714 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCLETT, Vol. XX. 



dark purple-fuscous ; a large irregular patch of darker suffusion resting on 

 dorsum before middle, sometimes followed by more or less extensive pale 

 ochreous suffusion in disc and towards dorsum, plical and first discal stig- 

 mata sometimes indicated on margin of this patch ; second discal stigma 

 and an additional spot beneath it distinct in paler-suffused specimens, or 

 confluent and obscure in darker ones ; wedgeshaped pale yellow-ochreous 

 costal and dorsal marks near termen, sometimes connected by a faint 

 curved line : cilia dark purple-fuscous, on termen with a pale ochreous basal 

 line. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia brownish, in $ mixed with dark fuscous 

 towards tips round apex. 



Khasis ; from July to September, five specimens. 

 Brachmia sortilega, n. sp. 



S 2 ■ 21-23 mm. Head and thorax light brownish-ochreous, face and 

 sides of crown pale yellow-ochreous. Palpi pale yellow-ochreous, second 

 joint suffused with fuscous except towards apex, anterior edge of terminal 

 joint more or less infuscated. Antennse f, whitish-ochreous, ciliations in 

 S f. Abdomen light yellow-ochreous. Posterior legs pale ochreous- 

 yellowish, tibiae and basal joint of tarsi externally suffused with fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa slightly arched, 

 faintly sinuate in middle, apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, somewhat 

 oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; light brownish- 

 ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with fuscous ; costal edge ochreous-yellowish 

 except towards base, where it is dark fuscous ; stigmata blackish, first 

 discal well-marked, plical obsolete, absorbed in a transverse mark of dark 

 fuscous suffusion from dorsum, second discal represented by two trans- 

 versely placed sometimes connected dots ; a small spot of dark fuscous 

 suffusion on costa somewhat beyond first discal ; a wedgeshaped mark of 

 blackish suffusion on costa, whence a rather pale obscure anteriorly 

 fuscous-edged somewhat curved line runs to •£ of dorsum ; an interrupted 

 blackish terminal line : cilia light ochreous-fuscous, on termen with broad 

 postmedian dark fuscous ■ shade, on costa ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings 

 pale ochreous tinged with fuscous ; cilia light ochreous-yellowish, sometimes 

 more or less strongly infuscated. 



Khasis ; from May to July, fourteen specimens. 

 Brachmia octavana, n. sp. 



c? $ . 22-23 mm. Head and thorax rather dark purplish-fuscous, sides 

 of crown ochreous-yellowish. Palpi pale yellowish, basal § of second joint 

 dark fuscous, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennse nearly 

 1, whitish-yellowish, ciliations in tf f . Abdomen grey, anal tuft greyish- 

 ochreous. Posterior legs whitish-ochreous, tibiae and base of tarsi 

 externally suffused with dark purplish-fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 osteriorly dilated, cosb a gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 



