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<^t. 15,1908,^ Indiah Micfo-lepidopbcra. ^/^ 



liindwings narrower, first line black-margined aateriorly instead of poste- 

 riorly. 



Promalactis paraseucta, n. sp. 



$. 11—14 mm. Head dark fuscous, face yellowish, forehead broadly 

 yellow-whitish. Palpi vety loEg, yellow-ochreous or fulvous, terminal joint 

 •black sprinkled with white. Antenna) white ringed with felack. Thorax deep 

 jcllow-ochreous. Abdomen -grey, Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex round pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; bright deep 

 yellow-ochreous ; two white lines, first edged posteriorly and •second anteriorly 

 with black irroration, first from | of costa to beyond middle of dorsum, second 

 from I of costa to f of dorsum, dilated towards costa, angulated and 



iriterre pted in middle, the angle connected by a streak of blackish irroraticn 



with toraus ; space included between these lines suffused with brown ; an 

 apical patch of blackish irroration : cilia yellow, towards base deeper with 

 scattered black scales, on tornus grey. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Nilgiris, GjOOQ feet (Andrews) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet ^Newcome) ; frona 

 March to May, seven specimep.s, 



Promaiactis halicyhta, K, sp. 



■^. 15 — IS mm. Head ■vt'kite, sides of face light ochroous. Palpi very long, 

 white, second joint with rather rough projecting scales beneath, lower half 

 Ibrownish-ochreous sprinkled with ^jlackish, terminal joint sprinkled with 

 black. Antennae white ringed with blackish, ciliations 2. Thorax ochreous- 

 yellow, sometimes centrally -suffused with white. Abdomen -grey, apex 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 acute, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; ochreous-yellow ; a ■fine white 

 oblique transverse line almost at base, net reachiHg costa, edged anteriorly 

 with blacki'^ irroration ; a fine White Une from before ^ of costa to about 

 middle of dorsum, edged posteriorly with blackish irroration, connected on 

 dorsum, by a white streak edged above or sometimes wholly suffused with 

 black irroration, with a slender white streak partially irrorated with blackish 

 from dorsum beyond middle to | of disc, where it meets an inwardly oblique 

 etreak of dark fuscous suffusion from tornus ; some dark fuscous irroration 

 along termen ; cilia ochrcous-yellow. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and 

 pellucid towards base ; cilia pale grey, becoming very pale yellowisb at base. 



Palni Hills, 6,000 feet '(Campbell), two specimens.. 



PromalacUs crenopa, n. sp. 



*$ . 14 mm. H'3ad bronzy fuscous, face pale shining bronze, forehead broad- 

 ly white. Palpi very long, fulvous, second joint infuscated above, terminal 

 joint blackish, base and apex white. Antennaj white ringed with black* 

 Thorax shining orange-bronze. Abdomen grey, Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex round pointed, termen very obliquely rounded^ 

 deep orange ; a short white streak near base of dorsum ; a white streak from 

 beneath costa at ^ to before middle of dorsum, edged with a few black scales 

 on both sides ; a white transverse spot from costa before g, edged irregukuly 



