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whitish-ochreous, anterior margin fuscous mixed with black. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 faintly sinuate, little oblique ; white; basal patch dark fuscous mixed with 

 blackish, somewhat marked with whitish towards dorsum, outer edge irregular, 

 nearly straight, vertical ; central fascia represented by a small dark fuscous spot 

 on costa, and a dark fuscous dorsal blotch not reaching half across wing 

 but connected with basal patch by irregular dark fuscous suffusion ; some 

 irregular ochreous-fuscous marking in disc beyond middle, and an oval patch of 

 ochreous-fuscous suffusion above tornus ; a small dark fuscous costal spot be- 

 fore central fascia and four beyond it, last two absorbed in a triangular dark 

 fuscous apical blotch which extends along termen to below middle, more or 

 less dotted with white on termen : cilia fuscous spotted with dark fuscous and 

 white, at termen with a whitish patch, Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Khasis, in September ; two specimens. 



Articolla,VLejvy%J,^^H. ^"jljj 

 — Ihe..failowing species agrees well in structure with the one described. 



Articolla in'ospera, n. sp. 



$. 17 mm. Head light brownish-ochreous tinged with fuscous. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, second joint with light ferruginous-ochreous median band, apex 

 of terminal joint pale ochreous. Thorax light brownish-ochreous mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, sinuate in middle, costal cilia prominent beyond 

 sinuation, apex obtuse, termen straight, somewhat oblique ; ferruginous brown 

 mixed or reticulated with dark fuscous ; costa shortly strigulated with dark 

 fuscous and ochreous-whitish ; a moderate very oblique leaden striga from 

 Custa at 5 ; an elongate-triangular blackish costal spot beyond middle ; four 

 leaden strigae from costa posteriorly, first running to termen beneath apex 

 edged beneath with ochreous-whitish, other three short, costa between these 

 ferruginous, apical edge also leaden ; a group of four roundish partly confluent 

 whitish-ochreous spots between these markings and tornus, more or less 

 brownish-tinged except on margins, especially the two lower which are mostly 

 filled with ochreous-brown suffusion and leaden-grey irroration : cilia pale 

 brownish-ochreous, with ferruginous basal shade round apex, Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, bases of scales subhyaline, appearing finely striated ; cilia pale fuscous, 

 with darker basal shape. 



Khasis, in June ; one specimen. 



Staiherotis, n. g. 



Antennje in ^ shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint 

 rough-scaled above and beneath. Thorax with posterior crest, Forewings 

 with 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated, 

 6 and 7 approximated towards base. 



Statherotis decorata, n. sp. 



^. 18 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous somewhat mixed with blackish. 

 Palpi whitish-oc' reous, suffused with fuscous except towards base and apex. 

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