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biciliatecL Abdomen grey, anal tuft pale ochreoua, Forewincs suboblong, 

 costa anteriorly moderately arched, posteriorly straight, apex obtuse, termen 

 straight, somewhat oblique, costal fold strong, with projecting scales towards 

 middle, extending from base to middle ; whitish-ochreous, with scattered 

 strigula) of deeper ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous ; basal fourth of costa 

 suffused with dark fuscous ; a small dark fuscovis spot on dorsum at \ ; central 

 fascia dark fuscous mixed with deep ochreous on margins and edged with some 

 black scales anteriorly, moderately and evenly broad ; costal patch dark fuscous 

 mixed with brownish-ochreous : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous with a grey shade. 



Khasis, in June ; one specimen. Superficially very like Capua melanatma. 

 Caccecia operosa, n. sp. 

 ^ <? 9- 11-14 mm. Head and thorax light brown. Palpi moderate, porrected 



light ochreous, externally mixed with dark fuscous. Anteuna3 in $ shortly 

 ciliated. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft of $ whitish-ochreous mixed with 

 fuscous. Forewiugs suboblong, costa in $ bent before middle, nearly straight 

 posteriorly, in $ tolerably evenly arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, 

 rather oblique, costal fold in $ strong, extending from base to near middle ; 

 light brown or brownish-ochreous, sometimes slightly reddish-tinged, obscurely 

 strigulated with darker, sometimes sprinkled or strigulated with blackish ; 

 central fascia dark fuscous, more or less mixed with deep ferruginous and black, 

 narrow on upper half, dilated near dorsum and followed on lower half by an 

 undefined cloudy darker suffusion ; costal patch flattened-triangular, dark 

 fuscous, mixed with blackish ; usually a spot or striga of deep ferruginous and 

 blackish scales towards termen above tornus: cilia pale ochreous, beneath 

 tornus fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Maskeliya, Madulsima, Diyatalawa, Ceylon (Pole, Vaughan, Fletcher, de 

 Mowbray) ; Nilgiris (Andrewes) ; in August, October, and from January to 

 May ; twenty-five specimens. 

 Cacoccia translucida, n. sp. 



$. 13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale brownish-ochreous much mixed 

 with black, palpi moderate, porrected. Antennae moderately biciliated with 

 fascicles. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings suboblong, costa anteriorly 

 moderately arched, posteriorly almost straight, apex obtuse, termen rather 

 obliquely rounded, costal fold narrow, extending from base to beyond g ; pale 

 brownish-ochreous, irregularly mixed with blackish, especially towards base ; 

 central fascia and entire area beyond it except a costal spot beyond middle 

 ferruginous-brown mixed with fuscous and dark fuscous : cilia brown mixed with 

 dark fuscous, towards tornus mixed with whitish-ochreous. Hindwings white, 

 irrorated with dark fuscous towards base, costa, and dorsum ; a dark fuscous 

 terminal band, broader towards apex, its anterior edge irregular ; cilia fuscous- 

 whitish, with dark fuscous basal line. 



Kashmir. 8,000 feet, in June (Nurse) ; one specimen. 

 Dic.illilis, n. g. 



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