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ochreous-whitish, indistinctly spotted with grey towards base. Thorax 

 yellow-ochreous, suffusedly marked with white anteriorly. Abdomen pale 

 ochreous mixed with grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 long-stalked, 8 and 9 out 

 of 7 ; bright yellow-ochreous ; an ill-defined transverse white line near base i 

 a sinuate white transverse line somewhat before middle ; space between 

 these two lines occupied except towards costa by a suffused blackish 

 blotch, more or less sprinkled posteriorly with blue-whitish; three white 

 marks on posterior half of costa, sometimes confluent; a crescentic white 

 mark in disc beyond middle ; a blotch of dark fuscous suffusion extending 

 over dorsal half of wing from antemedian line to near termen : cilia 

 light ochreous-yellow. Hindwings light grey, becoming pale ochreous- 

 yellowish towards apex ; cilia whitish-yellowish. 



Khasis, in September and October ; two specimens. 



Lecithocera sinuosa, n. sp. 



3 $ < 9-10 mm. Head and thorax light glossy grey. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous. Antennae light ochreous-yellowish spotted with dark grey. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 

 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; light glossy grey, with a slight purplish tinge ; a 

 narrow rather inwards-curved pale ochreous-yellowish fascia from J of costa 

 to tornus : cilia light grey. Hindwings with 3 absent (coincident with 4) . 

 light grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Maskeliya and Matale, Geylon (Pole) ; from February to August, six 

 specimens. 



Lecithocera oxycona, n. sp. 



cJ $ . 11 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, face and in $ centre of crown fus- 

 cous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint and anterior edge of terminal 

 joint dark fuscous. Antennse ochreous-whitish, in S much thickened towards 

 base. Thorax father dark fuscous, anteriorly and on patagia ochreous- 

 whitish. Abdomen whitish-fuscous, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strong- 

 ly oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; rather dark fuscous, some- 

 what pale-sprinkled ; a broad whitish-ochreous costal streak from base to 

 about f , attenuated to a point posteriorly ; discal stigmata cloudy, dark 

 fuscous : cilia grey, sprinkled with dark fuscous near base. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish, tinged with grey towards base. 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; Gooty (Campbell) ; Konkan (Young) J 

 in June, three specimens. 



Lecithocera itrinea, n. sp. 



S . 12-13 mm. Head purple-fuscous, sides yellow-ochreous. Palpi 

 fuscous, more or less wholly suffused with yellow-ochreous. Antennse 

 yellowish, spotted with dark fuscous, thickened towards base. Thorax 





