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with fuscous on basal half and along costa posteriorly and termen, and some- 

 times wholly except a small round yellow spot in disc at | ; oblique striae of 

 purplish-leaden suffusion, seldom forming distinct spots and alternating with 

 incomplete series of dots of blackish raised scales : ciha pale yellow, on costa 

 and dorsum ferruginous, at tornus suffused with grey. Hindwings pale grey- 

 ish-ochreous, anteriorly semitransparent, apex suifused with fuscous ; cilia 

 whitish -ochreo us, more brownish-tinged towards base. 



Eight specimens, Khasi Hills, in June. 



Sjyatalistis cyanoxantha, n. sp. 



^9. 8-10 mm. Head and palpi orange-yellow. Thorax orange suffused 

 with brown. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa gently arched, 

 apex round-pointed, termen concave, oblique ; orange strigulated with darker, 

 suffused with fuscous except towards costa and termen ; two spots at base and 

 four angulated transverse series of about four rounded leadeu-blue-metallic 

 spots each, alternating with some small blackish tufts ; some pale golden 

 metallic dots on posterior half of costa and termen : cilia clear yellow, beneath 

 tornus orange becoming fuscous on dorsum. Hindwings rather dark grey; 

 cilia grey, round apex and upper half of termen whitish-yellowish. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, from April to June (de Mowbray, Pole), 

 Spatalistis hormota, n. sp. 



^9- 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light ochreous-yellowish. Abdo- 

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

 round-pointed, termen concave, rather oblique ; light ochreous-yellowish, finely 

 strigulated with deeper ochreous ; a slender slightly incurved deep yellow- 

 ochreous streak, sometimes sprinkled with a few dark fuscous points, from 

 apex of wing to § of dorsum, continued along dorsum to near base : cilia pale 

 whitish-yellow, with traces of an ochreous line. Hindwings whitish-ochreous, 

 posteriorly broadly suffused with fuscous-ochreous, apex more fuscous ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, round apex and upper part of termen whitish-yellowish. 

 Twenty specimens, Khasi Hills, in June and July. 

 Spalalistis rJiopica, n. sp. 



$ 9. 14-16 mm. Head, palpi and thorax light yellowish. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings suboblong, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 concave, rather oblique ; pale yellowish, finely strigulated with light ochreous ; 

 about seven oblique transverse series of silvery-metallic dots ; small discal tufta 

 above middle at \ and ^, sometimes tipped with dark ferruf/inous-fuscous ; 

 often a large deep ferruginous semiovaie blotch extending along dorsum from 

 \ to beyond tornus, posteriorly reaching more than half across wing and with 

 an oblique projection inwards; but this blotch is sometimes wholly absent : cilia 

 whitish-yellowish, at tornus sometimes ferruginous or dark grey. Hindwings 

 whitish-fuscous or grey, posteriorly more or less suffused with brown or dark 

 fuscous ; cilia grey, round apex and upper half of termen whitish -yellowish, 

 basal half more or less ferruginous-tinged. 

 Fifteen specimens, Khasi Hills, in June. 



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