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at the tips ; frons with a white line on each side ; abdomen 

 with a white band near the base and another one third from 

 the tip. Wings with large white spots : fore wings with one 

 just before the middle and another, larger, on the upper disk ; 

 hind wings with one subbasal, touching the abdominal 

 margin, and another of about the same size on the disk ; cilia 

 of both wings black, with white tips at the apex of fore wings 

 and a white spot at the hinder angle. Underside : wings as 

 above ; abdomen white, witli two black bands ; legs black ; 

 tarsi white, with black bands. 



Expanse of wings yV inch. 



Clierra Punji. One example. 



Genus Trichoptychodes, nov. 



cJ . Fore wings narrow, elongate ; costa straight for three 

 fourths, then convex ; apex blunt, outer margin rounded. 

 Hind wings twice as broad as fore wings ; the outer margin 

 nearly straight, abdominal margin distorted from base to 

 outer margin, raised above and hollowed below, the raised 

 upper surface being clothed with a bed of dark hairs. An- 

 tennge lamellate ; palpi upcurved in front of face ; hind tibiae 

 with four spurs, the upper inner one five times as long as the 

 outer one. 



Type: Triclioptychodes deh'cata. 



39. Trichoptychodes delicata^ sp. n. 



$ . Palpi grey, pure white at the tip ; head, body, and 

 wings white. Fore wings with the basal third pale fulvous, 

 tinged with orange colour, with a short white streak from tlie 

 costa near its end, rather more than the outer third of the same 

 orange colour, intersected by three short white streaks from the 

 costa, two from the outer margin, and one from the hinder 

 margin, where there is a blackish space or patch. Hind 

 wings with a broad blackish suffused marginal band, which 

 does not quite touch the white outer margin, is irregular on 

 its inner side, and docs not reach the anal angle ; abdominal 

 margin with a patch of black hairs. Underside white, with 

 the marginal bands and streaks visible ; body and legs white. 



Expanse of wings ^^^ inch. 



Cherra Punji. Four examples. 



Genus Agrotera, Schrank. 

 40. Agrotera discinotata^ sp. n. 



J . Pal})i brown, antennjc grey ; head, body, and basal 



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