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tornus ; a prsemarginal series of black dots from ^ of costa to tornus : cilia 

 white, •with fine black median line, apical third grey except above apex and on 

 tornus, Hindwings pale grey ; cilia white, with a faint grey median line. 



Gazepore, Assam, in March and April ; eight specimens bred (Antram). 

 Larva brick-red ; feeds beneath a web covered with refuse and pieces of 

 bark, on bark of shoots of tea-plant (^Thea), eating right through to the 

 cambium, and thus killing the branch or plant (Antram). 



Blastohasis decolor, n. sp. 



^9. 11-15 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, irrorated with fuscous except at apex of joints, terminal joint in ^ 



stout, tolerably obtuse. Antennce greyish-ochreous, basal joint whitish- 



ochreous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, in ^ with a dark fuscous transverse r ^ I 



streak on each segment before margin. Forewings elongate, narrow, moderate- 

 ly pointed, tolerably acute ; whitish-ochreous, partially tinged with brownish, 

 in ^ thinly, in $ more largely sprinkled with dark fuscous ; a curved or 

 obtusely angulated ochreous-whitish fascia at ^, followed by more or less dark 

 fuscous suffusion ; stigmata dark fuscous, distinct, plical obliquely before first 

 discal, and touching posterior edge of pale fascia, a larger dark fuscous dot on 

 tornus beneath second discal : cilia whitish-ochreous or whitish-fuscous, some- 

 what sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings in ^ pale fuscous, basal third 

 suffused with whitish-ochreous or pale yellowish, in $ fuscous, darker towards 

 apex ; cilia whitish-ochreous or whitish-fuscous. 



Puttalam, Ceylon, from November to January ; fourteen specimens (Pole). 

 lufiiVum* Bliti t uhan rs'pulverea, n. sp. \uM^ uUv^Kt C 



<y $. 14-16 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown irrorated with fuscous, ^btJCiwi* 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous, terminal joint in ^ slender, -"■' 

 acute. Antennae pale greyish-ochreous. Thorax ochreous-whitish irrorated '■■'^ ^ ^^^ 

 with fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, in (J' with ferruginous segmental ^C&6 •«• 

 bands. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, moderately pointed, apex tolerably 'B4/^^6>t*V^*E 

 ob:use ; grey-whitish, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous ; discal stigmata ^^ . 



tolerably distinct, round, dark fuscous, at ^ and | respectively ; cilia pale greyish, .'^' ^ ' v 

 sprinkled with whitish points, and with a few dark fuscous scales towards base. 

 Hindwings with vein 5 connate with or out of stalk of 3 and 4 ; grey, towards 

 base and in cell pale and subhyaline ; cilia light grey, slightly ochre ous-tinged. 



India (without further locality) ; four specimens, bred from larv^ feeding 

 on colonies of Tachardia lacca (Green). 



Ilypatima doleropa, n. sp. 



^. 12-15 mm. Head whitish, crown irrorated with dark grey, face some- Jiyii^ffiM*^-. JJ. 

 times ochreous-tinged. Palpi whitish, irrorated with dark grey except apex of ^ , /^'ttfiSfcA 

 second joint. Antennae dark grey. Thorax whitish, mixed with pale grey - ^ 

 and irrorated with dark grey. Abdomen grey-whitif-h mixed with grey, /k^vV-* *** U^ 

 segments with ferruginous bands. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly 

 arched, apex round -pointed, termcn extremely obliquely rounded ; whitish, 



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