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iW Jouni., Bom. Nat. Tlisi. Soc., Vol. XV III, No. 1. [Nov. 12, 1907. 



Khasi Hills, from April to October ; twenty specimens. 

 Jdiophantis stoica, n. sp. 



^. 15-lo mra. Head and thorax light bronzy-ochreous, face whitish-ochre- 

 ous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, anterior edge white margined with blackish lines. 

 Antennas whitish lined with blackish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous suffused with 

 grey, Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, termen semicir- 

 cularly concave beneath produced pointed apex, tornus rounded-prominent ; 2 

 and 3 separate, 6 present ; pale ochreous, irregularly tinged with fuscous ; a 

 cloudy dark fuscous subdorsal dot at \ ; stigmata blackish, plical represented 

 by two transversely placed dots enclosed in fuscous suffusion, second discal by 

 two transversely placed dots, an additional dot midway between lower of these 

 ____^_______^ and upper plical ; an oblique white line from ^ of costa, edged with black on 



,C' costa, angulated opposite terminal concavity and continued obsoletely to near 



tornus ; a white dark-edged line from costa beyond this running to apex ; some 

 blackish suffusion on termen towards middle: cilia pale greyisb-ochreous, on 

 termen tipped with grey, beneath apex with a black basal line, towards middle 

 of termen with a bronzy-metallic basal spot. Hindwirgs grey, paler towards 

 base ; cilia pale grey, round apex whitish with a black subbasal line. 

 Palni Hills, Gooty; two specimens (Campbell), 

 \^^_^-^ Anorlhosia sandycitis, n. sp, 



^ $. 18-19 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi fuscous, second joint becoming 



ochreous-brown anteriorly, expansible hairs sprinkled with whitish, terminal 



joint whitish, anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennae greyish, spotted with 



dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous in $ with two red dorsal marks. Abdomen 



rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated 



posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, rather 



oblique ; glossy fuscous, markings blood-red ; an oblique mark near base ; six 



small spots in disc arranged in three pairs, and a seventh between and above 



second and third pairs ; a dot on dorsum towards tornus, sometimes united 



with third pair to form a curved bar ; a narrow streak along costa from ^ to 



i, thence continued as a transverse streak to tornus ; a blackish line along 



posterior part of costa and termen : cilia yellow-ochreous, beneath tornus 



;;iu Aa' "''^ fuscous, Hindwings grey, in 9 rather darker ; cilia grey, round apex and upper 



^^^^^^y^^^^n^ao, half of termen suffused with pale yellow-ochreous, with grey subbasal shade, 



jr^N.vv-*^^_ Khasi Hills, in June and September ; Ivandy, G eyion,-ffl-T ^r il - ( Green) ; sis- 



ilx.^' • ^s specimens. 



\ [y^-^ ^'i XYLORYCTIDiE. 



Plochoryctis simhleuta, n. sp. 



^9- 11-17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen white; 

 antennal pectinations in ^ short, grey ; thorax usually with a few llackish 

 scales ; abdomen broadly banded with ferruginous. Forewings subobloiig, 

 moderate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly rounded, rather 

 oblique ; white, with some irregularly scattered black scales, especially in disc ; 

 a patch of cloudy fuscous suffusion extending from disc beyond middle to 

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