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narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; 7 to apex ; fuscous, irrorated with fuscous-whitish scales tipped with 

 blackish ; a sulfused whitish-ochreous streak along dorsum ; some raised scales 

 in disc near base : cilia greyish or grey-whitish, with a dark fuscous subbasal 

 line, base ochreous-tinged. Hind wings with 3 absent. 6 to termen ; whitish- 

 ochreous, towards apex tinged with fuscous ; a subdorsal groove containing an 

 expansible pencil of very long pale ochreous-yellowish hairs ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



Khasi Hills, in June ; five specimens. In this species the antennas are shorter 

 than usual, being only about as long as forewings, whereas in general they are 

 very obviously longer, but otherwise there seems no structural difference. 



Timyra stasiotica, n. sp. 



$ $ . 24 — 28 mm. Head pale ochreous mixed with fuscous. Palpi in $ 

 fuscous, basal joint elongate forming an elbow, second joint very long, much 

 thickened with dense scales, internally with very long expansible pencil of 

 whitish-ochreous hairs, terminal joint about half second, much thickened with 

 dense scales, obtuse, m $ pale ochreous-yellowish mixed with fuscous and dark 

 fuscous. AntennEe ochreous-yellowish, ringed and sometimes mixed with 

 fuscous, basal joint in $ with large curved anterior tuft of shining dark fuscous 

 scales. Thorax ochreous-fuscous mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen pale 

 ochreous-yellowish, with dark fuscous lateral line. Legs dark fuscous banded 

 with pale yellowish, apex of middle tibi^ white in $, posterior tibice with very 

 large median tuft of curved yellowish and fuscous scales becoming blackish and 

 shining bronzy towards apex. Forewings elongate, narrow, rather dilated 

 posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded ; 

 7 to termen ; fuscous or whitish-fuscous, irrorated with dark fuscous, sometimes 

 sprinkled with whitish or deep ochreous ; in ^ a tuft of raised scales in disc 

 near base ; an indistinct rather oblique sometimes curved slender deep yellow- 

 ochreous fascia from | of costa to | of dorsum, often incomplete or reduced to 

 a small discal spot : cilia ochreous-whitish, becoming yellowish towards base 

 with dark fuscous subbasal shade, and two posterior fuscous shades. Hindwinog 

 with 3 in (J absent, 6 to termen ; whitish-ochreous-yellowish ; costa and termen 

 narrowly suffused throughout with fuscous, in $ more widely towards apex • 

 in ^ a submedian groove containing an expansible pencil of very long ochreous- 

 whitish hairs ; cilia whitish-ochreous-yellowish. 



MaskeUya, Ceylon, in April, May and August; five specimens (Green, Pole, 

 de Mowbray). Might be mistaken for a dark form of T. cingulensis, but 

 certainly distinct by narrower forewings and obtuse palpi of $ ; fascia of 

 forewings differently placed, and in cingaUnsis always distinct. 



Timyra aulonitis, n. sp, 



^ 9 . 17—19 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown suffused with fuscous except 

 on sides. Palpi ochreous-whitish, in $ much thickened throughout with dens© 

 scales, second joint internally with very largo expansible tuft of long whitish 

 hairs mixed basally with black, terminal joint shorter tlian second, obtuse 



