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Sect. II. Fore wiug with vein 2 from well before angle of cell, 3 from before angle ; 



hind wing with veins 3 and 5 not approximated towards base. 



A. Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing with 7; palpi obliquely uptm'ned and 



hardly reaching to vertex of head, the maxillary palpi filiform ; antennae of 



male with the shaft slightly curved at base and without distinct ridge of 



scales. 



(2) fpROPHTASIA SPHALMATELLA, Sp. 11. 



c? . Hea'l and thorax black-brown tinged with grej' ; abdomen 

 lirowiiish oclireous, dorsally t'nlvous yellow towards base, ventrally 

 grey-bi'own. Fore wing black-brown mixed with some grey, 

 especially on inner area ; a pure white fascia on costal area, 

 leaving the costa bla,ck-l>rown and not reaching the apex ; an 

 indistinct diffused dark antemedial spot on vein 1 and oblique 

 postmedial line. Hind wing whitish suffused with brewn ; a. 

 darker tern)iual line and white line at base of cilia. 



Mashoxaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 6 type. Exp. 28 mm. 



(3) fPROPHTASIA EPITEUXIS, Sp. n. 



S . Head and thorax glossy black-brown ; abdomen grey suf- 

 fused with brown ; palpi white below towards base ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen black-brown, the femora and 

 tibiaB streaked with white. Fore wing glossy black-brown, the 

 inner area tinged with grey ; a pure white costal fascia, narrow- 

 ing to apex ; an indistinct diffused dark antemedial line from cell 

 to inner margin and oblique postmedial line. Hind wing grey 

 suffused with fuscous ; a slight punctiform dark terminal line and 

 white line at baseof cilia. 



Burma, Hsipaw {de Niceville), 2 J type. Exi). 24-28 mm. 



(4) fPROPHTASIA GLAUCOPH^A, Sp. n. 



Head and thorax grey-brown tinged with white ; abdomen 

 white suffused with grey-brown ; palpi white in front except 

 towards tips ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white 

 mixed with some brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown, black- 

 brown towards the I'ather broad white costal fascia which does 

 not narrow to apex. Hind wing creamy white slightly tinged 

 with brown. 



Kashmir {Pilcher), 1 J ; Punjab, Kangra [Dudgeon), 1 J , 

 Moghal iSarai (Betton), 1 cJ ; Bengal, Oudh [Filcher), 1 r? ; Sind, 

 Karachi {Swinhoe), 1$; Madras, Belgaum [Watson), \ S type. 

 Exj). 18-22 mm. 



(5) fPROPHTASIA AMPHICHEA, Sp. n. 



Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with white ; abdomen 

 white tinged with brown ; pectus and legs white mixed with 

 brown. Fore wing pale pur2:)lish brown mixed with wdiite, the 

 costal area broadly white with slight bi'own irroration ; indistinct 

 diffused dark curved ante- and postmedial lines except towards 



