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Tinthia mesatma, n, sp. 
<$ . 17 mm. Head golden-fulvous, face with whitish reflections. 
Palpi pale fulvous. Thorax blackish mixed fulvous-brown. Abdo¬ 
men blackish mixed brown, raised fulvous-brown dorsal spots on 3-5, 
anal tuft fulvous-brown suffused dark fuscous at tip. Middle and 
posterior legs golden-ochreous suffused blackish at origin of spurs 
and white just beyond median spurs of posterior tibiie, bristles 
golden-fulvous. Fore wings costal half dark brown, dorsal half 
to 2-brown with thick dark brown veins, beyond cell a roundish 
blotch of ochreous-white suffusion, space between this and termen 
ochreous-hyaline with fine dark brown veins. Hindwings ochreous- 
hyaline, veins dark brown ; cilia fuscous. 
Bihar, Pusa, at rest on leaf of Poinciana ( Fletcher ); 1 ex. 
Tricliocerota linozona, n. sp. 
2 . 23-26 mm. Head violet-grey, collar and palpi yellowish- 
white. Thorax dark violet-grey. Abdomen dark violet-fuscous, 
lighter and brownish-tinged posteriorly, yellowish-white basal rings 
ou 5 and sometimes 6, anal tuft light brownish, ventral surface 
of 5 and 6 white. Middle and posterior legs greyish-purple, bristles 
fulvous and white. Forewings dark violet-fuscous, dorsal half 
greyish-hyaline with thick dark fuscous veins : cilia grey. Hind- 
wings purple-hyaline, veins and edges dark fuscous; cilia grey. 
<S . 18-22 mm. Palpi suffused yellowish-fulvous posteriorly", 
anterior edge of terminal joint dark grey. Antennae bipectinated 
to near apex (2|). Abdomen considerably constricted towards 
middle, without white rings. 
Assam, Shillong, Cherrapunji, August-October ( Fletcher ) ; 12 ex. 
“ Exact mimic of a wasp (Foliates) occurring commonly in same 
place” (Fletcher). 
Tricliocerota diplotima, n. sp. 
$ . 22-25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark purple-grey, palpi 
anteriorly and collar white, thorax with two red lines. Abdomen 
dark indigo-grey, red basal rings on 2 and 5, anal tuft light brownish 
slightly mixed white, ventral surface with white band on 5. Middle 
and posterior legs dark bluish-grey, bristles more or less reddish. 
Forewings dark indigo-fuscous, dorsal obscurely fuscous-hyaline 
with veins dark fuscous : cilia dark grey. Hindwings purplish- 
ochreous-hyaline, veins and edges black ; cilia dark grey. 
Assam, Shillong, May, August (Fletcher) ; 2 ex. 
Trichocerota erythranclies, n. sp. 
J. 23 mm. Plead prismatic-grey, collar white. Palpi yellowish, 
anterior hairs white, base dark grey. Thorax blue-blackish, two 
red lines, shoulders suffused red. Abdomen .blackish, red basal 
rings on 2 and 5, segments 6, 7, and anal tuft light brownish, 
5 and 6 with red ventral rings. Middle and posterior legs deep 
purple, bristles reddish-fulvous. Forewings dark fuscous, extreme 
