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Drachmobola, n. g. 



Antennae in $ shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint 

 rough-scaled beneath. Forewings with tufts of scales on surface, and dorsal 

 projecting tufts ; 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out of 7. Hindwings with 3 and 4 

 connate, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Epagoge and to the following genus. 



Drachmobola periastr a, n. sp. 



$9. 12-13 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa moderately arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen concave, little oblique ; pale ochreous, more or less 

 strigulated with deeper ochreous ; basal patch, central fascia, and a narrow 

 terminal fascia more or less obscurely indicated by undefined deeper yellow- 

 ochreous suffusion ; about twenty scattered variable small silvery-metallic 

 spots, mostly arranged along dorsum and in four irregular curved or bent 

 transverse series ; sometimes a large tornal patch of rather dark fuscous 

 suffusion : cilia pale ochreous, suffused with brownish-ochreous towards tornus. 

 Hindwings ochreous-whitish, posterior half suffused with pale fuscous and 

 strigulated with darker ; a patch of ferruginous-ochreous suffusion on tornus, 

 containing three small silvery-metallic spots and sometimes partly suffused 

 with dark fuscous. 



Fifteen specimens, Khasi Hills, in June. 



Spatalistis. n. g. 



Antennas in $ simple. Palpi moderately long, porrected, second joint 

 rough-scaled above and beneath. Forewings with tufts of scales on surface, 

 in $ sometimes with expansible brush of hairs from towards costa anteriorly, 

 but without membranous fold ; 3 and 4 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings 

 with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 closely approximated towards 

 base. 



Type S. rliopica. 



Spatalistis par yphcea, n. sp. 



$ 9. 14-17 mm. Head and thorax pale yellowish, mixed with ferruginous- 

 orange, in 9 sometimes partly inf uscated. Palpi pale ferruginous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous, in $ more or less greyish-suffused. Forewings elongate- 

 oblong, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen concave, rather oblique, in £ 

 with expansible brush of hairs towards costa anteriorly ; ferruginous-reddish, 

 somewhat mixed with pale yellowish towards dorsal half posteriorly, suffused 

 with fuscous on basal half and along costa posteriorly and termen, and some- 

 times wholly except a small round yellow spot in disc at f ; oblique striae of 

 purplish-leaden suffusion, seldom forming distinct spots and alternating with 

 incomplete series of dots of blackish raised scales : cilia pale yellow, on costa 

 and dorsum ferruginous, at tornus suffused with grey. Hindwings pale grey- 

 ish-ochreous, anteriorly semitransparent, apex suffused with fuscous ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, more brownish-tinged towards base. 



Eight specimens, Khasi Hills, in June. 



