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series of four Idackish dots or very short dashes : cilia leadcn-grey, with black 

 basal lino. Iliad wings grey, with whitish-grey suffusion in middle of disc, and 

 broad blackish terminal band ; cilia whitish-grey, with blackish basal line, 

 Khasi Hills, in June and July ; eight specimens. 

 Laspeyresia chelias, n. sp, 



^. 11 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous, face and palpi whitish- 

 ochreoua, Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen little oblique, rounded, sinuate beneath apex and rather prominent 

 in middle purplish-fuscous, with prismatic reflections ; posterior half of costa 

 with several pairs of minute whitish strigulae, and two approximated 

 triangular ochreous-white spots immediately before apex ; a bluish-leaden line 

 from middle of costa obliquely to disc near middle of termen, thence obtusely 

 angulated to tornus, and another from | of costa to termen beneath apex ; 

 three blackish dots close before lower half of termen : cilia fuscous, with dark 

 bluish-fuscous basal line. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, lighter towards 

 base ; cilia whitish-fuscous, with dark fuscous basal line. 

 Maakeliya, Ceylon, in October ; one specimen (Pole), 

 Laspeyresia cyanogona, n. sp. 



$, 10-11 mm. Head pale ochreoua-grey, face more whitish-ochrcous. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous, a dot in apical scales of second joint beneath, and terminal 

 joint above grey. Thorax ochreous-grey. Abdomen grey, forewings elongate, 

 somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen some- 

 what obliquely rounded, sinuate beneath apex ; rather dark fuscous, basal 

 half with a purplish-leaden gloss, posterior half mostly suffused with light 

 yellow-ochreous ; fine pairs of oblique whitish costal strigulsB between ^ and ^, 

 each emitting a short oblique blue-leaden-metallic streak except fourth which 

 is single and has no streak, third angulated in middle and continued as a thick 

 striga to tornus ; indistinct blackish strigse from costa before and beyond 

 this streak, some irregular black dots in disc before angle, and four undefined 

 black dots following its lower half ; two short thicket white marks on costa 

 before apex, beneath which is a leaden-blue metallic dot ; a triangular central 

 dorsal patch of four purplish-grey strigas converging upwards to a point, 

 reaching half across wing : cilia shining bluish-grey, with a black basal line, 

 very finely cut with white on subapical sinuation. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia grey-whitish, with dark fuscous basal line. 

 Khasi Hills, in September ; two specimens. 

 Liispeyresia crocopa, n. sp. 



t. 14 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-yellow. Thorax and abdomen fus- 

 cous, Forewings elongate, hardly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen somewhat obliquely rounded, faintly sinuate beneath apex ; rather dark 

 fuscous finely irrorated with grey-whitish except towards costa, crossed by 

 about ten dark purplish-leaden-grey lines rising from pnirs of indistinct minute 

 whitish costal strigulae, angulated above middle, suffused and indistinct in 

 disc sixth and seventh forming margins of ocellus with two woU-defiued leaden 



