Pyralidaeyrom the Khasia Hills, 175 



Genus Oephanostigma, Warr. 

 Orphanostigma versicolor, sp. n. 



Fore wings yellow, suffused witli orange; the lines as in 

 latimavginata, Wlk. ; marginal area dark violet-fuscous ; in 

 the hind wings the line from the discal spot to anal angle is 

 always slightly bent, whereas in latimarginata it is quite 

 straight, and the space between it and inner margin is orange, 

 whereas in latimarginata it is the pale yellow of the ground- 

 colour. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright orange. 



Expanse of wings 18 millira. 



Latimarginata is always larger — 22-24 millim. 



A variety occurs in which the orange tints are superseded 

 by fuscous grey. 



Several examples from the Khasias. In the B. M. collec- 

 tion are examples from the Nilgiris. 



Genus Patania, Moore. 

 Patania'i excurvalis, sp. n. 



Fore wings dark mouse-colour ; a short subbasal line, black 

 on costa ; first line at one fifth, blackish, wavy, vertical, 

 edged with pale yellowish internally ; second at three fourths, 

 oblique inwardly from costa, along which it runs for a short 

 distance towards apex to a pale yellow costal spot, and edged 

 internally by a curved yellowish blotch ; at one third it is 

 abruptly bent outwards along the lower radial, forming a 

 narrow tridentate sinus, then as abruptly recurved to beneath 

 the yellow costal patch and bent to inner margin at middle ; 

 fringes straw-colour, with their inner half chequered with 

 darker, and a dark basal line. Hind wings like fore wings, 

 with an exterior line only. Head, thorax, and abdomen con- 

 colorous ; anal tuft pale. Underside paler, with the markings 

 more distinct than above. 



Expanse of wings 24 millim. 



One male from Mackay, Queensland. 



Distinguished from Patania'^ appensalis, Snell. {Entephria) , 

 by the different course of the outer line and by the chequered 

 fringes. 



Genus DOLICHOSTICHA, Meyr. 

 Dolichosticha suhauralis, sp. n. 



Like D. perinephes, Meyr., from Fiji, but the ground- 

 colour pale yellow, slightly lustrous; the marginal fuscous 



