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costa; a broad irregular fuscous fascia from | of costa to | of 
dorsum, broadly and irregularly dilated in lower part of disc and 
connected by an irregular bar with preceding: cilia whity-brownish, 
basal half spotted alternate!}' whitish and brovn. Hindwings 
light greyish-ochreous ; cilia whitish, basal half brownish. 
Natal; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
ABELID/E. 
Nemotois zonoreas, n. sp. 
$. 13 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous, palpi clothed 
very long rough projecting hairs. Forewings elongate, hardly 
dilated, termen very obliquely rounded; dark fuscous, on basal 
half sprinkled yellow-whitish, on apical third more closely 
irrorated yellow-whitish ; beyond middle a narrow yellow-whitish 
direct transverse fascia triangularly expanded anteriorly towards 
dorsum : cilia grey, basal third darker with yellow-whitish gloss, 
on costa wholly dark fuscous. Hindwings thinly scaled, dark 
grey ; cilia grey. 
Kashmir, Kilianmarg, 10,000 feet, July [Fletcher) ; 1 ex. Near 
solstiliella . 
Hemotois smaragdaspis, n. sp. 
S • 17 mm. Head orange, eyes much enlarged, closely approxi¬ 
mated on crown. Palpi very short, yellowish, a few dark fuscous 
hairs. Antennae whitish, base of joints greyish except towards 
apex, towards base wholly grey. Thorax shining metallic green. 
Forewings moderate, dilated, termen very oblique; basal area 
brilliant metallic green, extending on costa to | and on dorsum 
to \ ; next a broad orange fascia, wider on costa, enclosed by two 
violet-leaden-metallic black-edged streaks; posterior area dark 
purple-fuscous irrorated bright coppery-golden: cilia bright coppery- 
golden, on costa becoming purple. Hindwings dark purple-grev ; 
cilia grey. 
Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, June (Fletcher) ; 1 ex. A splendid 
insect, allied to pyrites, but distinguished by the green thorax and- 
basal area of forewings. 
Ceromitia praetexta, n. sp. 
. 19 mm. Head white, forehead and sides of face brown. 
Palpi short, whitish-grey. Antennae white, on basal half greyish- 
tinged and thinly ciliated (2). Thorax white, shoulders brownish. 
Forewings slightly dilated, termen very oblique; white, towards 
dorsum and termen irregularly tinged or mixed pale brownish- 
oehreous ; a broad brown costal stripe from base to |, posteriorly 
suffused : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings thinly hairscaled, 
light grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
