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ochreous-whitish, shoulders with a dark fuscous spot. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint externally dark fuscous except apex, terminal joint 

 long, sometimes dark fuscous towards base. Antennse ochreous-whitish, 

 tinged with grey towards apex. Abdomen ochreous-grey-whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous, yellowish-tinged, in one 

 specimen suffused with fuscous except towards base ; markings white, 

 sometimes yellowish-tinged, edged with scattered dark fuscous scales ; two 

 triangular blotches occupying most of dorsum, reaching nearly half across 

 wing ; undefined patches towards costa before middle, and in disc at f , 

 sometimes almost obsolete ; a semicircular spot on costa before apex, and 

 two or three irregular spots on termen, more or less edged with dark 

 fuscous suffusion : cilia pale whitish-ochreous sometimes mixed with fus- 

 cous, at apex with a dark fuscous bar. Hindwings with 5 and 6 stalked ; 

 pale brassy-whitish yellowish ; cilia yellow- whitish. 



Palni Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; five specimens. 

 Tinea chelyodes, n. sp. 



2 . 16 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, shoulders infuscated. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennse whitish-ochreous, towards apex with 

 several rings of dark fuscous suffusion. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; bronzy-yellow-ochreous ; costa suffused with dark 

 fuscous near base ; two transverse white streaks towards base, confluent 

 towards costa into a patch containing three costal dots of groundcolour, 

 with a white dorsal dot between them ; between this and apex are about 

 eight indistinct transverse whitish streaks, posteriorly obsolete towards 

 costa, and several dots on costa and termen towards apex ; a blackish- 

 fuscous elongate patch extending along dorsum from | to beyond tornus, 

 cut by one streak anteriorly and enclosing several whitish dorsal dots : 

 cilia pale whitish-ochreous, obliquely barred with dark fuscous irroration, 

 at apex with a direct projecting blackish bar, on costa whitish trans- 

 versely barred with yellow -ochreous. Hindwings grey-whitish ; cilia pale 

 whitish-ochreous. 



Khasis, in October ; one specimen. 



Tinea artijiciosa, n. sp. 



S . 12 mm. Head and thorax white, shoulders marked with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi and antennae fuscous-whitish. Abdomen pale grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; shining bronzy-oehreous tinged with fuscous ; markings 

 shining white ; a basal patch occupying rather more than ^ of wing, outer 

 edge angulated in disc, enclosing dark fuscous marks on base of costa and 

 dorsum, and a striga of groundcolour mixed with dark fuscous from dorsum 

 at \, reaching half across wing; a spot on dorsum close beyond this, and 



