CRYPTOBLABES. 105" 



Sect. I. Palpi of male not dilated with scales towards 

 extremity ; mid tibiae not dilated. 



4425. Cryptoblabes augustipennella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 6 ; id. Mon. 



Phyc. p. 16, pi. v, fig. 3 ; C. fy 8. no. 4556. 



Grey thickly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing narrow, with 

 a few crimson scales on base of costal and inner margins ; an 

 oblique pale antemedial line with fuscous band on its outer edge ; 

 dark specks at the two angles of cell ; an oblique pale minutely 

 dentate submargiual line, angled inwards on vein 5 and its inner 

 edge defined by fuscous ; a marginal series of dark specks. Hind 

 wing pale and semihyaline ; the marginal area tinged with fuscous. 



Hab. Dharmsiila ; Ceylon. Exp. 20 millim. 



4426. Cryptoblabes bipunctalis, n. sp. 



3 . Pale grey-brown with slight purplish tinge ; palpi yellow. 

 Pore wing with the antemedial line represented by fuscous specks 

 in the cell and on vein 1 ; two very prominent black discocellular 

 spots; a marginal series of black specks. Hind wiug semihyaline y 

 the veins and margin brown. 



Hab. Bhutan {Dudgeon). Exp. 18 millim. Type in B. M. 



4427. Cryptoblabes proleucella, n. sp. 



5 . Greyd)rown ; palpi blackish towards extremity. Pore wing 

 with the costal area whitish ; two prominent dark discocellular 

 spots ; an oblique dark submargiual line outwardly defined by grey 

 and very slightly bent outwards at vein 5 ; a marginal series of 

 black specks. Hind wing paler. 



Hab. Ceylon {Green). Exp. 20-22 millim. Type in B. M. 



Sect. II. Palpi of male broadly dilated with scales at extremity ;. 

 mid tibiae dilated, with a fold containing a tuft of long hair. 



4428. Cryptoblabes dissolutella, Snell. Midd.-Sum., Lep. p. 81 



Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 19, pi. iv, fig. 5. 



S . Head vinous red, the scales at end of palpi purplish ; thorax 



and abdomen yellowish 

 brown. Pore wiug pale 

 yellowish brown, the 

 costal half suffused with 

 silvery grey and irrorated 

 with pink scales ; a few 

 grey scales representing 

 a submargiual line ; a 

 Fig. 61.— Cryptoblabes dissolutella, <$ . \. margiual dark line ; the 



cilia pinkish, with a grey 

 line through them. Hind wing hyaline ; the veins and a marginal, 

 line brown. 



Hab. Nagas ; Celebes. Exp. 24 millim. 



