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a minute suffused greyish dot below costa on vein 11; a broad transverse 
band of dark grey suffusion occupying 2 / 3 of space between veins 1 0 — 8 from 
costa to cell, thence slightly inwards-oblique, to dorsum before tornus, 
occupying 2 / 3 of space between cell and termen, becoming ill-defined and 
paler below; this band leaving an elongate-ovate, ill-defined space of white 
ground colour beyond middle of closing vein; below anteriorly this space 
tolerably terminated by the course of vein 2 ; a grey suffusion along dorsum 
almost extending to fold but not reaching it, confluent with preceding 
suffusion, and continued as a moderate suffused dark grey terminal band 
as far as vein 7 ; this band more or less connected by pale grey suffusion 
with preterminal band except between veins 8 — 6, thus leaving an irregular 
apical spot of white ground colour. Cilia white, basal two-thirds suffused 
with ochreous-grey. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked, vein 6 present, 
becoming obliterate along posterior fifth; glossy white as far as the cell 
and vein 2, above them suffused with glossy pale grey, faintly touched 
ochreous. Cilia white, opposite suffused area tinged greyish. 
Male genitalia very similar to those in M. anisopa spec. nov. Socius 
larger. Valva with the projection of sacculus forming a gradually narrowed, 
curved acute hook. Aedoeagus with flattened dilated top, and hammer- 
shaped broad base. (Slide No. 1114 D, type). 
Lower Mist Camp, 1400 — 1600 m, January 8, 1939. One specimen. 
Nearly allied to the preceding species. 
Meridarchis globosa spec. nov. (figs. 499, 500) 
£ 19 — 22 mm. Head white. Palpus white, basal half black. Thorax grey, 
patagium and tegula white, shoulder with a black spot. Abdomen whitish. 
Legs white, anterior femur and tibia black, anterior coxa and tarsus, 
median knee and apex of tibia suffused with grey, median and posterior 
tarsi tinged ochreous. Fore wing elongate-subovate, little dilated; costa 
moderately curved, apex obtusely pointed; termen hardly rounded, 
moderately oblique. Whitish, more or less tinged grey, markings greyish- 
black. Anterior 2 / s of costal edge black ; an elongate-triangular spot beyond 
base of costa connected with base by a short streak; lour dots just below 
costal edge: first slightly elongate, at 1 / 3 , three following from beyond 
1 / 2 to 3 / 4 , second sometimes much elongate, third and fourth with short 
transverse marks along ends of veins 11 and 10; a subquadrate spot above 
dorsum beyond base, with upper posterior angle rather angularly pro- 
jecting; a large blotch before 1 / 3 of disc, regularly ovate above, rather 
truncate below by fold, more or less connected with an elongate-ovate dot 
below anterior half of the large blotch; this dot more or less obscured by 
a longitudinal streak of grey suffusion on dorsum, from well beyond base, 
hardly or not reaching above fold; a round dot between cell and fold about 
halfway between preceding and end of cell; three round dots in a longi- 
tudinal, very oblique series, first below costa slightly before middle, last 
