﻿Jutie 29, 1907.] Indian Micro lepidoptera, -^% 



grey, base coppery-golden, tips pale. Hindwiiigs white, pellucid, apical third, 

 and costa dark grey ; cilia white, round apex grey. 



Three specimens, Khasi Hills, in October. 

 Nemotois fluorites, n. sp. 



^9. 20-21 mm. Head wholly clothed with whitish-ochreous Lairs. Palpi 

 moderate, above whitish, beneath with long spreading blackish-grey hairs. 

 Antennaa whitish, towards base dark purplish-grey, in 9 clothed with purple- 

 black scales on basal f . Thorax purple-blac kish stri ped with ye llowish 



(imperfect). Abdomen blackish. Posterior tibiae yellowish, apex dark fuscous, ^ 



above with long fringe of grey-whitish hairs. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly roiinded. very 

 oblique ; 8 and 9 stalked ; deep ochreous-yellow ; markings violet-leaden- 

 metallic, irregularly edged with blackish ; a fine streak along anterior half of 

 costa, in $ mostly reduced to a black line ; in $ subcostal, median, and sub- 

 dorsal streaks from base to about middle or beyond, and a black line along 

 dorsum ; two narrow transverse fascise beyond middle, curved towards each 

 other and in $ usually connected in disc ; an irregular black line round apical 

 portion of costa and termen to extremities of second fascia : cilia tawny- 

 ochreous, base violet-metallic, outer half dark fuscous. Hindwings dark 

 purplish-fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with blackish basal line. 



Six specimens, Khasi Hills. 



Nemotois melicJilorias, n. sp. 



9- 16 mm. Head and palpi yellowish. Antennae slender, dark purple- 

 fuscous, with a median tuft of blackish scales above, beyond this wholly 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa more strongly arched 

 posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen very oblique, rounded ; 8 and 9 separate ; deep 

 purple, posteriorly sprinkled with black and pale yellowish scales ; a light 

 brassy-yellow triangular median blotch extending from base to near | of disc, 

 upper posterior angle connected with costa at ^ ; a moderate straight light 

 brassy-yellow fascia from middle of costa to | of dorsum, somewhat narrowed 

 on costa: cilia dark coppery-bronze. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



One specimen, Koni, Burma (Manders). 



Nemotois chrysoprasias, n. sp. 



$. 20-22 mm., 9 18-19 mm. Face metallic green, hairs of crown whitish, in 

 $ mixed with blackish. Palpi moderate, slender, with long fine blackish and 

 whitish hairs. Antennse in $ grey, towards base dark purplish-fuscous, below 

 middle with a whitish band, in 9 dark purplish-fuscous, below middle with a 

 patch of spreading black scales, above this with a white band. Thorax light 

 metallic brassy-green. Abdomen dark grey, often clothed with white scales. 

 Posterior tibiee and basal joint of tarsi in $ with expansible fringe of long white 

 hairs, less developed in 9 . Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 8 aud 9 separate ; light metallic brassy-green 

 on posterior half sprinkled with black ; a narrow almost straight orange black- 

 edged fascia before middle, sometimes dilated towards extremities, margined 



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