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irregularly tinged with purple-brownish and sprinkled with dark fuscous ; a spot of 

 purplish-fuscous suffusion towards base of costa; an angulated transverse line of dark 

 fuscous suffusion before middle, its extremities forming purplish-fuscous spots, its angle 

 resting on black first discal stigma; second discal stigma black, and an additional dot 

 beneath it, resting on a tornal spot of fuscous suffusion; an undefined spot of fuscous 

 suffusion on costa beyond this; some dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and 

 termen : cilia light greyish-ochreous tinged with purplish-fuscous. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia light grey. 



Mahe, Morne Blanc and Cascade Estate, 1000 feet ; Silhouette, Mare aux Cochons 

 plateau, 1000 feet; in September, October and February, three specimens. There is also 

 a female specimen probably referable to this species, but so worn as to be unidentifiable. 



61. Blastobasis intrepicla, n. sp. 



$. 10 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous suffusedly mixed with fuscous. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, apex of joints pale ochreous, terminal joint much thickened with scales 

 as stout as second, rather blunt-pointed. Antennae shortly ciliated, without notch. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous, apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, somewhat lanceolate, 

 pointed ; light greyish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous ; a spot of darker 

 suffusion in middle of disc, preceded by a paler space ; second discal stigma represented 

 by a dark fuscous suffused spot, edged with paler, and a similar spot beneath it resting on 

 tornus ; indistinct dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and termen. Hindwings 

 grey, basal |- whitish-ochreous tinged with yellowish. 



Mahe, Cascade Estate, in December ; one specimen, in bad condition, and therefore 

 the above description may be defective, but the species should be readily recognisable by 

 the sexual characters of palpi and antenna?, and colouring of hindwings. 



CEcophoridae. 



Platactis, n. gen. 



* Head with dense appressed hairs ; ocelli present ; tongue short. Antennas £ , in 

 $ strongly ciliated (2^), basal joint elongate, with large anterior flap of dense scales. 

 Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, second joint thickened with dense scales, terminal 

 joint much shorter than second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae rough-scaled above. Forewings with 2 from angle, 

 7 absent (coincident with 8), 8 and 'J stalked, 11 from somewhat before middle. 

 Hindwings almost 1, elongate-ovate, cilia f ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 — 7 parallel. 

 A distinct genus, belonging to the Eulechria group. 



62. Platactis hormathota, n. sp. 



$. 16 — 18 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen pale whitish-ochreous, second 

 joint of palpi sometimes reddish-fuscous externally except apex, thorax more or less 

 tinged or suffused with reddish-fuscous anteriorly. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; a short 

 subcostal reddish-fuscous dash near base ; stigmata rather large, black, plical beneath 

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