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approximated, plical rather before first discal ; a streak of blackish irrora- 

 tion along termen, suffused with grey anteriorly : cilia light ochreous, base 

 dotted with dark fuscous, on tornus with a grey patch, Hiadwings 

 iridescent-grey ; cilia light fuscous. 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in December, one specimen. 



Dichomeris f errata, n. sp. 



(^ $ . 15-17 mm. Head shining grey, back of crown whitish-ochreous 

 Palpi dark fuscous, second joint slightly sprinkled with whitish points, 

 especially on anterior edge, with long broad tuft beneath and scales trian- 

 gularly expanded above towards apex, terminal joint white, with anterior 

 edge black. Antennal ciliations of S 2. Thorax ochreous-yellowish, 

 shoulders dark grey. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, oblique ; yellow- 

 ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous scales ; markings dark shining leaden- 

 grey irrorated with blackish ; a thick streak along costa from base to 

 middle, posterior portion dilated into a triangular blotch reaching nearly 

 half across wing ; a small elongate-triangular patch on costa about f ; an 

 inwardly oblique wedgeshaped spot on dorsum before tornus, reaching half 

 across wing ; stigmata minute, dark fuscous, discal approximated, plical 

 rather before first discal ; a narrow streak along termen : cilia grey, on 

 costa yellow-ochreous, basal half yellow-ochreous on termen. Hind wings 

 grey, thinly scaled anteriorly ; cilia grey. 



Khasis ; in October, three specimens. 



Dichomeris clarescens, n. sp. 



cJ . 22 mm. Head bronzy-grey. Palpi dark fuscous, second joint 

 whitish-sprinkled on apical edge, with long strong tuft beneath and scales 

 triangularly expanded towards apex above, terminal joint whitish with 

 anterior edge blackish. Antennal ciliations If. Thorax rather pale fuscous, 

 apex of patagia brown. Abdomen dark grey, beneath ochreous, anal tuft 

 pale ochreous, with two long expansible projecting pencils of scales above. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 nearly straight, oblique ; pchreous-brown, suffused with fuscous except 

 towards costa before apex, where it is brighter ochreous ; median fourth of 

 costa obscurely strigulated with dark fuscous ; stigmata obscure, dark 

 fuscous, discal approximated, plical elongate, slightly before first discal ; 

 an undefined triangular spot of dark fuscous suffusion on costa at f ; a 

 suffused dark fuscous streak along termen : cilia ochreous, with a fuscous 

 postmedian shade, on tornus mixed with fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous 

 rather thinly scaled in disc anteriorly ; cilia pale ochreous, basal half tinged 

 with fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (de Mowbray) ; in October, one specimen. 



Dichomeris excoriata, n. sp. 



S ■ 22 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous partially suffused with 

 light brownish. Palpi with second joint dark fuscous with apical edge 

 rather broadly ochreous-white, with strong acute-triangular apical tuft 

 beneath and scales triangularly expanded towards apex above, terminal 

 joint whitish, towards apex blackish, anterior edge sprinkled with blackish. 

 Antennal ciliations §. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, slightly sinuate in middle, 

 apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, oblique ; 7 to just above apex ; pale 

 ochreous, suffusedly strigulated with brownish except towards costa 

 anteriorly, with a few blackish scales ; about ten black marks on anterior 

 half of costa, anteriorly remote, posteriorly closely approximated ; a 

 spot of brownish suffusion in disc at j ; an undefined triangular patch of 

 brownish suffusion extending on costa, from about middle to -I, its apex 

 formed by dark fuscous second discal stigma ; some dark fuscous dots on 



