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COSSID^. 
Cossus fuscibasisy n. sp. 
9 . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the last greyish 
towards extremity. Forewing with vein 6 from angle of cell ; the 
basal two-thirds brown irrorated with fuscous, a paler patch 
between median nervure and vein 1, bounded by an irregular black 
postmedial line highly angled at vein 4 and sending a streak 
inwards above vein 1 ; outer area grey striated and reticulated 
with black. Hindwing with the basal half fuscous ; the outer area 
grey striated and reticulated with fuscous. 
Eah. N. Chin Hills, Burma (Watson). Exp. 50 mm. 
Type in B. M. 
DREPANULID^. 
Drepana leucostictaj n. sp. 
(J. Dark purplish-grey. Forewing with a white postmedial 
line highly angled below the costa and running into a large white 
apical patch, the veins between it and the cell streaked with white ; 
slender submarginal and marginal white lines. Hindwing with 
two medial white lines and two indistinct fine white lines close to 
the margin. Underside paler with white apical patch to 
forewing. 
Nearest to D. vinacea, Moore. 
Eah. Sikhim (Dudgeon) ; Khasis. Exp. 28 mm. 
Type in B. M. 
Genus Peoblepsidis, nov. 
Type, P. argyrialis, Hmpsn. 
Proboscis present ; palpi minute ; hind tibiae with two pairs of 
spurs. Forewing with the apex falcate ; the outer margin angled 
at vein 4; vein 11 from the areole. Hindwing with the outer 
margin slightly angled at vein 4 ; frenulum present. 
Allied to Drepana. 
Sect. I. Forewing with vein 6 from the areole^ 10 from beyond it. 
A. AntenncB of male fasciculate ; hindwing with the inner margin 
not excised. 
Prohlepsidis argyrialis, n. sp. 
$ . Head, thorax, abdomen and forewing black-brown ; the last 
with a few bluish silvery scales; traces of a waved double antemedial 
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