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pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen ; light 

 fuscous : cilia pale fuscous, tips more whitish, Hindwings in $ beneath 

 with large expansible tuft of very long pale ochreous-yellowish hairs from 

 base of dorsum ; light fuscous, somewhat lighter towards base ; cilia as in 

 fore wings. 



Sikkira (1,800 feet), Bhotan ; in May and July, three specimens (Dudgeon). 



Braclimia arcifera,n. sp. 

 g $ $. 14-15 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, sides of crown 

 with a whitish-ochreous line. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint longer than 

 second, ochreous-whitish in front. Antennas ochreous-whitish, spotted with 

 fuscous beneath. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen concave, oblique ; 2 and 3 long- 

 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen ; dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous ; stigmata 

 blackish, plical and first discal confluent, edged posteriorly by a slightly curved 

 ochreous-whitish line from § of costa to middle of dorsum, second discal 

 obscurely edged with whitish and with an additional similar dot beneath it ; an 

 ochreous-whitish dot on costa at | : cilia fuscous, base obscurely paler. 

 Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



Bhotan, in June ; two specimens (Dudgeon). 



Thymiatris, n. g. 



Head with loosely appressed hairs ; tongue obsolete. Antennas -§, in ft moder- 

 ately ciliated (1), basal joint elongate, stout, without pecten. Labial palpi 

 rather long, recurved, second joint with rough projecting scales beneath, 

 terminal joint shorter than second, rather loosely scaled, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi rudimentary. Anterior tarsi thickened with rough projecting scales 

 throughout ; posterior tibiae rough-haired above and beneath. Forewings with 

 lb long-furcate, 2 from f, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex, 10 remote, 11 from be- 

 fore middle. Hindwings considerably over 1, trapezoidal-ovate, termen not 

 sinuate, cilia £ ; 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Brachmia. 



Thymiatris melitacma, n. sp. 



ft. 42-44 mm. Head and palpi pale ochreous, palpi suffused with dark 

 fuscous towards base. Antennae dark fuscous towards base, pale ochreous above. 

 Thorax whitish, irrorated with fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Forewings very elongate, narrow, gradually slightly dilated, costa almost straight, 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded, hardly oblique ; ochreous- 

 whitish, irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous, costa and subcostal veins 

 suffused with dark fuscous ; two cloudy dark fuscous dots placed transversely 

 in disc beyoDd f ; traces of a cloudy darker angulated subterminal line ; an 

 ochreous-yellowish streak mixed with fuscous round apex and termen to near 

 tornus : cilia whitish-ochreous, tips and an antemedian line ochreous-fuscous 

 mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia whitish-ochreous, cilia with an 

 interrupted fuscous subbasal line. 



Khasi Hills ; two specimens. 



