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yellowish anteriorly; pale blue irroration, denser along fold anteriorly, 
running along terminal area and across 4 / 5 of wing, where it forms almost 
continuous broad band connecting two pale yellowish posterior spots ; this 
band curved outwardly, extended above tornus, but less dense. Cilia deep 
bronze-fuscous, moderately speckled with pale ochreous. Hind wing 
fuscous, paler towards base, darker towards apex; cilia pale fuscous, a 
dark fuscous antemedian shade. Ostium a very broad, short cylindre ; its 
dorsal wall formed by a rounded plate ; its ventral wall formed by a 
rather narrow transverse finely scobinate band, being the limen, w r ith a 
thickened undulate transverse fold above. Ductus bursae narrow. Cestum, 
two long tubular sclerotizations. Bursa copulatrix moderate, simple 
(Slide No. 803 D, type). 
Moss Forest Camp, 2600—2800 m, October 9— November 5, 1938. One 
specimen, somewhat damaged. 
Metaschistis cretata spec. nov. (fig. 314) 
21 mm. Head black, finely slightly mixed with greyish. Antenna pale 
ochreous, ciliations D/a, scape black. Palpus rather slender, black, inner 
side grey. Thorax whitish, tinged pale yellowish. Abdomen light greyish- 
fuscous, anal tuft pale ochreous. Legs pale ochreous, anterior tibia and 
tarsus dark fuscous-grey, median tibia and tarsus infuscated above, both 
ringed with pale fuscous. Fore wing elongate-subtriangular, costa gradually 
considerably curved, apex little rounded, termen gently sinuate, hardly 
oblique. Dark fuscous, irrorated with whitish, more so posteriorly, spotted 
with dull leaden-grey, markings white, partially suffused with pale 
yellowish-tawny. Base of dorsum with a small projecting tuft of scales, 
pale yellowish -whitish : a strongly sinuate transverse fascia with broad 
upper half, running obliquely from 2 / 5 of costa to above fold, projecting 
to below V 3 of fold (this projection inwardly oblique) and suffused with 
ground colour there; lower half of fascia much narrowed, running horizon- 
tally along and below lower edge of cell to 3 / 4 of wing, angulate there, to 
tornus; upper edge of fascia rather suffused, with a small projection along 
closing vein, lower edge well-defined, dentate; this fascia encloses a large 
elongate-semiovate patch of ground colour ou dorsum reaching above 
fold, faintly spotted with leaden-grey and transversely strigulated with 
blackish -fuscous ; a small transverse pale yellowish spot just below middle 
of fold; a longitudinal streak of pale yellowish suffusion in cell across 
central fascia, becoming deeper yellowish-tawny posteriorly, and edging 
central fascia to above tornus; a moderate, irregular subtriangular costal 
patch before 3 / 4 , white, irrorated with dark fuscous posteriorly, almost 
touching upper angle of cell; anterior edge of costal patch well-defined, 
emarginate in middle, top of patch slightly suffused with tawny-yellowish ; 
an irregular bluish-leaden-grey spot in middle of disc between preceding 
and upper edge of central fascia; a fainter leaden-grey suffusion beyond 
