164 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL RLSF. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIL 



Chelaria tonsa, n. sp. 



9 . 14-15 mm. Head and thorax pale glossy whitish-ochreous, shoulders 

 brownish sprinkled with dark fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second 

 joint with scales appressed beneath, expanded towards apex above, with 

 basal and supramedian bands of dark fuscous irroration, terminal joint 

 thickened with projecting scales posteriorly except at apex, with two rings 

 of blackish irroration. Abdomen ochreous-whitish irrorated with fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; 6 separate, 7 and 8 stalked ; light brownish, 

 faintly purplish-tinged, sprinkled with fuscous ; a dark purplish-fuscous 

 triangular blotch with indigo-blue reflections occupying nearly median 

 third of costa, reaching more than half across wing, edged anteriorly with 

 whitish-ochreous suffusion ; a small blackish dot on fold at J of wing, one 

 towards dorsum beyond this, one below middle at %, and one obliquely 

 beyond and above this ; some minute ill-defined blackish dots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia pale ochreous tinged with 

 brownish, more brownish round apex. Hindwings grey, paler and thinly 

 scaled anteriorly ; cilia pale ochreous. 



Khasis ; in October and March, two specimens. 



Chelaria caryodora, n. sp. 



$ $ . 15-16 mm. Head and thorax greyish-ochreous more or less 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Palpi pale whitish-ochreous, second joint 

 with whorls of fuscous pale-tipped scales, with long rough broad tuft of 

 projecting scales beneath, terminal joint with apical § fulvous, thickened 

 posteriorly with projecting scales to near apex. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, very 

 narrow, costa gently arched, with scales rather prominent at §, apex 

 round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 out of 6; 

 pale fulvous irrorated with dark fuscous ; costa, fold, and dorsum irrorated 

 with whitish towards base ; two dark fuscous dots beneath costa near 

 base ; a triangular dark fuscous blotch occupying median third of costa, 

 reaching half across wing, partially edged with whitish suffusion ; four 

 violet-whitish oblique strigulse on costa posteriorly ; a pale violet inwardly 

 oblique mark from tornus, an outwardly oblique mark from termen below 

 middle, and two small marks in disc above these ; a black dash resting on 

 termen beneath apex : cilia light fuscous, mixed with darker and sprinkled 

 with violet-whitish towards base. Hindwings whitish-ochreous, veins, 

 apex, and termen suffused with fuscous ; cilia pale ochreous-yellowish, 

 round termen tinged with fuscous. 



Khasis ; in June, eight specimens. 



Chelaria silvestris, n. sp. 



$ $ . 15-16 mm. Head and thorax whitish-fuscous, face whitish. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint with whorls of fuscous white-tipped scales, with 

 subbasal and median blackish bars, beneath with moderate tuft of long- 

 loose rough projecting scales, terminal joint with blackish subbasal ring, 

 and supramedian band clothed with projecting scales posteriorly. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; 7 and 8 out of 6 ; fuscous, irrorated with whitish points ; two 

 blackish dots towards costa near base ; a dark fuscous triangular blotch 

 occupying nearly median third of costa, reaching half across wing, 

 preceded on costa by a small dark fuscous spot separated by a whitish 

 strigula ; costa posteriorly dark fuscous, with several fine whitish oblique 

 strigulse ; a short black dash in disc at i, one resting on termen 

 beneath apex, and a minute one just above tornus: cilia light fuscous 

 irrorated with whitish. Hindwings grey, lighter and thinly scaled 



