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out of 7 ; light ochreous-yellowish, more or less sprinkled finely with fuscous 

 discal stigmata blackish, well-marked : cilia light ochreous-yellowish. 

 Hindwings whitish-ochreous, slightly greyish-tinged posteriorly ; in S with 

 a large and very long expansible pencil of light ochreous-yellowish hairs 

 lying along subdorsal fold from base ; cilia pale yellowish. 



Khasis, from July to September, three specimens. 



Homaloxestis perizeucta, n. sp. 



<S . 20-21 mm. Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous. Palpi pale 

 ochreous. Antennae whitish-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-yellowish, dor- 

 sally infuscated. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa 

 gently arched towards base and apex, apex obtuse, termen hardly rounded, 

 oblique ; 4 and 5 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; pale ochreous more or less 

 sprinkled with fuscous ; discal stigmata indistinct, fuscous : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, sometimes tinged with brownish. Hindwings light grey, tinged 

 with whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Khasis, in April; two specimens. 



Homaloxestis endocoma, n. sp. 



$ . 19 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous, face and antennae 

 light ochreous-yellowish. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, anterior edge of termi- 

 nal joint dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. Posterior tibiae light 

 ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly 

 arched, sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, rather 

 oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7 ; rather dark glossy fuscous ; on undersurface 

 with anterior half clothed with light ochreous-yellowish hairs, limited by a 

 large transverse patch of very long curled hairs beyond middle, anteriorly 

 light yellowish, posteriorly fuscous, above which is a longitudinal brush of 

 dense dark f viscous hairs from beneath costa : cilia fuscous. Hindwings 

 fuscous, towards costa posteriorly with modified scales tinged with whitish- 

 ochreous, on anterior half of costa with fringe of very long dense ochreous- 

 yellow hairs projecting beneath forewings ; on undersurface with a broad 

 median fascia of ochreous-yellow suffusion clothed with appressed hairs ex- 

 cept towards lower extremity ; cilia whitish-ochreous, on upper half of termen 

 tinged with fuscous. 



Nilgiris, 3,500 feet, in April (Andrewes) ; one specimen. 



Homaloxestis ochrosceles, n. sp. 



$ . 15 mm. Head fuscous, face pale fuscous mixed with whitish. Palpi 

 pale fuscous, terminal joint whitish, anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennae 

 white. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey, beneath whitish-ochreous. Pos- 

 terior tibiae light ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, costa slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 

 fuscous : cilia whitish-fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon (Green) ; in July, one specimen. Immediately dis- 

 tinguished from cholopis by the yellow posterior tibiae. 



