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body, being ventral edge of above mentioned emargination. Ductus bursae 
moderate. Cestum, an elongate folded plate. Bursa copulatrix large, 
spheroid. Signa, clusters of dense, large hyaline bristles (Slide No. 800 D, 
type). 
Top Camp, 2100 m, February 8, 1939. One specimen. 
Metaschistis hemicapnodes spec. nov. (fig. 323) 
fj/u = half, xanv&dris = smoky 
20 mm. Head and palpus dark fuscous-grey, face pale ochreous. 
Antenna brownish-fuscous, ciliations over 1, scape blackish. Thorax dark 
fuscous-grey (damaged). Abdomen pale greyish-fuscous, anal tuft whitish- 
ochreous. Legs pale ochreous-fuscous, anterior and median tibia and tarsus 
dark-fuscous, ochreous-ringed. Fore wing triangular, broad, costa con- 
siderably curved throughout, apex subobtuse, slightly prominent, termen 
sinuate, little oblique, dorsum curved and prominent at 1 / 4 . Deep smoky 
greyish-black, tinged with blue-metal colour and lilac, somewhat glossy; 
markings pale ochreous dotted and retinate with light brownish, partially 
edged and marked with black. A large subovate pale ochreous patch, 
occupying about anterior half of costa, reaching about 3 / 4 across wing; 
posterior edge of patch st^-gly rounded and almost reaching to upper 
angle of cell, with lower edge horizontal, along 2 / 5 of disc, with an angulate 
projection in middle to halfway between fold and dorsum, with top 
truncate; this edge dotted and retinate with light brownish, broadly 
edged below with black except along top of projection; posterior edge 
with a marginal black line dilated on costa; black marks: a moderate 
patch on upper 2 / 3 of wing base, a narrow transverse curved streak from 
1 / 5 of costa to fold beyond base; a row of costal and a row r of smaller sub- 
costal dots; two moderate, erect-ovate pale ochreous blotches irrorated 
with tawny and blackish-fuscous, first slightly inwardly oblique, w'ell 
before upper half of termen, second vertical, above termen; between 
these blotches a pair of pale ochreous points and a curved transverse little 
oblique line; this line dull dark fuscous, slightly mixed below with pale 
ochreous, running from about middle of disc to tornus; posterior half of 
ccsta edged with black; five pale ochreous single or double small dots 
along costa; extreme terminal edge with a series of minute elongate- 
semilunar narrow pale ochreous marks, becoming more distinct towards 
apex. Cilia dull fuscous-black, tinged lilac, a few tips of scales white. Hind 
wing light greyish-fuscous; cilia pale fuscous, basal third fuscous. 
Gnathos moderate, hook ending in a round plate. Valva dilated, broadest 
at 2 / 3 , densely bristled, a submarginal, little oblique, dense brush of short 
bristles along middle third; a group of fine bristles at base. Aedoeagus 
rather short (Slide No. 801 D, type). 
Scree Valley Camp, 3800 m, January 24, 1938. One specimen. 
