362 Col. C. Swinlioe on new 



Lithosiidae . 



JEmene difusifascia, sp. n. 



£ . Grey; fore wing covered with diffused bands of 

 blackish brown j a short band from the costa near the base ; 

 a broad central pale band, very diffuse and narrowing on to 

 the hinder margin, followed by two discal sinuous thin bands ; 

 two large black subapical spots, the larger one on the costa 

 and the other immediately below it, and an irregular band 

 close to the margin ; also a marginal black line broken by 

 the veins : hind wings grey, unmarked. 



Expanse of wings ^ inch. 



Shillong. One example. 



SarothripidaB. 

 Argyrothripa olivana, sp. n. 



£ . Dark olive-brown ; palpi white beneath : fore wings 

 with a greenish tinge ; an indistinct brown band from costa 

 close to base to hinder margin one third from base ; a large 

 pink-brown oval patch occupying nearly the whole of the 

 outer portion of the wing, edged with brown, with a brown 

 patch on its inner side ; some black marks at the apex and 

 indistinct short brown streaks on the veins on the outer margin, 

 which are continued on to the dark olive-grey cilia, which is 

 interlined with reddish brown : hind wings nearly black, 

 uniformly coloured and without markings ; cilia grey, with a 

 fine antecilial white thread. Underside uniformly blackish 

 brown, with the costal portion of fore wings and apical portion 

 of hind wings luteous. 



Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Shillong. One example. 



Ctuadrifidae. 



Nyctipao jaintiana, sp. n. 



$ •$ . Black-brown : fore wing with an indistinct curved 

 dark antemedial line j the discocellular whorl shaped 

 N. glaacopis, Walker, margined with ochreous grey, 

 with black, and with blue metallic scales on the head of the 

 whorl; the outer black line of the whorl attached to the costa 

 at its centre, and joins below a curved dark line which runs 

 parallel with the antemedial line ; a prominent pure white 





