edged, wavy, curved round cell, indistinct ; terminal line black, 

 dotted with pale brown at ends of the veins ; fringes dark brown, 

 paler mixed. Hind wings dark fuscous, terminal line pale brown ; 

 fringes greyish, darker at base. Under side of fore wings pale 

 brown suffused with fuscous on the disc ; of hind wings whitish 

 brown, powdered with darker brown chiefly on the costal area. 



? . Fore wings less thickly powdered with dark brown ; trans- 

 verse lines more clearly defined, the antemedial inwardly pale edged; 

 a dusky wavy line before the postmedial line. 



Expanse, 19 milhm. <? ; 23 millim. $ 



Collection number, 1030. 



A male specimen from Kanshirei, June 10th, 1906. The 

 female type, with two other specimens, all from Kanshirei 

 (Wilemau), is in the British Museum. 



Bryophila (?) nigrescens, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax blackish mixed with whitish ; abdomen fus- 

 cous grey. Fore wings blackish, finely pow^dered with whitish espe- 

 cially on the terminal area ; white dot on the costa towards apex ; 

 antemedial and postmedial lines black, wavy ; the postmedial is in- 

 terrupted and excurved beyond the cell ; reniform stigma outlined 

 by white dots ; subterminal line represented by black dots, terminal 

 dots black ; fringes white mixed with dark grey. Hind wings 

 blackish. Under side of fore wings brownish suffused with fuscous 

 and clouded with blackish on terminal area; of hind wings whitish, 

 sprinkled and suffused with fuscous ; traces of a dusky transverse 

 line beyond the middle. 



Expanse, 28 millim. 



Collection number, 1839. 



A female from Eantaizan, May, 1909. 



Chytonix costimacida, sp. n. 

 Head pale grey, collar dark brown ; thorax and abdomen pale 

 grey, the latter with a brown mixed dorsal tuft and some brown hairs 

 in the anal tuft. Fore wings whitish suffused with greyish, basal 

 patch black, indented on outer edge, connected along dorsal area to 

 the postmedial line; a black spot about middle of costa; postmedial 

 line black, outwardly oblique but indistinct towards the costa, sharply 



