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spurs ; retinaculum a long recurved tuft of hair-like scales 

 from the costal vein ; frenulum stout. Neuration : fore wings, 

 cell fully half as long as wing ; the discocellular very oblique 

 in its lower arm ; first median at five sixths, second close 

 before lower angle of cell, third and lower radial from the 

 angle ; upper radial stalked with the last four subcostals ; the 

 radial and the second subcostal rising from the same point, 

 third subcostal halfway been second and the origin of fourth 

 and fifth. Hind wings with costal free, the two subcostals 

 stalked ; medians and radial as in fore wings. 

 Type Xenomilia humeralis, sp. n. 



Xenomilia humeralis, sp. n. 



Fore wings reddish fawn-colour, deeper at base and along 

 hind margin, dusted with black specks ; first line double, at 

 one third, slightly oblique outward, zigzag, dark grey ; second 

 line also double, at four fifths, sinuous, parallel to hind margin, 

 followed above anal angle by a blackish shade. Hind wings 

 paler, more ochreous, with a broad dark border along hind 

 and inner margin. Head, palpi, face, and thorax reddish ; 

 abdomen dark grey. Underside duller, the exterior line 

 single and broad. 



Expanse of wings 38 millim. 



One male from the Khasias. 



Heterocrasa, gen. nov. 



? . Fore wings elongate ; costa curved ; apex produced 

 but blunt ; hind margin obliquely rounded. Hind wings with 

 both angles rounded, the hind margin slightly curved. Fore- 

 head tufted j labial palpi long, rough with hairs above and 

 below, the third joint pointed, drooping ; maxillary palpi 

 invisible; tongue excessively minute; ocelli very indistinct, 

 pale; antennae filiform. Neuration: fore wings, cell half 

 the length of wing ; postmedian at three fourths, third and 

 lower radial from end of cell, second halfway between first 

 and third; first and second subcostals free; upper radial 

 short-stalked with the other three ; the three rising almost 

 from the same point. Hind wings with costal free; the two 

 subcostals from upper end of cell ; medians as in fore wings, 

 but the radial well above the lower angle ; discocellular 

 strongly angulated, the lower augle blunt. 

 Type Heterocrasa expansalis, sp. n. 



Heterocrasa expansalis, sp. n. 



Fore wings ochreous, with a pink suffusion, which is 



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