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as a streak to termen at vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points, a small trian- 

 gular leaden-grey spot above middle and the terminal area leaden-grey 

 towards tornus. Hind wing dark reddish-brown ; the cilia ochreous ; the 

 underside ochreous tinged with brown towards termen ; a black discoidal spot, 

 a strongly crenulate curved postmedial line and a terminal series of points. 



$. Forewing with the inner area not dark ; a semicircular dark-brown patch 

 from costa at antemedial line to the subterminal line end extending to vein 2 

 below which there is a short black fascia ; a black spot between the orbicular 

 and reniform. 



Habitat. — Andamans, Port Blair. Exp. 36 mill. 



2057. COSMIA TRANSVERSA. 



$. Hindwing with the costal half suffused with purplish fuscous. 

 Ceylon, Kandy (Mackwood). 



2058. a. Oosmia bisignata, n. sp. 



$. Head and thorax ochreous ; palpi with black mark at side of 2nd joint ; 

 antennae brown ; fore and mid tibiae streaked with black ; tarsi black ringed 

 with white ; abdomen white dorsally slightly tinged with brown. Forewing 

 pale brownish ochreous ; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa 

 and slight striga from cell ; antemedial line indistinctly double, sinuous, with 

 black point at costa ; reniform a rather S-shaped black mark with pale outer 

 edge conjoined to a rather triangular blackish mark on costa, and with traces 

 of a line from it to inner margin with fuscous point in submedian fold ; post- 

 medial line rather indistinct, double, excurved from costa to vein 4, then in- 

 curved, a quadrate blackish mark beyond it on costa ; subteiminal line pale, 

 slightly denned by fuscous on inner side, very minutely wavtd, ending at tornus; 

 a terminal series of black points. Hindwing white slightly tinged with grey 

 especially on terminal area ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas 

 irrorated with pale brown, a slight discoidal lunule. 



Habitat. — Madras, Bellary, Ramandrug, 3,000' (Campbell). Exp. 32 mill. 

 Type in B. M. 

 2065. a. Metachrostis pectinata. n. sp. 



Antennae of male bipectinate with rather long branches, of female serrate 

 and fasciculate. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black-brown mixed with some grey. Forewing 

 black-brown overlaying greyish brown and with a purplish tinge ; the post- 

 medial area sometimes paler, a small black spot below cell near base ; an 

 indistinct curved antemedial line with slight orange mark on it in cell ; a 

 small orange discoidal lunule with some darker shading between it and inner 

 margin ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, slightly angled inwards in 

 discal fold and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line formed 

 of small orange spots, slightly excurved at vein 7 and middle. Hindwing 

 fuscous brown. 



Habitat.— Ceylon, Maskeliya (Pole), Kandy (Mackwood). Exp. 18-22 mill. 

 Type in B. M. 



