TAEACH15, 781 



6177. Tarache psaliphora, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIII. iig. 21.) 



(^ . Head pale purplish fuscous ; palpi white at base ; thorax 

 creamy white with some grey on vertex ; fore tibia) and the tarsi 

 brown ringed with white ; abdomen white dorsally suffused with 

 brownish ochreous. Fore wing creamy white ; subbasal line pale 

 olive-grey, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante- 

 medial line pale olive-grey, double, waved ; reniform slightly 

 defined by black, incompletely hoop-shaped, open below ; a tri- 

 angular pale olive-grey patch from middle of costa ; terminal area 

 olive-brown shading to deep purple-grey, its inner edge excurved 

 to vein 4, then bent inwards to below end of cell and oblique to 

 inner margin ; postmedial line represented by an oblique grey 

 spot from costa on the white area and an indistinctly double 

 sinuous line near inner edge of dark area with tufts of raised 

 blackish scales on it on inner area; subterminal line very in- 

 distinct, whitish defined on inner side by slight cupreous red marks, 

 excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; 

 a terminal series of black striae slightly defined on inner side by 

 white ; cilia dark with a Avhitish patch below middle. Hind wing 

 semihyaline white, the costal area and termen tinged with ochreous, 

 the apex and cilia at apex brownish. 



Hab. Gazalanb, Up. Bozi R. {Marshall), 1 S type. Exp. 3-1 

 millim. 



6178. Tarache chrysoproctis. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 22.) 

 Tarache chrysojproctis, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Air. Mus. li. p. 387 (1902). 



(5 . Head purplish fuscous ; palpi white except at tips ; thorax 

 white slightly tinged with ochreous ; fore tibiae and the tarsi 

 blackish ringed with white, the mid and hind tibiae with fuscous 

 bands ; abdomen white with dorsal fuscous bands, the anal tuft 

 orange. Pore wing white ; subbasal line grey, waved, from costa 

 to submedian fold ; antemedial line grey, double, waved ; a grey 

 patch on middle of costa and sometimes a streak in lower extremity 

 of cell, the antemedial and medial markings more or less suffused 

 with olive-yellow ; terminal area olive-green shading to brilliant 

 metallic purple, its inner edge excurved to vein 4, then bent 

 inwards to below middle of cell ; postmedial line represented bj^ 

 an olive-grey spot on costa and striga in discal fold on the white 

 area and a tuft of raised black scales in submedian fold on the 

 dark area ; two white points on costa towards apex ; subterminal 

 line represented by slight white marks defined on inner side by 

 slight red-brown marks, excurved below vein 7 and waved at 

 middle ; a terminal series of black striae defined on inner side by 

 white at middle ; cilia blackish and purple towards apex and at 

 tornus, yellowish white at middle and with slight dark line 

 through them. Hind wing white with fuscous terminal band, 



