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light greyish-ochreous. Abdomen pale 'whitish- ochreous. Forewings elongale, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly rounded, little oblique ; pale 

 whitish -ochreous, with scattered dark grey specks ; an ill-defined longitudinal 

 streak of dark grey suffusion from base of costa through middle of disc to | ; 

 three angulated transverse lines of grey suffusion, first two little defined and 

 often reduced to costal marks, third usually distinct, running from § of costa 

 to dorsum before tornus, strongly curved or bent ; plical and second discal 

 stigmata blackish, plical linear, second discal often transverse ; a series of 

 blackish dots along posterior part of costa and termen : cilia pale whitish- 

 ochreous, with grey subbasal shade. Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish, towards 

 tornus sprinkled with grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with dark grey subbasal shade. 

 Fourteen specimens, Khasi Hills and Silchar, Assam, from June to August 

 (Antrarn). Larva yellowish-red, sides yellow-orange ; subdorsal stripe broad, 

 blackish ; head and 2 black ; feeds between spun leaves of the tea-bush, and 

 when foliage is stripped will attack the bark, doing great damage (Antram). 



ELACHISTIDiE. 



Butrachedra psilopa. n. sp. 



$Q. 8-10 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 

 second joint with two rings, and terminal joint with two broad bands of blackish 

 irroration. Antennas whitish-ochreous ringed with fuscous. Thorax whitish- 

 ochreous sprinkled with dark grey. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 very elongate, extremely narrow, rather short-pointed ; pale ochreous, more or 

 less evenly sprinkled with fuscous or dark fuscous ; plical stigma elongate, 

 blackish ; several more or less indicated blackish dots on posterior part of 

 costa and termen : cilia pale greyish-ochreous. Hindwings ochreous-grey ; 

 cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Seven specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, from February to July (Pole). 



Rhadinasti? plmnicopa, n. sp. 



$9. 10-18 mm. Head, palpi and thorax reddish-ochreous. Antennae dark 

 fuscous, basal joint reddish-ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings 

 narrow-lanceolate ; dark purplish-fuscous ; extreme base reddish-ochreous ; 

 cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in July, November, and December (Pole) 



Stathmopoda antidelta, n. sp. 



$ $. 7-10 mm. Head and thorax dark shining purplish-bronze, face shin- 

 ing whitish-bronze. Palpi pale yellowish, anterior edge of terminal joint 

 dark fuscous. Antennae grey, basal joint yellowish. Abdomen dark bronze, 

 segmental margins grey, on sides white, beneath wholly silvery-white. Poste- 

 rior tibite and tarsi blackish banded with white, above tufted with rough scales 

 and bristles. Forewing3 elongate, narrow, widest at ^, thence narrowed to 

 pointed apex ; dark purplish-bronze-fuscous ; two whitish-ochreous or pale 

 ochreous-yellowish spots, first on dorsum before middle, subquadrate, reaching 

 more than half across wing, second on costa at f, triangular, nearly reaching 

 tornus : cilia dark bronzy-fuscous. Hindwings and cilia dark bronzy-fuscous. 



