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Homaloxestis galeodes, n. sp. 



3 $ . 10-12 mm. Head, palpi, antennse, thorax, and abdomen glossy 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apes 

 tolerably pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 9 separate ; glossy 

 whitish-ochreous, tinged with fuscous : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Khasis, in October ; thirteen specimens. 



Homaloxestis cribanota, n. sp. 



3 $ . 13-16 mm. Head shining purple-fuscous, sides of crown ochreous- 

 yellowish, face, palpi, and antennae ochreous-whitish. Thorax fuscous, 

 sometimes partially suffused with ochreous-yellowish. Abdomen in 3 

 whitish-ochreous, hairy above, in £ fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; 9 separate ; glossy fuscous : cilia whitish-fuscous. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous more or less infuscated. 



Khasis, in July and August : Gooty (Campbell) ; eighteen specimens. 



Homaloxestis melicrata, n. sp. 



3 . 14-15 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi pale ochreous-yellowish, 

 lower half of second joint and anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. 

 Antennae ochreous-yellow spotted with dark fuscous, with a dark fuscous 

 band just below apex. Thorax ochreous-yellow more or less tinged with 

 brownish. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 9 

 separate ; deep ochreous-yellow ; markings light brownish irrorated with 

 dark fuscous ; a spot on base of costa, and costal edge more or less suffused 

 with dark fuscous irroration from this to f ; an undefined cloudy fascia 

 from 1 of costa to middle of dorsum ; a cloudy spot representing second 

 discal stigma ; a triangular patch on costa at f , whence an irregular fascia 

 runs to tornus ; an undefined patch on upper §■ of termen, edged by a dark 

 fuscous terminal line : cilia ochreous-yellow. Hindwings whitish-ochreous 

 tinged with grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Khasis, in August ; three specimens. 



Homaloxestis turbinata, n. sp. 



<$ . 13 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellowish. Palpi ochreous- 

 yellowish, lower half of second joint dark fuscous. Antennre yellowish 

 spotted with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, sides and anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa anteriorly gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 9 separate ; ochreous- 

 yellow, with some scattered dark fuscous scales ; a small dark fuscous spot 

 on base of costa ; plical and first discal stigmata represented by small 

 nearly adjacent dark fuscous spots, former slightly anterior ; a triangular 

 dark fuscous blotch on costa about §-, its apex produced and reaching f 

 across wing ; a cloudy dark fuscous streak along upper J of termen : cilia 



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