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beneath costa at § ; in 9 these markings are more obscure: cilia whitish - 

 ochreous, in 9 fuscous-tinged. Hindwings light grey ; cilia ochreous-grey- 

 •whitish, with a fuscous subbasal line. 



N. Coorg (3,000 feet), in August ; four specimens (Newcome), 



Melasma leucosceptra, n. sp. 



$, 25-28 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, sometimes tinged with 

 brownish, thorax with posterior crest. Palpi moderate, brownish. Antennae 

 ochreous-whitish, pectinations 6. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongJite, costa gently arched, apex rounded, tcrmen obliquely rounded ; 

 8-10 approximated ; whitish-ochreous, more or less tinged with fuscous, and 

 ivrorated with fuscous or dark fuscous ; a well-marked clear white streak along 

 Bubmedian fold from base to beyond middle ; a white spot in cell and streaks 

 between veins and along dorsum and termen more or less developed, very 

 variable in extent and sometimes partially confluent : cilia pale whitish- 

 ochreous somewhat sprinkled with fuscous. Plindwings ochreous-whitish, 

 tinged or finely sprinkled with pale fuscous ; cilia ochreous-whitish, sometimes 

 sprinkled with pale fuscous. 



Puttalam, Ceylon, in October ; five specimens (Pole). 



Mtlasina isopeda, n. sp. 



$. 20-26 mm. Head fuscous- whitish mixed with fuscous. Palpi mode- 

 rate fuscous, apex fuscous-whitish. Antennae ochreous-whitish, pectinations 

 8 Thorax fuscous mixed with fuscous-whitish. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely round- 

 ed • 8-10 approximated ; whitish-fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous, and 

 strewn with numerous small cloudy dark fuscous dots, sometimes coalescing 

 to form longitudinal streaks in disc and between veins posteriorly ; a larger 

 dark fuscous dot in disc at ^ : cilia fuscous-whitish with two fuscous shades. 

 Hindwings pale fuscous ; cilia fuscous-whitish, with light fuscous subbasal 



line. 



Cuddapah, Palni Hills (6,000 feet), and Bombay, in May and June ; four 



specimens (Campbell). 



Melasma pericrossa , n. sp, 



$. 24-27 mm. Head and palpi fuscous mixed with dark fuscous, palpi 

 moderate. Antennae whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, pectina- 

 tions 6. Thorax fuscous mixed with white and dark fuscous. Abdomen light 

 fuscous, Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round- 

 ed termen obliquely rounded ; 8-10 approximated ; fuscous, irrorated with dark 

 fuscous, costa and dorsum except basal third, and termen suffused with white 

 and strlgulated with dark fuscous, costa posteriorly spotted with dark fuscous; 

 a broad dark fuscous submedian suffusion from base to f , interrupted by a 

 whitish spot before middle ; an undefined discal spot of whitish suffusion at %, 

 followed by a spot of dark fuscous suffusion ; a series of undefined spots of dark 

 fuscous suffusion preceding a suffused while terminal streak : cilia ochreous- 

 whitish indistinctly barred with fuscous, with a dark fuscous subbasal line. 

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