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and a subapical band blackish. Antennae grey, obscurely pale-ringed. Abdo- 

 men grey, beneath whitish. Anterior and middle femora and tibiee blackish, 

 tarsi white, posterior tibiae greyish, tarsi white ringed with black. Forewings 

 very narrowly elongate, moderately pointed, apex round pointed ; dark purple- 

 fuscous irregularly irrorated throughout with whitish, most distinctly spotted 

 on middle of costa : cilia grey, round apex witK several dark-f uscoua lines. 



Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. ^ 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January (Pole) ; Khasi Hills, in August ; two specimens. 

 Gracilaria syrphetias, INIeyr. 



(Gracilaria syrphetias, Meyr, Joum, Bombay N,H. Soc, XVII. 984.) 

 Also from Dodanduwa and Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon, in April and September 

 (Fletcher) ; some specimens reaching 17 mm. in expanse. 

 Gracilaria prismatica, Meyr. 



(Gracilaria prismatica, Meyr., Joum. Bombay N, H. Soc. XVII, 983.) 

 Also taken in January. 

 Gracilaria chalcanthes, Meyr, 



{^Gracilaria chalcanthes, Meyr., Trans. Ent. See., Lond., 1894, 25,) 

 Hiterto only from Burma. 

 Gracilaria isochrysa, n. sp. 



9. 14 mm. Head shining coppery-bronze, face silvery-white. Palpi whitish^, 

 second joint with a few blackish scales, apex of terminal joint blackish. Anten- 

 nae whitish, ringed with grey. Thorax shining coppery-bronze. Abdomen- 

 dark grey, beneath yellow-whitish. Legs whitish (anterior pair broken)>. 

 middle femora and tibias reddish-coppery, redder beneath, posterior tibiee in- 

 fuscated above. Forewings very narrowly elongate, gradually narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, pointed, apex acute ; eoppery-reddish, with dark fuscous strigulae- 

 suffused with deep shining blue ; a broad bright brassy-yellow costal streak 

 from near base to apex, covering rather more than half the wing : cilia grey, 

 beneath apex reddish towards base, on costa pale yellow. Hindwings and cilia, 

 rather dark grey. 



Khasi Hills, in June ; one specimen. 

 Gracilaria zachrysa, Meyr. 



{Gracilaria zachrysa, Meyr., Joum. Bombay N. H. Soc. XVII, 983i) 

 Also in November. 

 Gracilaria euryptera, n. sp. 



$ . 15 mm. Head violet-fuscous, face and forehead pale yellowish. Palpi' 

 moderate, light yellowish. Antennae dark grey, ringed with whitish. Thorax 

 dark violet-fuscous. Abdomen dark grey, beneath light yellow. Legs pale 

 yellowish, anterior and middle femora and tibise and apical half of posterior 

 femora dark violet-fuscous, posterior tibiae suffused with violet fuscous. Fore- 

 •wings elongate, narrow, moderately pointed ; deep fuscous-purple ; a broad 

 triangular yellow patch extending over central third of costa, its apex 

 reaching dorsum : ciUa fuscous, round apex irrorated with blackish towards 

 tips. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



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