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a pale ochreous line from costa beyond black spot to dorsum before tornus^ 

 curved inwards beneath costa, sometimes almost obsolete, or edged 

 anteriorly with ochreous-brown suffusion ; some ill-defined dark fuscous 

 dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia brownish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



Khasis ; in April, and from July to October, ten specimens. Very like 

 procrossa, but without the strong rounded prominence of costal cilia, and 

 the pale line of forewings differently formed. 



Trichotaphe chartaria, n. sp. 



$. 16-17 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, face tinged with 

 grey, posterior extremity of thorax blackish. Palpi ochreous-white, 

 second joint dark fuscous except apical edge. Abdomen rather dark grey. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost 

 straight, somewhat oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex ; ochreous-whitish, 

 slightly infuscated except towards costa ; stigmata black, ringed with 

 white, first discal large, round, plical moderate, obliquely beyond it, some- 

 times united with it, second discal small ; a dark fuscous mark on costa at 

 f , and two or three small subconfluent marks towards apex : cilia yellow- 

 whitish. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Peradeniya and Kandy, Ceylon (Green, Mackwood) ; in July, two 

 specimens. 



Trichotaphe ivimerita, n. sp. 



$ 17-18 mm. Head and thorax light fuscous. Palpi with second joint 

 dark fuscous, apical edge whitish, terminal joint ochreous-whitish, 

 anteriorly irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen light fuscous, apex pale 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen hardly sinuate, little oblique ; fuscous ; costal edge whitish- 

 ochreous ; a very obscure darker oblique spot in disc before 5, partially 

 edged with some whitish scales, lower extremity representing plical 

 stigma ; discal stigmata indicated by a few whitish scales ; a slightly 

 bisinuate very obscure darker fuscous line from a spot on costa at § to 

 dorsum before tornus, accompanied by a few pale ochreous scales ; some 

 indistinct darker dots on posterior part of costa and termen : cilia whitish- 

 fuscous, base whitish-ochreous. Hindwings fuscous; cilia light fuscous. 



Puttalam and Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole, Alston) ; in November, two 

 specimens, 



Trichotaphe crambaleas, n. sp. 



S V • 20-21 mm. Head and thorax light brownish. Palpi brown mixed 

 with fuscous, apical edge of second joint ochreous-whitish, terminal joint 

 ochreous-whitish, anteriorly infuscated. ' Antennal ciliations of S •§. 

 Abdomen light fuscous, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate 

 rather narrow, costa slightly arched, slightly sinuate in middle, apex 

 round-pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique ; pale brownish-ochreous 

 sometimes strewn with strigulse of blackish irroration, sometimes partially 

 suffused with feruginous-brown in disc and towards dorsum, and on veins 

 posteriorly ; sometimes a round spot of blackish suffusion in disc at 5, and 

 an oblique spot from dorsum at \ directed towards it ; stigmata blackish or 

 dark ferruginous-brown, discal approximated, plical rather before first 

 discal ; a smaU blackish mark on costa at ■§ ; some blackish dots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia pale brownish-ochreous, on costa 

 sometimes barred with fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, darker towards apex ; 

 cilia light fuscous. 



Khasis ; in March, three specimens. 



Trichotaphe pseudometr a, n. sp. 



S 9 • 12-13 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, face grey, sidea 

 blackish, shoulders blackish. Palpi blackish-grey, terminal joint whitish 



