376 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 
(8a) Tabidia fuscifusalis, sp. n. 
Antenne of male with long cilia; fore wing with tuft of long 
hair from inner margin near base; hind wing on upperside with 
some rough scaling in the cell and long hairs in the folds, the 
underside clothed with rough hair. 
¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with reddish 
brown; antennz fuscous brown; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral 
surface of abdomen white tinged with reddish brown. Fore wing 
white with a brownish tinge; the costal edge fuscous towards base 
and with dark subbasal and antemedial bars from costa, the basal 
area suffused with dark reddish brown below subcostal nervure; a 
black spot in middle of cell and elliptical discoidal spot; a broad 
rather diffused black-brown band beyond the cell, interrupted by a 
forked whitish streak on veins 5, 4 and oblique below vein 4, its 
outer edge conjoined to a black-brown subterminal spot between 
veins 5 and 8; a black-brown terminal line except at apex. Hind 
wing whitish suffused with reddish brown, the terminal area broadly 
black-brown, the costal area whitish towards base; an oblique 
“black-brown discoidal bar; cilia white. 
Hab, Cynon, Ratnapura (Mackwood), 1 $ type. ap. 
22 mm. 
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(6a) Agrotera rufitinctalis, sp. n. 
@. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with rufous; 
pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with 
rufous, the fore tarsi black at extremities. Fore wing whitish 
suffused with pale red-brown with a cupreous gloss; the basal area 
whiter with some slight pale fiery red marks on it; antemedial line 
black, somewhat oblique and sinuous, a small black spot just beyond 
it in the cell and black discoidal bar ; postmedial line black-brown, 
recurved below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, bent inwards 
below vein 3 and excurved at submedian fold, the area beyond it 
suffused with dark brown except towards costa; a black terminal 
line ; cilia white, black-brown at apex, middle, and tornus. Hind 
wing white, the area from lower angle of cell to termen at apex and 
vein 2 suffused with pale red-brown with a cupreous gloss; an 
oblique blackish discoidal bar and oblique bar below origin of 
vein 2; postmedial line blackish, slightly incurved at discal fold, 
then oblique to vein 2 on which it is retracted, then excurved to 
above tornus; a black terminal line; cilia white, black at tips to 
vein 2. 
Hab. Br. C. Arrica, Mt. Mlanje (Weave), 1 2 type. Exp, 
24 mm. 
(lle) Desmia albitarsalis, sp. n. 
3. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown with a. slight 
leaden gloss; palpi with the basal joint and the throat white; 
