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median portion of dorsum, sometimes confluent ; a patch of dark' grey 

 suffusion on costa at f, and one on dorsum beneath second discal stigma ; 

 a streak of dark grey suffusion along termen : cilia pale yellow-ochreous, 

 at apex with a grey bar. Hind wings whitish-grey, thinly scaled anterior- 

 ly ; cilia ochreous-grey— -whitish. 



Hambantota, Ceylon (Fletcher) ; Bombay (Fletcher) ; in March and 

 October, two specimens. 



Dichomensferru(jinosa, n. sp. 



$. 15-16 mm. Head ochreous, sometimes brownish-tinged. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint brownish except apex, above clothed with very long 

 tine expansible whitish hairs, beneath with very long projecting apical 

 tuft, terminal joint with anterior edge blackish. Antennae sinuate towards 

 base, ciliations 1-t. Thorax ochreous, shoulders suffused with dark fuscous. 

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

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; yellow-ochreous ; costa and dorsum suffused with ferruginous 

 and strigulated with dark leaden-fuscous irroration ; stigmata black, 

 moderately large, discal approximated, plical beneath first discal ; an 

 oblique narrow transverse fascia of ferruginous suffusion and dark leaden- 

 fuscous irroration crossing wing between first discal and plical stigmata ; 

 a streak of ferruginous suffusion and dark leaden-fuscous irroration along 

 termen : cilia yellow-ochreous. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and irrides- 

 cent-semihyaline, veins and termen suffused with darker ; cilia light grey, 

 towards base tinged with purplish-ochreous. 



Khasis ; in July and August, five specimens. 



Dichomeris intensa, n. sp. 



^9- 11-14 mm. Head and thorax bronzy-fuscous irrorated with pale 

 ochreous, face shining grey, shoulders dark fuscous. Palpi with second 

 joint dark bluish-fuscous, above with triangularly projecting scales, 

 beneath with long broad rough projecting tuft, terminal joint whitish, 

 anterior edge black. Antennal ciliations of (S minute. Abdomen dark 

 grey, faintly purplish-tinged. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa 

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

 variably sprinkled or irrorated with dark fuscous ; costa more or less 

 broadly and irregularly suffused with dark leaden-fuscous from base to 

 near apex, sometimes marked with several fine oblique pale strigulfe 

 towards middle ; a narrow dark leaden-fuscous terminal fascia, preceded 

 on costa by a small pale ochreous patch, these markings limited anteriorly 

 by an angulated pale ochreous or brownish transverse line sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous : cilia light fulvous-ochreous, with a fine dark grey median 

 line, on tornus with a patch of grey suffusion. Hindwings dark grey, in 

 c? thinly scaled and violet-subhyaline in disc, cilia dark grey. 



Maskeliya and Puttalam, Ceylon (Pole) ; Cuddapah, 4,000 feet (Camp- 

 bell) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in March, May, November, and 

 December, five specimens. 



Dichomena crepitcdrix, n. sp. 



(S . 15 mm. Head rather dark bronzy-grey. Palpi dark grey sprin- 

 kled with minute whitish points, second joint with strong dense projecting 

 tuft beneath and scales triangularly expanded towards apex above, 

 terminal joint whitish, anterior edge blackish. Antennse sinuate above 

 base, ciliations §. Thorax brown, dorsally suffused with grey, shoulders 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa 

 slightly arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 rounded, oblique ; ochreous-brown, with scattered dark fuscous scales ; a 

 blackish streak irregularly interrupted and spotted with ground colour 

 extending along costa from base to f ; stigmata undefined, fuscous, discal 



