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Palni Hills (Campbell) ; Nilgiris, 3,500 feet, in March (Andrewes) ; two 

 specimens. 



Paradoris palacta, n. sp. 



2 . 13 mm. Head white, lower part of face dark fuscous. Palpi white, 

 second joint dark fuscous except apex, scales rather projecting at apex 

 beneath. Antennse dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish- 

 ochreous irregularly sprinkled with dark brown ; an elongate black mark 

 along base of costa ; a transverse blackish spot from dorsum near base ; first 

 discal stigma dot-like, black, second represented by a roundish black spot 

 resting on a transverse-oblong blackish dorsal blotch ; a moderate semi- 

 circular blackish spot on costa rather beyond this ; a row of cloudy blackish 

 dots round apical portion of costa and termen : cilia ochreous-whitish, 

 sprinkled with dark brown and blackish towards base. Hindwings grey : 

 cilia pale whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 

 N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; one specimen. 

 Paradoris acatharta, n. sp. 



<S $ . 13-14 mm. Head pale yellowish somewhat sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, in one specimen centrally suffused with blackish. Palpi whitish- 

 yellowish, second joint more or less suffused with blackish irroration except 

 apex, terminal joint somewhat sprinkled with black. Antennae fuscous, 

 obscurely pale-ringed towards base. Thorax pale purplish-grey spotted 

 with pale yellowish, and suffusedly irrorated with black. Abdomen in o* 

 whitish-ochraous-grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous, in $ grey. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, irregularly marbled with light pur- 

 plish-grey suffusion irrorated with black ; the dark colouring forms a basal 

 patch containing two short ochreous-yellow streaks from base and limited 

 by a pale yellowish-tinged line from before § of costa to £ of dorsum, some- 

 what angulated and tending to be interrupted on fold ; it also covers 

 dorsal ? of rest of wing, including two or three small yellowish spots beyond 

 middle, and extending as a fascia to costa at f , and along termen to apex ; 

 a small dark spot on costa before apex : cilia pale whitish-ochreous sprin- 

 kled with black. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 

 N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; three specimens. 



( To be continued.) 



ERRATUM. 

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