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sufEused with dark fuscous ; two cloudy dark fuscous dots placed transversely 

 in disc beyond ^ ; traces of a cloudy darker angulated subterminal line ; an 

 ochrcous-yellowish streak mixed with fuscous round apex and termen to near 

 tornus : cilia whitish-ochreous, tips and an antemedian line ochreous-f uscous 

 mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia whitish-ochreous^ cilia with an 

 interrupted fuscous subbasal lino. 

 Khasi Hills ; two specimens. 



XVLORYCTIDyE. 



' . Z^ yEolanthes, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, side-tufts erect and meeting above crown; tongue 

 developed. Antenna; |, stout, flattened, in $ simple, basal joint short, 

 without pecten. Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, second joint thickened 

 with scales, somewhat rough towards apex beneath, terminal joint much shorter 

 than second, thick, pointed. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Thorax with 



igs with anterior 

 7 and 8 stalked. 



■ jjil to termen, 9 closely approximated to 7, 11 from middle. Hindwings, 1, tra- 

 )KiU.«9 fr" pezoidal, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, cilia f ; cell shorter in ^, less than 



\i\\ Is'J'?) ^^"'^ 'wing, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 stalked, 

 P'*'' upper margin of cell curved upwards, but not connected with 8. 



Type ^. callidora. 

 JEolanthes callidora, n. sp. 



^$. 21-24: mm. Head and thorax brown, mixed with ochreous and 

 ■whitish. Palpi ochreous-brown, terminal joint fuscous, somewhat sprinkled 

 with whitish. Antennae and abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderately 

 broad, costa gently arohed, with broad scale-projection before middle, apex 

 obtuse, termen rather oblique, in $ nearly straight, in 9 more rounded ; deep 

 orange-ochreous, more orange towards costa ; a narrow white median longitu- 

 dinal streak from near base to middle, edged with grey ; space between this 

 and costa broadly suffused with white, towards costal scale-protuberance white 

 mixed with leaden-grey ; a dark red-brown streak along dorsum from near base 

 to f , edged with purplish-grey suffusion, and posteriorly dilated into a triangu- 

 lar spot edged with white ; a transverse discal mark at 2 and some irregular 

 suffused spots between veins beyond and above this pale yellow ; an oblique 

 white mark beneath costa towards apex and two or three dots beneath it, 

 preceded by some red-brown suffusion ; between this and apex some leaden-grey 

 suffusion beneath costa ; an irregular interrupted white streak along termen : 

 cilia ochreous, mixed with darker and whitish. Hindwings pale greyish-ochre- 

 ous, with fine scattered dark fuscous hair-scales, especially towards tornus ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, towards tornus with fuscous subbasal shade. 

 Khasi Hills ; three specimens (Swinhoe). 

 yEolanthes rhodochnjsa, n. sp, 



^. 18-19 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi deep ochreous mixed with fuscous ; 

 Bubapical ring of second joint and basal, median, and apical rings of terminal 

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