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straight, somewhat oblique ; dark grey, coarsely and suffusedly strigulated 

 with white ; in c? a blackish patch on costa beyond middle ; a black 

 longitudinal mark in middle of disc, in 5 slight and broken ; a triangular 

 blackish prajtornal spot ; ocellus margined by silvery-metallic streaks, and 

 containing two or three black dots ; a transverse black mark resting 

 on middle of termen : cilia dark fuscous mixed and irrorated with whitish. 

 Hindwings wath 3 and 4 stalked ; dark fuscous, thinly scaled, especially 

 -towards base, more so in S ; cilia fuscous, towards tips whitish-sprinkled, 



Khasis ; in June, six specimens. 



Spilonota algosa, n. sp. 



S 5 . 12-15 mm. Head and thorax dull olive-greenish, mixed with 

 dark fuscous or blackish. Palpi whitish-greenish, spotted or barred with 

 blackish. Antennal notch of S close above base. Forewings elongate 

 posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, without fold, apex 

 obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, somewhat oblique : dull olive-green, with 

 some iridescent-whitish scales and some scattered blackish strigulse ; 

 costa black, with pairs of whitish strigulse ; basal patch strigulated with 

 black, and with outer edge formed by a fascia of black suffusion, acutely 

 angvilated below middle ; central fascia more or less irregularly suffused 

 with black, acutely angulated in middle ; two or three bluish-leaden- 

 metallic oblique strigse from costa posteriorly ; a blackish prsetornal spot, 

 tending to be confluent with a blackish blotch before middle of termen, 

 both limited posteriorly by blue-leaden-metallic streaks ; apex black ; a 

 fine black terminal line: cilia olive-greenish mixed or obscurely barred 

 with blackish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; thinly scaled, grey, with 

 violet-blue iridescence ; veins dark fuscous ; cilia grey. 



Khasis ; in August and September, fourteen specimens. 



Spilonota bahylonica, n. sp. 



(S . 15 mm. Head and thorax white, shoulders dark grey. Palpi grey, 

 edges sprinkled with white. Antennal notch very near base. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, without fold, apex obtuse, termen hardly 

 sinuate, oblique ; ochreous-white, base of scales pale greyish ; costa and 

 dorsum dotted with dark fuscous ; a grey patch marked with dark fuscous 

 extending along basal fourth of costa ; a semioval grey blotch on middle 

 of costa, reaching half across wing, marked with dark fuscous and discal 

 edge suffused with black ; a grey triangular prsetornal spot ; two or three 

 black strigulse on termen : cilia grey mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 with 3 and 4 stalked ; thinly clothed with blackish-grey scales, membrane 

 with strong violet-blue iridescence ; cilia grey-whitish, with greyer sub- 

 basal shade, on dorsum long. 



Nilgiris, 6,000 feet (Andrewes); in May, one specimen, 



Spilonota aestuosa, n. sp. 



J . 17-21 mm. Head and thorax olive-greenish marked with dark 



