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from dorsiim near base, reaching half across wing ; central fascia entire, 

 obhque, nearly.of equal width throughout, posterior edge suffused on lower 

 half, often followed in middle by a distinct dark fuscous or black dot ; costal 

 patch semioval : cilia whitish-ochreous, with a fuscous line, Hindwings pale 

 grey, strigulated with darker ; cilia grey-whitish, with a grey shade. 



Fifteen specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon ; Travancore, Palni Hills (6,000 feet), 

 Coorg (3,500 feet) ; from January to April, and in September (Pole, de Mowbray, 



_JI!ampbell, Newcome). 



Drachj)iobola, n. g. . o-,^ 



Antennae in ^ shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint 

 rough-scaled beneath. Forewings with tufts of scales on surface, and dorsal 

 projecting tufts ; 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out of 7. Hindwings with 3 and 4 

 connate, 5 approximate<l,6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Epagoge and to the following genus. 

 Drachmobola 2}eriastra, n. sp. 



,J9. 12-13 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa moderately arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen concave, little oblique ; pale ochreous, more or less 

 strigulated with deeper ochreous ; basal patch, central fascia, and a narrow 

 terminal fascia more or less obscurely indicated by undefined deeper yellow- 

 ochreous suffusion ; about twenty scattered variable small silvery-metallic 

 apots, mostly arranged along dorsum and in four irregular curved or bent 

 transverse series ; sometimes a large torral patch of rather dark fuscous 

 suffusion : cilia pale ochreous, suffused with brownish-ochreous towards tornus. 

 Hindwings ochreous-whitish, posterior half suffused with pale fuscous and 

 strigulated with darker ; a patch of ferruginoqs-ochreous suffusion on tornus, 

 coataining three snivU silvery-metallic spots and sometimes partly suffused 

 with dark fuscous. 



Fifteen specimens, Khasi Hills, in Jane. 

 Spatalistis, n. g. 



Antennae in ^ simple. Palpi moderately long, porrected, second joint 

 rough-scaled above and beneath, Forewings with tufts of scales on surface 

 in ^ sometimes with expansible brush of hairs from towards costa anteriorly 

 but without membranous fold ; 3 and 4 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings 

 with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 closely approximated towards 

 base. 



Type S. rhopica. 

 Spatalistis paryphcea, n. sp. 



^9. 14-17 mm. Head and thorax pale yellowish, mixed with ferruginous- 

 orange, in 9 sometimes partly infuscated. Palpi pale ferruginous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous, in 9 more or less greyish-suffused. Forewings elongate- 

 oblong, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen concave, rather oblique, in ^ 

 with expansible brush of hairs towards costa anteriorly ; ferruginous-reddish 

 somewhat mi.xed with pale yellowish towards dorsal half posteriorly, suffused 



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