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T3T Journ., Bom. Nat. mst. Soc, Vol. XVII., No. 3. [Feb. 15, 1907. 



Thyrsostoma glaucitis, n.sp. 



$. 12-13 mm. Head and thorax shining white. Palpi white, apex grey- 

 ish. Anlennaj white, stalk grey above. Abdomen pale shining silvery-grey, 

 basal half dorsally greyish-ochreous. Forewings linear-lanceolate, widest near 

 base, gradually attenuated to acute apex ; grey with pale metallic-blue reflec- 

 tions ; a narrow inwardly oblique whitish fascia at ^ ; an ill-defined irregular 

 whitish discal spot at | : cilia light grey. Hindwings and cilia grey, towards 

 base paler and ochreous-tinged. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon, in June ; two specimens bred *' from mango leaf" 

 (Green). 



Pachnistis, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; tongue developed. Antennae f, in ^ rather 

 thick, serrate, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, re- 

 curved second joint considerably thickened with appressed scales, terminal 

 joint rather longer than second, stout, compressed, acute. Maxillary palpi 

 rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with rather short rough scales. Fore- 

 wings with lb furcate, 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 

 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 sinuate, cilia § ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 tolerably parallel, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Protolechia, 



Pachnistis cepTialochra, n. sp. 



X . 15 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second 

 joint dark fuscous except towards apex, terminal joint with two or three dark 

 fuscous scales. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax and abdomen rather dark 

 fuscous, paler-mixed. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; rather dark fuscous, sprinkled with 

 light greyish-ochreous : cilia light fuscous, sprinkled with darker. Hindwings 

 fuscous, paler towards base ; cilia light greyish-ochreous, sprinkled with 

 fuscous. 



^''^V^ -Bhotan. (4,500 feet), in July ; two specimens (Dudgeon). 



-" Tiriza, Walk. 



l< >j[it ^I'J ■ This name supersedes Ma crotona. Me yr.; I have recently obtained the type- 



species from Borneo, 



Tiriza trigonopis, n. sp. 



$. 21-24 mm. Head and thorax glossy whitish-ochreous, shoulders fuscous. 

 Palpi o^hreous-whitisb, second joint fuscous except at apex, terminal longer 

 than second. Antennae ochreous-whitish, thinly ciliated (la). Abdomen pale 

 greyLsh, apex whitish ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly 

 arched, subsinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique ; light 

 fuscous or brownish, sufEusedly mixed with whitish-ochreous ; a suflused dark 

 fuscous spot on base of costa ; an elongate-triangular dark fuscous patch 

 extending in disc from near base to ^ ; an undefined dark fuscous dot beneath 

 costa just beyond this ; a small triangular dark fuscous spot in disc 

 at 2 ; a pale line, preceded by darker suffusion, from \ of costa to | of dorsum, 



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