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termen : cilia pale ochreoiis partially tinged with brownish. Hindwings 

 iridescent-grey, veins darker; cilia light grey. 

 Khasis ; in November, one specimen. 

 Dichomeris olivescens, n. sp. 



(S 9 . 21-22 mm. Head grey. Palpi with second joint blackish, apical 

 edge dark grey irrorated with white, with strong acute-triangular apical 

 tuft beneath, and scales triangularly expanded towards apex above, termi- 

 nal joint whitish irrorated with blackish anteriorly. Antennal ciliations of 

 (S minute. Thorax pale ochteous with a faint greenish tinge, shoulders 

 narrowly blackish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex round-pointed, 

 termen sinuate, rather oblique ; 7 to apex ; pale ochreous, with a faint 

 greenish tinge, indistinctly strigulated with brownish except towards costa 

 anteriorly ; anterior | of costa closely marked with black dots or short stri- 

 gulae ; stigmata dark brown more or less edged with white posteriorly, discal 

 approximated, plical rather before first discal ; a small dark brown spot on 

 costa at f , and one on dorsum towards tornus ; a series of dark brown or 

 blackish dots on termen and posterior part of costa : cilia light brownish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, with dark fuscous subbasal 

 shade. 



Kandy and Maskeliya, Ceylon (Green, Alston) ; in May, two specimens. 

 Dichomeris imbricata, n. sp. 



S 9 . 19-20 mm. Head dark fuscous, slightly sprinkled with whitish 

 points, lower part of face and back of crown brownish. Palpi with second 

 joint blackish sprinkled with whitish, with long broad projecting tuft 

 beneath and scales triangularly expanded towards apex above, terminal 

 joint whitish, anterior edge black. Antennal ciliations of S If. Thorax 

 brown mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft ochreous- 

 yellowish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen sinuate, oblique ; brown somewhat mixed with whitish- 

 ochreous, with a whitish-ochreous patch occupying apical fourth of costa ; 

 anterior § of costa suffused with blackish, obliquely strigulated with pale 

 ochreous ; stigmata blackish, ill-defined, discal approximated, plical near 

 beyond first discal ; some blackish sufi"usion on dorsum towards tornus ; a 

 blackish dot on tornus, and one on termen beneath apex : cilia pale ochreous. 

 Hindwings grey, veins and termen darker ; cilia greyish-ochreous. 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in May, August, and November, three 

 specimens. 



Dichomeris ptychosema, n. sp. 



cJ 9 • 14-17 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders narrow- 

 ly dark fuscous. Palpi with second joint dark fuscous, apical edge white, 

 with moderate triangular brown projecting tuft beneath, and scales 

 triangularly expanded towards apex above, terminal joint white, anterior 

 edge black. Antennal ciliations of d" 1. Abdomen whitish-ochreous irro- 

 rated with grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen straight, rather obliqiie ; 7 to apex, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 

 whitish-ochreous, strigulated with fuscous and dark fuscous irroration ; a 

 small dark fuscous spot on base of costa, a short mark in middle, another 

 beyond f , and several dots between these ; a small blackish-fuscous spot on 

 fold at \ of wing; second discal stigma moderate, dark fuscous, plical and 

 first discal minute or obsolete, plical beneath first discal : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous or pale fulvous-ochreous. Hindwings iridescent-grey; cilia 

 greyish-ochreous. 



Khasis ; in November, two specimens. 



Dichomeris ampliata, n. sp. 



d 9- 22-23 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, faintly violet-tinged, sides of 



