362 Col. C. Swinhoe on new 



LithosiidsB . 



jEmene diffasifascia, sp. n. 



(J . Grey ; fore wing covered with diffused bands of 

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

 a bi'oad 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 -^q inch. 



Shillong. One example. 



SarothripidsB. 



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. 



QuadrifidaB. 



Nyctipao jaintianaj sp. n. 



(J ? . Black-brown : fore wing with an indistinct curved 

 dark antemedial line ; the discocellular whorl shaped as in 

 N. glaucopi's, Walker, margined with ochreous grey, edged 

 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 



