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U^ Journ,, Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc, Vol. XVII I, No. 1. [Nov. 12, 1907. 



Khasi Hills ; three specimens. 



Melasma stratifica, n. sp, 



$. 32-36 mm. Head pale brownish-ochreous, sometimes mixed with dark 

 fuscous on crown. Palpi moderate, rough-scaled, dark fuscous, apex whitish- 

 ochreous. Antennae whitish-ochreous, pectinations 7. Thorax pale brownish- 

 ochreous mixed with brown and dark brown, with posterior crest tipped with 

 blackish-fuscous. Abdomen light brownish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; 8 approximated, 9 and 10 stalked ; pale whitish-ochreous, some- 

 what sprinkled with fuscous and blackish ; markings fuscous, suffiusedly mixed 

 with blackish, ill-defined ; a suffused basal patch ; two moderate straight 

 parallel fasciae, first from ^ of costa, connected on costa with basal patch, not 

 crossing fold, second from middle of costa to tornus ; a short inwardly oblique 

 mark from costa before apex : cilia ochreous-whitish, more ochreous- tinged on 

 basal half, indistinctly barred with grey and blackish. Hindwings whitish 

 fuscous ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, with an indistinct pale fuscous line. 



Maskeliya and Madulsima, Ceylon, in January, February, and May ; eight 

 specimens (de Mowbray, Vaughan), 



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