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purplish-fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft of S ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex round- 

 pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather oblique ; 9 tolerably remote from 

 ' stalk of 7 and 8 ; ochreous, sometimes tinged with fuscous ; costal edgo 

 fuscous ; stigmata dark fuscous, first discal conspicuous, others little 

 marked, plical somewhat beyond first discal ; a narrow fuscous terminal 

 fascia, widest beneath apex and narrowed to tornus ; an interrupted dark 

 fuscous terminal line : cilia ochreous, towards tornus with indications of 

 fuscous bars. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia light greyish. 



Khasis ; in October and November, two specimens. 



Trichotaphe cellaria, n. sp. 



9. 10-15 mm. Head and thorax light bronzy. Palpi bronzy-fuscous, 

 epical edge of second joint white, terminal joint white, anterior edge dark 

 iuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly 

 ■dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 .faintly sinuate, oblique ; light bronzy-fuscous, with faint purplish reflec- 

 tions ; a sufl'used ochreous-white streak along costa from base to f ; first 

 •discal stigma rather large, blackish, plical hardly indicated, below first 

 •discal, second discal obsolete ; a nearly straight or slightly curved white 

 line from J of costa to dorsum before tornus, edged anteriorly with darker 

 fuscous sufi'usion, and followed by a band of whitish-ochreous suffusion ; a 

 white line marked with dark fuscous dots running round posterior part 

 ■of costa and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings rather dark 

 .grey ; cilia light fuscous. 



Khasis ; in November and December, three specimens. 



Trichotaphe macroayla, n. sp. 



(5 9- 18-20 mm. Head light shining grey, sides of crown ochreous. 

 Palpi blackish-grey, terminal joint whitish except base and anterior edge. 

 Antennal ciliations of S 1|^- Thorax whitish-ochreous, with broad central 

 brown stripe. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 ■costa gently arched towards extremities, otherwise straight, apex obtuse, 

 termen almost straight, somewhat oblique ; whitish-ochreous ; posterior 

 § of costa, and dorsum and termen throughout rather broadly suffused 

 with brown, darkest on margin of wing, cut at apex by a fine streak of 

 •ground colour ; stigmata minute, blackish, plical slightly before first discal ; 

 A black line round apex and termen : cilia brown, outer half dark brown. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, more or less tinged with grey. 



Khasis ; from June to August, six specimens. 



Trichotaphe ccerulescens, n. sp. 



$. 14-15 -mm. Head and thorax bronzy-fuscous, with prismatic 

 •reflections. Palpi dark fuscous, apical edge of second joint whitish, 

 terminal joint whitish with anterior edge blackish. Antennal ciliations 

 1^. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft ochreous-fuscous. Forewings 

 ■elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 -dark fuscous, with strong bluish-leaden reflections ; stigmata rather large, 

 Mackish, plical somewhat before first discal; an ochreous-whitish dot on 

 -costa at § ; a terminal series of blackish dots : cilia bronzy-fuscous. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia light bronzy-fuscous. 



Khasis ; in August, two specimens. 



Trichotajjhe plutelliformis, Snell. 



{Ceratophora phdelliformis, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. XLIV, 84, pi. VI, 4.) 



Puttalam, Ceylon (Pole) ; N. Ooorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome); in January 

 and May. Occurs also in Java and Australia. 



Phatnotis, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Anten- 

 mse almost 1, in ^ ciliated, basal joint moderately elongate, without 



