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Tenmalai, W. Ghats, Travancore, in November (Annandale) ; 

 one specimen. 



Heliangara macaritis, n. sp. 



cf 9 . 13-14 mm. Head and palpi bright deep orange. An- 

 tennae dark fuscous, base orange. Thorax deep shining coppery- 

 purple. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa slightl}^ arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; 

 bright deep coppery-purple : cilia concolorous. Hindvvings and 

 cilia dark fuscous. 



Goalbathan, E. Bengal, in July (Hodgart) , Konkan, Bombay 

 (Young) ; two specimens. Nearly allied to H. lampetis, but dis- 

 tinguished by the dark antennae, and absence of yellow dorsal 

 patch of forewings. 



Onehala agnatella, Walk. 



Trivandrum, Travancore, in November (Annandale). 



Brachniia gradata, n. sp. [ 5^>Lfc'»— *>^'*'^''^*~^ ^ 



cf $ . 9-10 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-bronze. Palpi 

 bronzy- whitish, terminal joint with a dark fuscous line. Abdomen 

 light fuscous, and tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa slightly arched, somewhat sinuate in middle, 

 apex obtuse, termen rather strongly sinuate, oblique; 2 and 3 

 short-stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7; dark fuscous ; a whitish streak 

 above middle from i to |, surmounted b}^ an ochreous-yellowish 

 streak extending to beyond it ; three oblique white streaks from 

 anterior half of costa, first two running into the yellowish streak, 

 third to be^'ond its apex ; a white oblique striga from costa close 

 beyond this ; an ochreous-yellow line from apex of discal streak 

 verj' obliquely inwards to fold ; an undefined irregular streak or 

 line of pale ochreous suft'usion beneath fold ; an oval whitish ring 

 beneath middle of disc, and a patch of whitish irroration beyond 

 this ; three short white strigulae from costa posterior^ ; terminal 

 area ochreous-yellowish, cut by a straight transverse leaden- 

 metallic line rising from last costal strigula ; adjoining this line is 

 a small well-marked black spot anteriorly towards dorsum, and 

 another in middle posteriorly reaching termen beneath apex : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, on costa dark fuscous, with a white basal line, 

 and forming an apical projection, on termen bronzj'-shining, with 

 a metallic-grey basal shade, beneath apex with a dark fuscous 

 patch beyond this. Hind wings grey; cilia ochreous-gre> -whitish, 

 with a grey subbasal shade. 



Kurseong, 5,000 feet, E. Himalayas, in September (Annan- 

 dale); Khasi Hills, in August and September, common; fifteen 

 specimens. Belongs to a group of closely allied species, requiring 

 attention to details ; a characteristic point of this species is the 

 arrangement of the two black spots adjoining the metallic sub- 

 terminal line. 



