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obsolete. Posterior tibi^ clothed with long hairs. Forewings with 1 b simple, 

 2 from ^, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 absent, 11 from before 

 middle. Hindwings 1, ovate-lanceolato, cilia 1 \. 2-4 parallel, 5 and 6 tolerably 

 approximate at base. 



Piritrana distacla', n. sp, 



^$. 12-18 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi grey sprinkled with blackish, 

 apex whitish. Antennje groy. Tliorax whitish, shoulders suffused with dark 

 jxey. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, pointed, acute wliitish 

 sprinkled with pale grey, and strewn with small indistinct fuscous or brownish 

 strigulse ; two narrow semioval blackish spots on coata near base and in middle, 

 and a smaller blackish spot on costa at | ; usually several blackish -grey costal 

 spots or strigulie besides these, sometimes mostly obsolete ; sometimes a small 

 black spot below middle beyond ^ ; a blackish mark in disc beneath median 

 costal spot, sometimes elongated and connected anteriorly with it. a dot on 

 dorsum before tornus, and a dot above tornus, all variable in development : 

 cilia whitish irrorated with fuscous, Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



Ten specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May, July, and from November to 

 February (Pole, Alston). 



Thisizima sedilis, n, sp. 



^9. 17-21 mm. Head and antenna) whitish-ochreous. Palpi whilish- 

 ochreous, second joint dark fuscous except towards apex. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, posteriorly ochreous-whitish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded-obtuse, teimen obliquely 

 rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous with a few scattered fuscous scales ; markings 

 deep purplish-fuscous ; a moderately broad basal fascia, slightly broader on 

 costa and sometimes connected with median blotch ; a large rounded-triangular 

 blotch extending over central third of costa and reaching more than half across 

 wing, narrowed downwards and rounded ofE beneath ; a small round spot in disc 

 at ^, sometimes confluent with this blotch ; a small rounded4riangular spot on 

 costa towards apex ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, sometimes partially tinged 

 with fuscous. Hiudwings grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, with grey subbasal 

 shade. 



Three specimens, Bhotan and Sikkim, in June and July (Calcutta Museum). 

 In /'. ceratella the median blotch extends further on costa and is triangularly 

 indented in middle of lower margin. 



Scardia trachyp^amma, n. sp. 



$. 21-24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginons-ochreous. Antenna 

 pale ochreous. Abdomen elongate, dark grey, apex pale ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuso, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked ; ochreous irregularly mottled with reddish-ochreous 

 or ferruginous ; numerous irregularly strewn small raised tufts, three beneath 

 fold and one beyond middle larger and more conspicuous : cilia reddish ochre- 

 ous, towards tornus suffused with dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia lather 

 dark purplish-fuscous, towards apex of wing more or less tinged with ochvcoUH* 



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