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of both wings glossy gvey, with all the margins yellowish ; 

 both the scale-tutts much larger than in flavofimhriata^ that at 

 end of cell being greatly extended, nearly one third as long 

 ds the wing and much whiter ; the hind wings are broad, 

 with a perceptible elbow in middle. Fore tarsi yellow. 



Expanse of wings 18 millira. 

 ■ Several males from the Khasias. 



Genus CiRCOBOTYS, Butler. 

 Circohotys aurimargo^ sp. n. 



Fore wings fuscous, with a reddish tinge ; the costa more 

 narrowly, the hind margin more broadly, yellow ; the lines 

 very indistinct; antemedian at one fourth, oblique outwards; 

 postmedian at two thirds, vertical to middle, then running 

 straight inwards, and again vertical to inner margin at 

 middle ; discal spot and another before it in the cell, both 

 very obscure ; fringe yellow. Hind wings like fore wings, 

 but the hind margin not so broadly yellow and ground-colour 

 paler, semitransparent. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous 

 fuscous. Underside like upper, but paler. Wings of male 

 narrower and more elongate than of female. 



Expanse of wings 28 millim. 



A fair number from the Khasias. 



POLYCHORISTA, gen. nov. 



^. Fore wings narrow; costa straight for two thirds, then 

 convex; apex much produced, but not acute; hind margin 

 very oblique, scarcely curved ; anal angle indefinite. Hin.d 

 wings twice as wide as fore wings, triangular; both angles 

 rounded, but prominent; hind margin nearly straight, witii a 

 bend shortly before anal angle ; costa strongly shouldered at 

 base. Abdomen of male very long, with large anal tuft. 

 Thorax large, hairy, with busliy patagia ; antenna ( ^J ) 

 ■simple, three fourths of the length of wing; forehead slightly 

 produced below ; labial palpi rostritbrm, broad, porrect ; 

 maxillary palpi slender, filiform ; tongue and ocelli present ; 

 middle tibise much enlarged and flattened ; hind tibite with 

 four spurs, the outer ones very long, the inner short ; a pair 

 of scaly flaps from abdomen behind the hind legs. Neura- 

 tion : fore wings, cell not half as long as wing, narrow ; 

 discocellular concave outwards ; first median at one half, 

 depressed at its origin, and preceded by a hyaline impression, 

 more or less hidden above by long hairs from the base of the 

 wing ; second median close before the end, third from the end 



