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out of 7 ; pale whitish-ochreous, longitudinally streaked with ferruginous-brownish 

 suffusion between veins ; plical and first discal stigmata indicated by a few longitudinally 

 scattered dark fuscous scales, second discal forming a distinct dark fuscous dot ; some 

 dark fuscous scales on termen towards apex : cilia ferruginous-brownish, mixed with 

 whitish-ochreous. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Mahe, Cascade Estate, 800 feet, in February, one specimen. Also two taken by 

 Mr T. B. Fletcher in same locality in November. Allied to the European rufescens. 



23. Brachmia cricopa, n. sp. 



$%. 13 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, irrorated with dark 

 fuscous except at apex. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, somewhat 

 oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; purplish-fuscous ; discal stigmata represented 

 by a few blackish scales surrounded by pale ochi*eous rings, second larger, plical 

 reduced to a pale ochreous dot, slightly before first discal : cilia fuscous. Hindwings 

 and cilia light grey. 



Mahe, near Morne Blanc, 800 feet, in October ; Silhouette, low cultivated country, 

 in September ; two specimens. 



24. Brachmia microsema, n. sp. 



$. 15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, apex of palpi whitish. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen nearly straight, somewhat oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; dark purplish- 

 fuscous ; stigmata black, plical beneath first discal, edged anteriorly by a small whitish 

 dot ; an ochreous- whitish dot on costa at § : cilia dark purplish-fuscous. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



Mahe, near Morne Blanc, 800 feet, in October ; one specimen. 



Paraspistes Meyr. 



25. Paraspistes ioloncha Meyr. 



Two examples, more strongly marked than usual, discal stigmata especially well 

 marked ; Mahe\ Cascade Estate, in January and February. A common Ceylon species, 

 probably introduced ; the larva feeds in pods of Crotalaria (Indian hemp). 



Allocota Meyr. 



26. Allocota procax., n. sp. 



$. 11 mm. Head and thorax grey-whitish. Palpi white irrorated with grey, 

 second joint blackish except towards apex, tuft very short, terminal joint twice second, 

 thickened with scales but without distinct projection, with five indistinct dark fuscous 

 rings. Abdomen grey, genital organs clothed with whitish-ochreous hairs. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; 6 to termen ; whitish irrorated with grey ; a black linear dot beneath costa 

 near base; a dark fuscous costal mark at £•, a black subdorsal dot at £, and some 

 indistinct grey marking between these ; some undefined fuscous suffusion in middle of 



