306 COSSIDJE. 



a small blotch above centre of cell ; a large, very irregular, black 

 blotch beyond the cell from the costs to vein 1 c extending along 

 vein 3 towards outer margin ; an apical black blotch ; the outer 

 half of wing reticulated with fine black lines. Hind wing pale. 



Hob. Nilgiris, 8000 ft. (MincUn). Exp. 66 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



SECT. II. Vein 6 of fore wing given off above the angle of cell. 



653. Cossus cadambae, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 822 ; C. $ S. no. 1582. 



<3 . Head, thorax, and fore 

 wing dull brown ; the last with 

 two indistinct dark lines across 

 the end of the ceil, and two from 

 near the base of vein 2 to inner 

 margin ; a dark postmedial line 

 from costa to vein 2, with some 

 indistinct strigae beyond it ; a 

 Fig. 209. Cossus cadambai, <$. }. similar submarginal line with 



indistinct strigae beyond it. 



Abdomen and hind wing paler ; the latter with some faint strigae 

 towards outer margin. 



Nab. Calcutta. Exp. 52 millim. 



SECT. III. Male with the antennae serrated at tip, the branches of 

 the proximal half longer. Fore wing with the areole much 

 larger. 



654. Cossus parvipunctus, n. sp. 



^ Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Fore wing brown, with 

 a few indistinct dark specks round the end of cell, and three more 

 prominent specks above the centre of vein 1 b. Hind wing paler 

 brown. 



Hab. Naga Hills, 1500 ft., Oct. (Doherty). Exp. 52 millim. Type 

 in coll. Elwes. 



655. Cossus pallidalae, n. sp. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing 

 white, slightly suffused with rufous, especially in the cell ; numer- 

 ous wavy rufous striae in the cell and between vein 2 and the inner 

 margin ; a few rufous striae on the outer area ; marginal line 

 rufous. Hind wing white. 



The distal portions of the antennae are broken, but the species 

 appears to belong to the 3rd section. 



Bah. Sikhim (Moller). Exp. 38 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



*656. Cossus stigmaticus, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 86 ; C. $ S. no. 1598. 



3 . Pale ochreous brown. Fore wing striated with pale brown ; 



pale brown blotches at end of cell, apex, and below apex ; two 



