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TiSIS POLEMARCHA n. Sp. 



cf 26 mm. Head dark grey. Palpi ochreous-whitish , 

 second joint very long, with dark grey terminal tuft of dense 

 scales, terminal joint aborted, concealed in scales of second. 

 Antennae pale grey, apical third white, tip dark grey, a 

 densely scaled dark grey thickening at base of stalk. Thorax 

 dark grey, posterior third light orange. Fore wings elongate, 

 costa strongly arched, termen very obliquely rounded; 9 out 

 of 7 ; light orange ; thick costal and dorsal and slender median 

 dark grey streaks from base to 1/5, costal marked with blue- 

 leaden-metallic, sending a curved undefined fascia of dark 

 grey suffusion mixed with blue-leaden-metallic scales to near 

 dorsum before middle ; a broad dark grey streak narrowed 

 posteriorly along costa from 2/5 to apex, almost confluent with 

 preceding, leaving costal edge yellow ; a dark grey wedge- 

 shaped blotch extending from disc at 3/4 to lower part 

 of termen, apex anterior; cilia light yellowish, on upper part 

 of termen suffused fuscous. Hind wings with cell 1/3 of length 

 of wing, 4 and 5 out of 3, 6 absent, 8 running into a glandular 

 swelling on costa at 1/3 ; dark grey ; discal area from near base 

 to near termen, and costal area suffused ochreous-whitish, a 

 series of long erect ochreous-whitish hairs along submedian 

 fold ; a short tuft of ochreous-whitish hairs on costal gland 

 at 1/3; cilia ochreous-whitish becoming grey towards dorsum. 



Mt. Murud, 6500 feet, one specimen. 



TiSIS POLYCHLORA n. sp. 



cf 23 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-bronzy, collar 

 pale ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, terminal joint slender, 

 acute, anterior edge dark grey. Antennae grey, with tuft of 

 dark metallic-grey scales at base of stalk. Fore wings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; 9 separated ; rather dark grey, markings pale 

 ochreous ; basal area to 1/3 of costa and 2/3 of dorsum suffused 

 with pale ochreous irroration except towards base of costa ; 

 a very oblique suffused fascia from 2/5 of costa to end of cell, 

 whence a suffused costal streak runs to near apex, and suffused 

 lines along all veins posteriorly ; cilia pale ochreous. Hind 

 wings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 closely approximated at base, 

 6 to costa ; pale yellow-ochreous, with modified hairs scales in 

 disc and towards costa ; a suffused grey streak from base along 

 dorsum and termen to 2/3 of wings ; cilia pale ochreous, round 

 dorsum pale grey . 



Mt. Murud, 6300 feet, one specimen. 



