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Depressaria, Haw. 



The only species yet known to me from India are the two following, both 

 from the Himalayan region ; the other species attributed to the genus by 

 Stainton and others are not correctly referred. 



Depressaria cyclas, n. sp. 



9- 19-20 mm. Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous, patagia dark 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint with dark fuscous median band. Antennae pale ochreous 

 infuscated above, especially towards base. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, 

 irrorated with grey. Forewiags elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 stalked ; pale brownish-ochreous, 

 with irregularly scattered small dots and strigulse of black scales ; an 

 oblique black subdorsal dash at base ; costa irregularly spotted with 

 blackish throughout, spots rather larger posteriorly ; discal stigmata round, 

 black, an additional black dot obliquely before and above first discal ; an 

 irregular dark fuscous blotch lying between and above discal stigmata, touching 

 second but not first ; a spot of dark fuscous suffusion beneath costa at § ; a 

 terminal series of black dots : cilia whitish-ochreous, on basal half obscurely 

 barred with greyish. Hindwings light grey, paler towards base ; three or four 

 blackish-grey marks on upper part of termen ; cilia pale grey. 



Dalhousie, Kashmir ; in May, two specimens. Most like the European 

 petasitis. 



Depressaria taciturna, n. sp. 



g 9 . 24-25 mm. Head and thorax light brownish. Palpi brownish 

 sprinkled with whitish, basal § of second joint, and basal and supramedian 

 bands of terminal joint dark fuscous, sometimes almost wholly suffused with 

 dark fuscous except apex of terminal joint. Antennae fuscous. Abdomen 

 light greyish-ochreous more or less suffusedly irrorated with fuscous and dark 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, 

 apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; 2 rather widely remote ; brownish, 

 sprinkled with darker, costal and terminal areas sprinkled with fuscous-whitish ; 

 two indistinctly indicated oblique darker streaks from costa towards base, apex 

 of second more or less marked with dark fuscous ; first discal stigma indicated by 

 an oblique dark fuscous mark,sometimes followed by some fuscous- whitish scales, 

 second by a fuscous- whitish dot, edged with some darker scales ; these are 

 connected by an indistinct streak of darker suffusion, extending more or less 

 beyond second ; a more or less developed sometimes interrupted similar streak 

 along posterior half of submedian fold ; a somewhat darker curved subterminal 

 line, on which the veins are indicated by scattered dark fuscous scales ; a series 

 of cloudy dots of dark fuscous irroration round apex and termen : cilia light 

 brownish sprinkled with darker, towards tips sprinkled with whitish. Hind- 

 wings pale fuscous, darker posteriorly ; cilia pale fuscous, with darker subbasal 

 line. 



Simla ; in August, three specimens. Perhaps nearest veneficella. 



