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elongate, rather narrow, costa. gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very ob- 

 liquely rounded ; 8 and 9 stalked ; orange ; markings prismatic leaden-metallic, 

 edged with black ; a short slender streak on base of costa ; a median streak 

 from base to |, upper edge angularly expanded in middle ; a narrow subdorsal 

 streak from near base to middle ; two transverse spots from costa before and 

 beyond middle, reaching nearly half across wing, and one from dorsum at § 

 nearly reaching second costal ; an incurved streak from f of costa to tovnus, 

 nearly or quite interrupted in middle ; posterior area beyond this crossed by 

 about seven black lines on veins : cilia dark brassy-grey, base more or less 

 violet-metallic. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged. 



Five specimens, Khasi Hills. 



Adda chalcomis, n. sp. 



$ 15-16 mm., 9 12 mm. Head and thorax bright metallic brass. Palpi 

 very small, ochreous-whitish. Antennas dark fuscous, basal joint large, 

 coppery-purple, brassy-scaled towards base. Abdomen dark fuscous. Posterior 

 tibia? in $ above with a very long expansible fringe of ochreous-whitish hairs. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; 8 and 9 separate ; shining coppery or purple ; a me- 

 tallic brassy basal patah occupying about \ of wing, containing a longitudinal 

 black mark above middle, and edged with black posteriorly and on dorsum ; 

 an undefined central fascia of black and pale yellowish irroration, narrowest 

 on dorsum ; an irregular similar patch towards apex : cilia fuscous suffused 

 with coppery -purple. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 



Six specimens, Maskeliya and Puttalam, Ceylon, in May, September, and 

 October (Pole). 



Nemotois chionites, n. sp. 



£. 15-17 mm. Face white, crown with mixed black and whitish hairs. 

 Palpi moderately long, white, beneath black, with very long spreading white 

 and black hairs. Antennas whitish, towards base thickened with metallic blue- 

 blackish scales, above this a short space ringed with blackish. Thorax black- 

 ish, laterally with some whitish hairs. Abdomen blackish, anal tuft mixed with 

 white. Anterior and middle tibiae and basal joint of anterior tarsi with spread- 

 ing tufts of white hairs ; posterior tibise white with narrow black subapical 

 band, above with very long fringe of white hairs continued on first joint of tarsi. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa posterioi'ly moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen very obliquely; rounded ; 8 and 9 stalked ; bluish -white, 

 irrorated with black ; small snow-white spots on costa, at £ and f ; a slender 

 snow-white median fascia, triangularly dilated on costa, anteriorly edged with 

 black and then by a silvery-metallic fascia : cilia white, basal half blackish-grey 

 with a white subbasal line. Hindwings white, pellucid ; apical fourth dark 

 grey extended along costa to middle ; cilia white, on costa to apex darkgrey. 



Four specimens, Khasi Hills, in October. Resembles N. cassiterites, but 

 recognisable by tufts of anterior legs, white costal spots and white cilia of 

 forewings and smaller dark area of hindwings. 



