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on base of costa, including a small dark brown spot on base of costa, and 

 a black subcostal dot near base ; a streak of ochreous-white suffusion 

 along dorsum from base to tornus ; stigmata represented by undefined 

 blackish dashes, plical rather before first discal, preceded by a blackish 

 dot on fold ; a black dot on tornus ; some irregular pale grey irroration 

 on apical third ; a black dash resting on termen beneath apex : cilia 

 fuscous, towards base mixed with dark fuscous and sprinkled with whitish, 

 on costa brownish. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and iridescent anteriorly, 

 veins and termen darker ; cilia grey. 



Khasis ; in June and October, two specimens. 



Chelaria iopTiana, n. sp. 



c? 9 • 14-16 mm. Head and thorax whitish irrorated with dark grey. 

 Palpi whitish irrorated with dark grey, second joint beneath with two 

 moderate rounded ochreous-tinged tufts, terminal joint ochreous-tinged 

 towards middle, posteriorly with projections of dark fuscous scales above 

 and below middle. Abdomen whitish-ochreous irrorated with dark grey. 

 Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, with scales rather 

 prominent at §, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 6 separate, 

 to apex, 7 and 8 stalked ; brownish mixed with grey and raised whitish 

 scales, strewn with irregular black longitudinal marks on veins ; some 

 irregular tufts of scales, especially a large tuft in disc at | ; a triangular 

 blackish blotch occupying median third of costa, and reaching f across 

 wing; cilia fuscous sprinkled with whitish points. Hindwings fuscous, 

 thinly scaled and subhyaline anteriorly, with strong violet-blue irides- 

 cence ; veins, apical area, and termen suffused with dark fuscous ; cilia 

 grey. 



Central Provinces, Ceylon (de Mowbray) ; in December, three specimens. 



Chelaria corynetis, n. sp. 



cJ 9 • 15-16 mm. Head grey suffusedly mixed with white. Palpi 

 brown irrorated with whitish, second joint with moderate rounded basal 

 and apical tufts beneath, lower portion of each crossed by a band of black 

 irroration, terminal joint with well-marked median and subapical projec- 

 tions of blackish scales posteriorly. Thorax fuscous irrorated with whitish 

 and sprinkled with blackish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous irrorated with 

 grey. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, with scales 

 rather prominent at %, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 6 

 separate, 7 and 8 stalked ; brown, sometimes tinged with ferruginous, in 

 disc, variably mixed and sometimes posteriorly wholly suffused with dark 

 fuscous ; basal area irregularly mixed or suffused with white, with some 

 irregular dark fuscous marks, and a black subcostal dash ; a narrow 

 elongate black patch extending along costa from | to t, cut by three 

 oblique white strigulas ; an irregular outwardly oblique transverse black 

 patch from dorsum before middle, nearly reaching costal patch, edged 

 with raised whitish scales ; an irregularly triangular fuscous blackish-edged 

 spot on tornus, reaching half across wing, surrounded with white suffusion 

 extending to costa ; some irregular whitish irroration towards apex : cilia 

 fuscoiis, towards base sprinkled with whitish, with indications of dark 

 fuscous bars round apex. Hindwings light fuscous, thinly scaled and 

 semihyaline, darker along termen and towards apex, veins rather dark 

 fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole, de Mowbray) ; in June, six specimens. 



Chelaria ericta, n. sp. 



(^ 9 • 15 mm. Head and thorax whitish. Palpi whitish, partially 

 sprinkled with grey, second joint wdth moderate rough basal and apical 

 tufts beneath, lower part of each crossed by a blackish band, terminal 

 joint with upper § blackish except apex, with submedian and supramediaii 



