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fuscous except towards apex, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. 

 Antennae 1, ochreous-whitish, in $ dotted with dark grey on basal half, in 

 3 simple. Thorax purplish-grey. Abdomen grey, beneath whitish. 

 Posterior tibise ochreous-white, basal half dark grey, tarsi ochreous-white, 

 more or less marked or banded with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, 

 oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to apex, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; dark purplish-grey ; 

 stigmata represented by small obscure darker spots, sometimes nearly 

 obsolete, plical somewhat beyond first discal, second discal transverse-oval : 

 a small whitish mark on costa at f , whence sometimes a faint slightly 

 curved line of whitish scales runs to tornus : cilia on costa and tornus 

 dark purplish-grey, on termen white, in J with a black basal line, in $ 

 with base purplish-grey and a blackish subbasal shade. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia light grey, in S suffused with whitish on upper part of termen. 



Madulsima, Trincomali, Puttalam, Ceylon (Pole, Fletcher) ; N. Coorg, 

 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; in February and from June to November, nine speci- 

 mens. B. orbata, Meyr., from Borneo is a very similar species, but has 

 posterior tibise wholly grey. 



Brachmia argocrossa, n. sp. 



c? $ . 16-18 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous, crown sometimes suffused 

 posteriorly with light brownish or fuscous. Palpi ochreous-white, second joint 

 dark fuscous except apex, anterior edge of terminal joint blackish. Anten- 

 nae 1, pale whitish-ochreous, in S simple. Thorax purplish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Posterior tibiae whitish, somewhat sprinkled on sides 

 with dark fuscous, tarsi whitish with slight dark grey dots at base of joints. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, rather oblique ; 3 and 4 out of 

 2, 7 to apex, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; purplish-fuscous ; stigmata black, plical rather 

 obliquely beyond first discal ; a whitish dot on costa at f , whence sometimes 

 a very faint pale curved or bent line runs to 5 of dorsum ; a blackish 

 terminal line : cilia ochreous-white, on costa dark purplish-fuscous, on 

 tornus fuscous. Hindwings grey"; an oblique dark grey discal mark ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. Undersurface of hindwings ochreous-whitish irregularly 

 mottled with dark fuscous, with an oblique dark fuscous discal mark. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in January, February, June, July, and 

 October, six specimens. 



Brachmia arcifera, Meyr. 



Palni Hills (Campbell) ; Bhotan (Dudgeon). The abdomen should be 

 described as dark fuscous. 



Brachmia bracculata, n. sp. 



d 1 $ . 15-17 mm. Head and thorax rather dark lilac-fuscous, face suffus- 

 ed with ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish second joint sprinkled 





