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towards base, veins darker ; cilia whitish-ochreoiis, tinged with fuscous 

 round apex. 



Khasis ; in August and November, three specimens. 



Chelaria spathota, n. sp. 



$ . 15-17 mm. Head and thorax pale whitish-ochreous, patagia blackish- 

 fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with lower f fuscous with 

 two suffused blackish-fuscous bands, apical portion with whorls of fuscous 

 whitish-tipped scales, beneath with very long broad rough tuft of project- 

 ing scales, terminal joint with oblique blackish ring towards base and 

 three towards middle, posteriorly with median projection of dark fuscous 

 scales. Abdomen grey, anal tuft ochreous. Forewings elongate, very 

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

 obliquely rounded ; 6 separate to apex, 7 and 8 stalked ; dark purple- 

 fuscous longitudinally streaked with black ; a dark brown streak above 

 fold from base to i of wing ; a rather broad ochreous-whitish streak along 

 dorsum from base to tornus, thence attenuated almost to apex, including 

 short blackish dashes on each side of tornus, its upper edge with a short 

 ochreous-whitish dash adjacent at i, and a similar but transverse mark at 

 § ; a fine white longitudinal line above apical portion : cilia pale fuscous, 

 basal half suffused with ochreous-whitish, above apex suffused with dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly, veins and 

 termen suffused with darker; cilia light fuscous. 



Konkan (Young) ; Khasis ; in August, two specimens. 



Chelana tortuosa, n. sp. 



cJ . 14 mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous sprinkled with 

 whitish, shoulders mixed with fuscous. Palpi whitish sprinkled with 

 fuscous, second joint suffused with dark fuscous except towards apex, 

 beneath with long dense projecting brownish scales throughout sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous, terminal joint thickened with scales except towards 

 apex, with broad median dark fuscous band. Abdomen whitish-ochreous 

 sprinkled with fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, widest near 

 base, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; 6 separate, 7 and 8 stalked ; brown, sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous ; undefined irregular longitudinal streaks of ochreous-whitish 

 suffusion above and below fold throughout ; a streak of dark fuscous 

 suffusion along fold throughout ; rest of wing irregularly marked with 

 broken logitudinal streaks of dark fuscous suffusion ; costa suffused with 

 dark fuscous from before middle to i: cilia fuscous sprinkled with whitish. 

 Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline anteriorly, veins and termen 

 dark fuscous ; cilia pale ochreous-fuscous. 



Matale, Ceylon (Pole) ; in December, one specimen. 



Chelaria scopulosa, n. sp. 



S . 12 mm. Head and thorax brownish mixed with dark grey and 

 sprinkled with whitish. Palpi brownish, second joint irrorated with dark 

 grey, with moderate rounded tuft beneath, terminal joint clothed with 

 dense rough dark grey scales posteriorly almost throughout, with five 

 blackish rings. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 

 gently arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; 6 separate, 7 and 8 stalked ; four strong conical erect 

 tufts along costa, a small tuft near base in middle, and a large one in disc 

 at f ; brown irregularly mixed with fuscous and sprinkled with whitish ; a 

 small darker brown basal patch, and two small spots transversely placed 

 in disc beyond this; a suffused dark grey triangular blotch occupying 

 median third of costa and reaching % across wing, its apical portion 

 with several irregular black marks ; a short black mark resting on 

 termen in middle: cilia brown sprinkled with whitish. Hindwings grey, 



