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stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; dark-slaty-fuscous, somewhat sprinkled 

 with blackish ; a large blackish dot beneath costa near base ; plical and 

 first discal stigmata represented by round blackish adjacent spots placed 

 transversely ; second discal represented by a somewhat 8-shaped spot out- 

 lined with blackish suffusion and filled in with pale fuscous-ochreous ; an 

 ochreous-whitish dot on costa at f ; some blackish scales along posterior 

 part of costa and termen : cilia grey, sprinkled with whitish. Hindwing& 

 light-grey, tinged with ochreous anteriorly; cilia pale-grey. 



Bassein Fort, Bombay, bred in October (Fletcher); one specimen. Larva 

 tapering much posteriorly and slightly anteriorly, black ; collar banded 

 with white ; plate of 2 smoky-black with a triangula brownish-yellow 

 space ; second and third interstices creamy-white, next three dull-brown ; 

 7, 8 and 10-12 with V-shaped creamy marks between spun leaves of 

 Ipomaea aroensis {Convolvulacece) (Fletcher). 

 Brachmia insulsa, n. sp. 



S $ . 12-16 mm. Head and thorax pale-greyish ochreous. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous, second joint dark-fuscous- except apex. Antennee f, 

 greyish-ochreous, ciliations in S ^. Posterior tibite whitish-ochreous, 

 beneath fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa 

 slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, rather oblique ; 

 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; light greyish-ochreous; stigmata 

 dark-fuscous, plical slightly before first discal ; some cloudy dark-fuscous 

 dots round apex and termen, sometimes almost obsolete : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous slightly sprinkled with fuscous. Hindwings ochreous-grey- 

 whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Pusa, Bengal, from April to July (Fletcher); six specimens. Allied tO' 

 episticta. 



Chelai'ia scopulosa, Meyr. 



Larva burrows in shoots of Caveya arhorea, showing some excrement on 

 opening of hole ; only one found, though often searched for (Maxwell). 

 Anarsia melanoplecta, n. sp. 



S . 10 mm. Head and thorax whitish-grey. Palpi with second joint 

 blackish on basal half, then with several whorls of blackish white-tipped 

 scales, tuft grey-whitish mixed with fuscous, terminal joint whitish with 

 fine oblique black lines. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 fuscous finely irrorated with whitish ; an obscure darker blotch in disc 

 about I ; a thick black oblique streak from middle of costa, reaching half 

 across wing ; a semi-oval black spot on costa at i ; a black preeapical dot, 

 preceded by whitish, area above and below it tinged with ochreous : cilia 

 whitish with rows of dark-fuscous points, basal third grey limited by adark- 

 grey shade interrupted with whitish bars. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. 

 Pusa, Bengal, bred in May (Fletcher) ; one specimen. Larva boring 

 into shoots of mango (Mangifera indica) (Fletcher). 

 Anarsia sagittaria, n. sp. 



S $ . 13-15 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi dark-fuscous, 

 apical edge of second joint whitish-ochreous, terminal joint of 5 whitish- 

 ochreous with dark-fuscous basal and supramedian rings. Thorax pale 

 greyish-ochreous, longitudinally streaked with blackish. Abdomen light 

 greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; light fuscous, slightly sprinkled 

 with ochreous-whitish ; some scattered black scales here and there on 

 veins ; a black streak along submedian fold, strong on basal half, attenuat- 

 ed posteriorly ; a blackish mark beneath this at base ; a slender black 

 longitudinal streak in disc from before middle to f, reduced to scattered 

 scales posteriorly ; a slender subdorsal streak of black irroration from \ 



