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Auchouoma xeraula, n. sp. 



$ 9 • 21-28 mni. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous or pale greyish- 

 ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous. Paipi whitish-ochreous, second and 

 terminal joints variably sprinkled or suffused with dark fuscous except towards 

 apex. Abdomen pale ochreous, sides tinged with fuscous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 oblique ; lower margin of cell sinuate and somewhat ridged beneath towards 

 base, especially in $, a space above this tending to be thinly scaled; pale 

 greyish-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous : a small spot of dark 

 fuscous suffusion on base of costa ; stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, first discal 

 somewhat elongate, plical hardly beyond it, second discal approximated, in 

 middle of wing ; a cloudy pale subterminal line, sharply indented beneath 

 costa, edged posteriorly with dark fuscous suffusion : cilia pale greyish-ochre- 

 ous, with broad somewhat interrupted antemedian shade of dark fuscous 

 suffusion. Hindwings light grey, paler and somewhat ochreous-tinged ante- 

 riorly ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal line. 



Khasis, in September ; also from W. China ; four specimens. Superficially 

 very like Borkhauseuia pseudospretella, and might be overlooked accordingly, 

 though structurally very distinct, 

 Nephogenes fugax, n. sp. 



f?9- 21-22 mm. Head, palpi, antenna;, and thorax grey. Abdomen 

 brownish-ochreous, segmental margins pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; light grey, slightly brownish-tinged, irregularly sprinkled 

 or irrorated with dark fuscous, sometimes forming lines on veins towards costa 

 posteriorly ; a spot of blackish irroration on base of costa ; stigmata blackish, 

 plical rather beyond first discal ; a subterminal bent series of dots of black 

 irroration close to termen and posterior part of costa : cilia light greyish, 

 towards base sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia ochre- 

 ous-grey- whitish. 



Palni Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; three specimens. The genus Nephogenes 

 is of some extent in Australia ; this is the first species recorded elsewhere, but 

 seems normal in every way. I have however a nearly allied species fun- 

 described) from Celebes. 

 II ypercaWa pyrarcha, n. sp. 



$ 9. 17-18 mm. Head yellow, a line on crown and spots on side of face 

 and collar orange-reddish. Palpi pale yellow, second joint except towards 

 apex ferruginous-orange sprinkled with fuscous, terminal joint with median 

 band of orange and dark fuscous scales. Antennae pale yellowish, suffused with 

 grey towards apex, ciliations, in $ 3. Thorax yellow, irregularly streaked with 

 orange-red. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa moderately 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, somewhat oblique ; yellow, reticulated 

 with orange-red ; basal third of costa orange-red with three oblique dark 

 fuscous streaks; two fasciae of dark purplish-grey suffusion, first median, dilated 

 towards dorsum so as to reach \ and coalesce posteriorly with second, second 



