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triangular), three others subterminal in disc, and a series of four small ones 

 round apex and termen : cilia crimson, outer half yellow on termen. Hind- 

 wings and cilia light crimson. 



Karwar, Kanara, bred in August (Maxwell) ; three specimens. Larva 

 feeding on Sideroxylon tomentosuin {Sapotacece) ; cocoons sent are semiovate, 

 solid, apparently composed of dense silk treated with some sort of cement^ 

 attached to surface of leaf ; pupa protruded in emergence through a slit 

 at end, head and antennal sheaths coming away entire. Mr. Maxwell 

 writes : " Larva looks exactly like cocoon, and practically the same shape ; 

 legs obscure, closely appressed to leaf together with whole undersurface ; 

 rather sluggish in habit, but walks about and is not attached to leaf in any 

 way ; head invisible. Must have some sort of covering which serves 

 ultimately for a cocoon, but we could not make it out. Species apparently 

 uncommon." 



Anticrates tJierniastris, n. sp. 



5 . 12-16 mm. Head yellow, sides of face and back of crown suffused 

 with red. Palpi red, terminal joint pale yellowish towards apex. Thorax 

 light yellow, with a red W-shaped bar. Abdomen dull light crimson. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 rounded, oblique ; vermilion-red, with a yellow dot beneath costa near base, 

 and about fourteen yellow spots, viz., two obliquely placed above and below 

 fold near base, one on costa at 5, an oblique one above dorsum at 5, two 

 connected to form a Z-shaped mark in disc before middle, one triangular on 

 dorsum beyond middle, one oblique on costa at |, one beneath this in disc, 

 three forming a series from | of costa to tornus, one at apex, and one on 

 lower part of termen : cilia red, outer half light yellowish except towards 

 tornus. Hindwings and cilia dull light crimson. 



Nilgiris, at 3,500 feet, in January (Andrewes) ; Ganesh Gudi, Kanara, in 

 May (Maxwell) ; two specimens. 



Aetherastis constellata, n. sp. 



^ . 16 mm. Head, palpi, antennse, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochre- 

 ous ; antennge moderately bipectinated ; thorax with a blackish dot on each 

 patagium, and two near posterior extremity. Forewings moderate, sub- 

 oblong, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rather obliquely 

 rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; a basal group of five rather large blackish dots, 

 viz., one median near base, one subdorsal near base, one beneath costa at J, 

 one below this beneath fold, and one in disc slightly beyond these : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. Hindwings pale ochreous-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Wellawaya, Ceylon, in November (Green) ; one specimen. 



Coviocritis prcecolor, n. sp. 



S . 16 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, face and palpi white. Antennal 

 pectinations short. Thorax white, shoulders sprinkled with grey. Abdomen 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; white ; three suffused blotches of fuscous irro- 

 ration, sprinkled with black specks, occupying most of disc from near base 

 to near apex, separated only by curved white streaks, first blotch extending 

 below fold and indistinctly to costa, second extended anteriorly to costa at 

 -? and limited beneath by fold, third resting on tornus and not reaching 

 costa ; some slight dark fuscous irroration towards middle of dorsum ; a 

 narrow yellow-ochreous apical fascia attenuated downwards to middle of 

 termen, edged anteriorly with some dark fuscous irroration. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia white with grey subbasal line. 



Trincomali, Ceylon, in November (Green) ; one specimen. 



Comocritis nephelista, n. sp. 



(S $ . 16-20 mm. Head and palpi white. Antennae in S flatly dentate 

 strongly ciliated. Thorax ochreous-white, posteriorly tinged with grey. 



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