CBYPTOBLABES. 105 



SECT. I. Palpi of male not dilated with scales towards 

 extremity ; mid tibiae not dilated. 



4425. Cryptoblabes augustipennella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 6 : id. Mon 



Phyc. p. 16, pi. v, fig. 3 ; C. $ S. no. 4556. 



Grey thickly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing narrow, with 

 a few crimson scales on base of costal and inner margins ; an 

 oblique pale antemedial line with fuscous band on its outer edge ; 

 dark specks at the two angles of cell ; an oblique pale minutely 

 dentate submarginal line, angled inwards on vein 5 and its inner 

 edge denned by fuscous ; a marginal series of dark specks. Hind 

 wing pale and semihyaline; the marginal area tinged with fuscous . 



Hob. Dharmsala ; Ceylon. Eocp. 20 millim. 



4426. Cryptoblabes bipunctalis, n. sp. 



J . Pale grey-brown with slight purplish tinge ; palpi yellow. 

 Fore wing with the antemedial line represented by fuscous specks 

 in the cell and on vein 1 ; two very prominent black discocellular 

 spots ; a marginal series of black specks. Hind wing semihyaline, 

 the veins and margin brown. 



Hob. Bhutan (Dudgeon). Exp. 18 millim. Type in B. M. 



4427. Cryptoblabes proleucella, n. sp. 



$ . Grey -brown ; palpi blackish towards extremity. Fore wing 

 with the costal area whitish ; two prominent dark discocellular 

 spots ; an oblique dark submarginal line outwardly denned by grey 

 and very slightly bent outwards at vein 5 ; a marginal series of 

 black specks. Hind wing paler. 



Hob. Ceylon (Green). Exp. 20-22 millim. Type in B. M. 



SECT. II. Palpi of male broadly dilated with scales at extremity ; 

 mid tibiae dilated, with a fold containing a tuft of long hair. 



4428. Cryptoblabes dissolutella, Snett. Midd.-Sum., Lep. p. 81 



Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 19, pi. iv, fig. 5. 



cJ . Head vinous red, the scales at end of palpi purplish ; thorax 



and abdomen yellowish 

 brown. Fore wing pale 

 yellowish brown, the 

 v costal half suffused with 

 \b silvery grey and irrorated 

 with pink scales ; a few 

 grey scales representing 

 a submarginal line ; a 

 Fig. 61. Cryptoblabes dissolutella, <$. \. marginal dark line; the 



cilia pinkish, with a grey 



line through them. Hind wing hyaline ; the veins and a marginal 

 line brown. 



Hob. Nagas ; Celebes. Exp. 24 millim. 



