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MifT Journ., Bom. Nat. Eist. Soc., Vol. XIX., No. 2. [Aiujust 15, 1909. 



"with a blackish basal line, and a whitish spot on subapical sinuation. Hind- 

 wings reddish-fulvous suffused with fuscous, with a broad dark fuscous 

 ternjiaal and dorsal band, leaving terminal edge fulvous round apex and upper 

 half of termen ; a suffused elongate patch of orange-yellowish in middle of 

 disc : cilia orange-yellowish, with a blackish basal line, round apex infuscated. 



Kandy, Ceylon, in May (Green, Alston) ; two specimens. 



Eilarographa merinthias, n. sp. 



^. 18 20 mm. Head orange. Palpi light orange, towards base violet- 

 whitish anteriorly. Antennae dark fuscous, strongly ciliated. Thorax orange- 

 fulxQftSii^oi'S or less suffused with fuscous, longitudinally striped with leaden- 

 grey. Abdomen leaden-grey mixed with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, little 

 oblique, distinctly sinuate beneath apex ; 7 and 8 separate ; orange-fulvous ; 

 bluish-leaden costal, median, subdorsal, and dorsal streaks from base, costal soon 

 leaving costa, all four terminated in a rather oblique blackish streak from ^ of 

 dorsum reaching f across wing ; five oblique leaden-bluish streaks edged with 

 blackish lines and rising from whitish dots on costa between ^ and apex, 

 reaching about ^ across wing, second shorter, third very short, but dark margins 

 of both as long as the rest ; dorsal area from transverse streak at ^ to tornus 

 crossed by about eight rather oblique curved variably confluent and anastomos- 

 ing blackish streaks reaching almost to costal streaks ; a small leaden-metallic 

 spot on termen below middle, with large black dots above and below it ; a spot 

 of orange-yellow suffusion at apex : cilia rather dark fuscous, with blackish- 

 leaden basal line. Hind wings blackish-fuscous ; an elongate- triangular orange- 

 yellow patch in middle of disc, sometimes suiiused with ground colour and 

 indistinct. 



Khasis ; two specimens. 



Hilarographa mechanica, n, sp, 



^. 18 mm. Head dark bronzy, side tufts and postorbital scales golden - 

 yellowish. Palpi whitish, with strong violet- blue reflections. Antennae 

 dark fuscous, strongly ciliated. Thorax dark violet-fuscous, with 

 orange yellow lateral stripes. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen little oblique, 

 hardly perceptibly sinuate ; 7 and 8 separate ; orange-fulvous, deeper and 

 brighter towards costa and termen ; costal edge dotted with whitish between 

 the dark streaks ; six pairs of oblique blackish streaks from costa, reaching ^ 

 across wing, last five enclosing light grey-blue streaks, sixth less oblique and 

 whitish towards costa, anterior margin of fourth extended as a blackish line, 

 right-angled in middle, to tornus ; whole dorsal area from base to this line 

 crossed by twelve curved oblique dark fuscous lines extending almost to costal 

 streaks, and united above so as to form two or three longitudinal lines, fifth 

 and eleventh of the alternating lines of ground colour blue-whitish ; lower half 

 o£ amgulated black line edged by five small indistinct fuscous spots suffused 

 with blue, beyond which is a series of three black dots, two upper very small, 

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