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scattered cilia towards base, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labia 

 palpi very long, curved, ascending, second joint thickened with appressed 

 scales, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi 

 very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae densely hairy- 

 above. Forewings with 2 and 3 short-stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. 

 Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen not sinuate, cilia ■§-§ ; 3 

 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated, transverse vein absent between 5 and 6, 6 

 and 7 stalked. 



Probably a development of Brachmia, distinguished by the costal termi- 

 nation of vein 7 of forewings ; the dilated hindwings of 8 suggest relation- 

 ship to Timyra. 



Hyptiastis clematias, n. sp. 



8 $ • 17-19 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders dark 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint and base of terminal suffus- 

 ed with rather dark fuscous. Antennae whitish-ochreous, indistinctly 

 ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen in 

 8 nearly straight, rather oblique, in § slightly rounded and more oblique ; 

 dark purplish-fuscous ; a whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe from base to tornus. 

 in middle with a broad-triangular prominence reaching half across wing, 

 before tornus with another triangular projection which is more or less, 

 suffused posteriorly : cilia whitish-ochreous, on costa dark purplish-fuscous. 

 Hindwings in 8 considerably broader and more oblong than in 5 > whitish- 

 ochreous, deeper-tinged and with somewhat modified scales towards base, 

 veins 6 and 7 and a streak along posterior § of costa and apical portion of 

 termen suffusedly dark fuscous ; in $ light grey, dorsum suffused with 

 whitish-ochreous, dark markings indicated as in 8 but indistinct ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, on costa dark fuscous. 



Nilgiris, 6,000 feet ; in May (Andre wes), three specimens. 



XYLORYCTID^:. 



Paradoris, Meyr. 



Head with loosely appressed scales, side-tufts roughly spreading ; ocelli 

 present ; tongue developed. Antennse §, in 8 simple, basal joint moder- 

 ately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint 

 much thickened with dense scales, sometimes somewhat projecting at apex 

 beneath, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi 

 very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with 

 long rough hairs above. Forewings with 2 from towards angle, 3 from 

 angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex or termen, 11 from middle. Hindwings 

 1, elongate-ovate, more or less pointed, cilia 1-1J ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 

 parallel, 6 and 7 long-stalked. 



