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615 
Promalactis isothea, n. sp. 
$ . 11-13 mm. Head shining bronzy-grey. Palpi orange, ter¬ 
minal joint black. Antennae black dotted white, apical fourth white 
except extreme tip, ciliations nearly 2. Thorax shining dark 
bronzy-grey, tegulae orange. Forewings orange; five bright 
iridescent-violet-metallic black-edged narrow fasciae, first basal, 
edge oblique, second at dilated towards costa, third median, 
rather approximated and sometimes connected with second on 
dorsum, fourth interrupted, forming a dot on costa at § and a 
vertical streak from torn us, fifth terminal, extending round apex 
over apical fifth of costa, and joining fourth at tornus, between 
fourth and fifth a series of five or six fine black lines on veins : cilia 
dark grey, lighter towards base, on termen outer pale yellowish. 
Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia rather dark grey. 
Madras, Kodaikanal, Palnis, 7000 feet, August, “ resting on 
leaves of Poinsettia on sunny afternoons ” (Fletcher) ; 4 ex. At 
first sight extremely similar to callimetalla from the same region, 
but in that species the groundcolour of forewings is yellow with 
deep orange patches, the fourth fascia is connected with third by a 
median line and not interrupted, the black neural lines between 
fourth and fifth fasciae are absent, and the terminal cilia are wholly 
orange. 
ALOMENAPvCHA, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 
Antennae basal | rough-scaled dorsally, <$ more strongly and 
pectinated with long ciliated filaments, scape moderate, without 
pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint rather thickened 
with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. 
Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae rough-scaled above. 
Forewings 1 h furcate, 2 and 3 long-stalked from angle, 7 and 8 
stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal- 
ovate, cilia -J ; 2 from |, 3 and 4 connate or short-stalked, 5 straight, 
parallel, 6 and 7 slightly approximated towards base. 
A development of Dasycera . 
Alomenarcha phalarista, n. sp. 
d $. 27 mm. Head, thorax dark fuscous, face and apical 
half of tegulse ochreous-whitish. Palpi fuscous. Antennae black, 
a white band towards apex. Abdomen orange-yellow, 4 apical 
segments blackish towards base. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 
dilated, costa anteriorly straight, somewhat bent at | and gently 
arched towards obtuse-pointed apex, termen obliquely rounded ; 
blackish, irregularly sprinkled pale yellowish, beyond cell with 
fine irregular pale yellowish lines on veins ; a longitudinal pale 
yellowish streak from base of costa to a spot in disc at 4, and 
another subdorsal from base to middle or reaching a narrow 
irregular yellowish transverse fascia at § constricted in middle 
and not quite reaching margins ; a yellowish marginal line round 
apical part of costa and termen: cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings 
