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paler and thinly scaled anteriorly, darker towards apex and termen; 

 cilia grey. 



Karwar, Kanara (Maxwell) ; in August, one spceimen. 



Chelaria verticosa, n. sp. 



S . 14 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish slightly sprinkled with 

 grey, shoulders blackish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with basal 

 half dark fuscous, with long rough projecting scales beneath throughout, ter- 

 minal joint with median fuscous band, and projection of scales posteriorly. 

 Abdomen grey, sides blackish-fuscous, anal tuft fulvous-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 6 separate, to apex, 7 and 8 stalked ; 

 ochreous-whitish, irrorated with light brownish and fuscous ; a black 

 white-circled dot near base above middle ; a blackish white-edged triangular 

 patch occupying more than median third of costa, its costal extremities 

 cut off by line oblique white strigulee, apex truncate and reaching half 

 across wing ; a black elongate mark resting on termen beneath apex : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish tinged with brownish, round apex sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline anteriorly, veins 

 and termen suflFused with dark fuscous; cilia pale fuscous. 



N. Ooorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in June, one specimen. 



Chelaria phacelota, n. sp. 



9 . 12 mm. Head and thorax grey irrorated with whitish. Palpi 

 whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous, second joint dark fuscous except 

 towards apex, with moderate rounded apical tuft beneath, terminal joint 

 with three blackish rings, with slightly projecting scales posteriorly 

 towards middle. Abdomen ochreous-whitish irrorated with grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; 6 separate, to apex, 7 and 8 stalked ; grey irrorated 

 with whitish, with some scattered black scales ; a slender black dash 

 beneath costa near base ; a blackish semioval spot on middle of costa ; 

 three smaU blackish-grey spots on costa posteriorly : cilia grey sprinkled 

 with whitish. Hindwings grey, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly, veins 

 and termen darker ; cilia pale grey tinged with ochreous towards 



Peradeniya, Ceylon (Green) ; in February, one specimen. 



Chelaria par octas, n. sp. 



S . 13-14 mm. Head and thorax grey irrorated with whitish. Palpi 

 whitish irrorated with grey, second joint with blackish subbasal and 

 median bands, with short projecting apical tuft beneath, terminal joint 

 rather thickened with scales except towards apex, with three oblique 

 blackish bands. Abdomen dark grey sprinkled with whitish, anal tuft pale 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, 

 with projecting scales at ^, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 6 separate, 7 and 8 stalked ; grey irrorated with whitish ; a series of small 

 ochreous-brown spots mixed with black along costa, one before middle 

 rather larger ; an ochreous-brown spot beneath costa near base, and some 

 blackish irroration towards base ; a transverse series of three blackish 

 marks at ^, and another at ^ ; an irregularly 8-shaped mark outlined with 

 blackish in disc at 5, and another at §; some small ochreous-brownish 

 spots between these, and a larger one in disc beyond second ; a blackish 

 spot on dorsum beneath first, toviching it ; an ochreous-brown streak just 

 before termen, touching a terminal series of small blackish spots : cilia grey 

 sprinkled with whitish. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline 

 anteriorly, veins and termen dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole, de Mowbray) ; from August to October, and in 

 February, five specimens. 



