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costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 dark grey-purplish, sometimes with strong indigo-green gloss : cilia grey- 

 purplish, sometimes mixed with pale ochreous, towards base more greenish- 

 purple. Hindwings light ochreous-fuscous ; cilia pale ochreous, with 

 fuscous subbasal shade. 



Quetta (Nurse) ; Ajmere ; from June to September, six specimens. 



Tinea sacerdos, Wals. 



J 5 . 22-36 mm. Head clear light yellow. Antennse whitish. Thorax 

 purple. Forewings purple. Hindwings rather dark purple-fuscous. 



Konkan (Young) ; Karwar (Maxwell) ; Simla. I give short characters 

 here to show its distinctness, as this group of nearly-allied unicolorous 

 species requires care. 



2mea f/labrella, Walk. 



J 2 ■ 16-26 mm. Head clear light yellow. Antennse white lined with 

 blackish. Thorax lilac-brownish-ochreous. Forewings brownish-ochreous 

 finely irrorated with fuscous, with strong lilac-purplish gloss. Hindwings 

 rather dark purplish-grey. 



Madulsima, Maskeliya, Haputale, and Matale, Ceylon (Vaughan, Pole, 

 Alston, deMowbray) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome). 



Tinea opsigona, n. sp. 



J $ , 22-34 mm. Head deep yellow. Palpi short, dark fuscous, tip 

 yellowish. Antennse ochreous-whitish. Thorax lilac-yellow-ochreous. Ab- 

 dom.en deep ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; yellow- 

 ochreous, sometimes tinged with grey, with lilac-purplish gloss ; costal 

 edge purplish-fuscous towards base : cilia yellow-ochreous. Hindwings 

 rather dark bronzy-purple-grey ; cilia light greyish-ochreous or grey, with 

 darker subbasal shade. 



Peradeniya, HaldamuUa, Gampola, Diyatalawa, Balangoda, Matale, and 

 Pundaluoya, Ceylon (Green, Alston, Pole, Fletcher) ; Nilgiris, 3,500 feet 

 (Andrewes) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; from February to October, 

 sixteen specimens. This large species has been often regarded as identical 

 with the equally large South African vastella, but is distinct. 



Tinea cJiolcea, n. sp. 



S . 20-21 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous 

 towards tips pale greyish-ochreous. Antennse grey. Thorax dark ashy- 

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

 (moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather strongly 

 oblique ; greyish-bronzy-ochreous, with slight prismatic reflections, some- 

 Tfcimes sprinkled with fuscous ; costa more or less sufi'used with dark 

 ashy-fuscous on anterior half ; a cloudy dot of fuscous suffusion in disc be- 

 yond f : cilia light bronzy-ochreous, sometimes sprinkled with grey. 

 Hindwings bronzy-grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



