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9. Fore wing with a conspicuous oblique transverse slightly curved dark fuscous 
mark on end of cell cricophora spec, nov., male 
No such mark 10 
10. Costal patch indefinite, much obscured by dark suffusion on posterior part 
of fore wing ]q 
Costal patch, although suffused, still distinctly darker than ground colour of 
posterior part of wing 13 
11. Fore wing nan-ow, acute, with a series of blackish oblique marks and a blackish 
fascia before termen acmemorpha spec. nov. 
Fore wing rather broad, subacute, no distinct subterminal markings . . 12 
12. fibre wing distinctly mixed and suffused with brownish and fulvous, costa 
rather smooth pityrochroa spec. nov. 
Fore wing suffused and marked with greyish-fuscous and grey and dotted with 
blackish; costa roughly ciliated lagaroptycha spec. nov. 
13. Males 14 
Females 18 
14. Costal patch large, invert-trapezoid colobodesma spec. nov. 
Costal patch moderate or small, triangular or elongate-ovate 15 
15. Costal patch triangular 
Costal patch elongate-ovate 17 
16. Central fascia narrow, not dilated oligosta spec. nov. 
Central fascia distinctly dilated below middle .... rhopalodes spec. nov. 
17. Spot on middle of costal fold larger than costal spot on central fascia . . 
. euphyes spec. nov. 
Spot on middle of costal fold rather ill -defined, smaller than costal spot on 
central fascia ochra spec. nov. 
18. Central fascia rather broad, little dilated below, almost touching anterior edge 
of costal patch psara spec. nov. 
Central fascia always remote and distinctly separated from costal patch 19 
19. Central fascia almost interrupted above midtile, then abruptly strongly dilated, 
with a rather large acute projection anteriorly. . . . rhopalodes spec. nov. 
Central fascia either not interrupted or dilated gradually; angulate projection 
small or absent 20 
20. Fore wing with ground colour whitish, little irrorated with fuscous or grey 
(sometimes entirely suffused with light olive), markings much darker . 21 
Fore wing with ground colour densely irrorated and suffused with brownish- 
fuscous or greyish-fuscous, markings not much darker 22 
21. A curved continuous dark streak from termen above tomus to top of costal 
patch; centra] fascia beginning with a distinct dark costal patch 
mimela spec. nov. 
Dark mark from termen above tomus either formed by a row of separate 
black dots, or very narrow and short, or absent; central fascia continuous or 
with upper half ill-defined aphcles spec. nov. 
22. Markings brownish-fuscous. Basal patch deep brownish -fuscous throughout. 
Fore wing moderately broad cricophora spec. nov. 
Markings fuscous-grey. Basal patch not darker than ground colour, edged with 
fuscous-grey, often a blackish patch on base of wing. Fore wing narrow . . 
stenoplera spec. nov. 
Parachorista apheles spec. nov. (figs. 152, 153) 
dqje'kfjQ = simple 
$ 19 mm. Head and thorax white suffused with greyish-fuscous. Palpus 
white, median segment suffused with light fuscous in middle, and towards 
