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gS^ Joicrn,, Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XIX, No. 3. [Novemher 15. 1909: 



beneath tornus somewhat mixed with whitish-ochreous. Hindwings rather 

 dark fuscous, darker posteriorly ; cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasaJ 

 line. 



Puttalam, Ceylon, in April (Pole) ; two specimens. 



Polychrosis gabina, n. sp. 



^ $. 14-15 mm. Head brown. Palpi brown, paler and ferruginous-tinged 

 towards apex of second joint above. Thorax brown, more or less marked with 

 blackish and sometimes spotted with white, crest suffused with ferruginous. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, vertical, rounded beneath ; bronzy- 

 brownish, irregularly marked with black ; costa black, with pairs of whitish 

 strigulse ; anterior half of wing crossed by several irregular leaden-metallic 

 striae sometimes partially edged with whitish ; two oblique leaden-metallic 

 streaks from costa beyond middle more or less united with two very ii-regular 

 thick partially white-edged leaden-metallic streaks from about tornus, forming 

 margins of ocellus ; cilia metallic leaden -grey, with dark fuscous basal line. 

 Hind-wings dark fuscous, more blackish posteriorly ; an elongate suffused 

 hyaline patch from base beneath and along lower part of cell ; in $ whole 

 doraal area formed into a large separate lobe by^ a deep incision extending 

 beneath cell nearly to base ; cilia grey-whitish, with dark fuscous basal line. 



Khasis, from November to March ; nine specimens. Veins 3 and 4 of 

 hindwings are more widely remote in ^ than in $, owing to wing-modification. 



Proschistis, Meyr. 



Differs from Polychrosis by veins 6 and 7 of hindwings being approximated 

 towards base but separate, from Argyroploce by separation of veins 3 and 4 of 

 hindwings. Founded on a single species ; I now add three more. 



Proschistis lucifera, n. sp. 



$, 23 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous mixed with darker, patagia 

 mixed with yellowish. Abdomen light fuscous. Forewings elongate, posterior- 

 ly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, 

 little oblique ; secondary cell moderately broad ; fuscous mixed with blackish 

 towards dorsum tinged with greenish on veins ; costa suffused with blackish 

 and marked with nine pairs of ochreous whitish strigulse ; basal patch mixed 

 with whitish, hardly defined except by a blackish-fuscous dorsal spot at ^, and 

 followed by two pairs of very irregular whitish strife ; two similar pairs beyond 

 middle, confluent in disc and crossed above middle by a narrow inwards-oblique 

 pale yellow blotch ; a pair of whitish striae before termen, becoming double 

 on lower half ; some white dots on termen, edged anteriorly by a waved 

 blackish line ; cilia fuscous, indistinctly barred with pale yellowish. Hind- 

 wings fuscous ; cilia light fuscous, sprinkled with whitish towards tips with a 

 darker subbasal line. 



Palni Hills (Campbell) ; one specimen. 



Proschistis agitata, n. sp. 



$ $. 19-21 mm. Head and thorax pale reddish-fuscous mixed with dark 



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