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a pale submarginal line excurved between veins 5 and 2 ; a marginal 

 series of black specks. Hind wing pale and semihyaline ; the 

 apical area, veins, margin, and a line through the cilia brown. 

 Hab. Bhutan {Dudgeon). Exp. 34 millim. Type in B. M. 



4400. Phycita hemixanthella, n. sp. 



2 . Head, thorax, abdomen, and basal half of fore wing ochreous 

 with a rufous tinge; the pale area of fore wing bounded by a 

 slightly sinuous dark medial line, with a pale line on its inner edge 

 below the cell and emitting a dark costal spur on its outer side ; 

 the outer area olive-brown ; an indistinct dark discocellular band ; 

 a slightly sinuous white submarginal line, with grey costal patch 

 inside it ; the area beyond it rufous, with some white at apex and 

 fuscous on the margin. Hind wing semihyaline ; the veins, apical 

 area, a marginal line, and a line through the cilia brown. 



Hab. Naga Hills (Doherty). Exp. 26 millim. Type in coll. 

 Elwes. 



Sect. II. (Cavipaljna). Palpi of male with the 2nd joint hollowed 

 out to receive the maxillary palpi, which are flat and triangular ; 

 antennae strongly ciliated. 



*4401. Phycita translucidella, Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 154, pi. vi, fig. 16. 



S . Pale ochreous ; patagia reddish. Pore wing with a medial 

 line of raised scales slightly oblique and diffused outwards along 

 costa ; a submarginal pale line slightly outlined with brown, hardly 

 excurved at middle and ending at outer angle ; cilia with two fine 

 dark lines at base. Hind wing semihyaline white ; the costa and 

 veins slightly darker. 



Hab. Hyderabad, Sind. Exp. 20 millim. 



Sect. III. Palpi of male with the 2nd joint dilated and hollowed 

 out to receive the brush-like maxillary palpi. 



A. Antennce of male with a sinus containing a large holloived-out tuft 

 of scales at base of shaft. 



a. (Volobilis). Male with the anal angle of hind wing lobed and 

 fringed with very long hair. 



4402. Phycita biplaga, Wlk. Cat, xxvii, p. 111. 



3 . Maxillary palpi ochreous. Head and thorax bright red- 

 brown ; abdomen ochreous. Pore wing bright red-brown, the base 

 of costa blackish ; a pale antemedial line oblique from costa to 

 median nervure and with a large quadrate costal black patch beyond 

 it extending to lower angle of cell, where there is a white speck ; 

 a blackish submarginal line angled at vein 4 and with toaces of 



