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Acria eulectra, n. sp. 



^.16 mm. Head ochreous-whitc. (Palpi broken.) Antennje whitish ringed 

 with blackish. Thorax fuscous, shoulders ochreous-white. Abdomen yellow- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, subsinuate in 

 middle, with rough projecting scales on each side of sinuation causing it to 

 appear as an excavation, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, little oblique ; 

 ochreous-white; a suffused fuscous patch extending along dorsum from base to §, 

 narrrowed posteriorly, obscurely interrupted in middle; a round patch in middle 

 of disc irregularly mixed with fuscous and blackish; undefined dark fuscous costal 

 strigulae on each side of sinuation, second giving rise to an angulated undefined 

 _liue of dark fuscous and blackish scales ending in a small spot before tornus ; 

 some slight brownish suffusion beyond this on lower half ; a series of minute 

 dark fuscous dots on posterior part of costa and termen : cilia ochreous-white. 

 Hindwings fuscous, somewhat thinly scaled, suffused with dark fuscous poste- 

 riorly ; cilia yellow -whitish, with faint traces of a fuscous line. 



Khasis, in December ; one specimen. 



Acria xanthosaris, n. sp. 



^. 16-18 mm. Head whitish, crown tinged or suffused with light fuscous. 

 Palpi white, second joint with upper longitudinal half suffused with light fus- 

 cous, terminal joint with fuscous supramedian ring. AntennK dark fuscous. 

 Thorax reddish-fuscous. Abdomen golden-yellow, Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa moderately arched, subsinuate in middle, with rough projecting 

 scales on each side of sinuation causing it to appear as an excavation, apex 

 obtuse, termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; pale reddish-grey irrorated 

 with reddish-fuscous ; a cloudy dark grey spot on dorsum at | ; cloudy dark 

 grey marks on costa at i and before and after sinuation ; stigmata minute, dark 

 fuscous, inconspicuous, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal ; an indistinct 

 angulated dark grey line from beyond costal sinuation to before tornus ; a 

 series of dark grey dots on posterior part of costa and termen : cilia ochreous- 

 whitish tinged with reddish, basal half reddish-grey bounded by a dark grey 

 shade. Hindwings fuscous, rather darker posteriorly ; cilia whitish-fuscous, on 

 dorsum paler and sometimes yellowish-tinged ; undersurface with a subcostal 

 pecten of pale yellowish hairs from base to near middle. 



Khasis, in December ; two specimens. Specially distinguished by the yellow 

 pecten of hindwings. 



Acria ceramiiis, n. sp. 



^ $. 16-19 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, face whitish. Palpi white, 

 second joint sprinkled with grey except on projecting scales, terminal joint with 

 dark grey supramedian ring. Antennae grey. Abdomen light fuscous, in ^ 

 tinged with yellow-ochreous. Forewings formed as in xantliosaris ; fuscous or 

 grey, usually partially tinged with reddish ; costal edge in sinuation usually 

 more or less reddish-ochreous ; stigmata minute, dark fuscous, often obsolete, 

 plical somewhat beyond first discal ; an angulated subterminal series of indis- 

 tinct dark fuscous cloudy dots, often obsolete ; cilia greyish-ochreous tinged 

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