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dilated, costa bent about apex obtuse-pointed, termen obliquely 
rounded ; bright deep coppery-purple; an orange-yellow blaokish- 
edged basal patch occupying | of wing, edge angulated and inter¬ 
rupted in middle by a lobe of groundcolour extending inwards to 
near base of costa; two rather narrow orange-yellow blackish- 
edged fasciae, first slightly excurved, midway between basal patch 
and second, second straight, median ; a broad fascia of black irro- 
ration from | of costa to tornus : cilia dark purple-grey. Hindwings 
dark grey ; cilia grey. Posterior tibiae with fringe of very long 
fine hairs above. 
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Bombay, Mahabaleshwar, October ( Maxwell ); 1 ex. Nearest 
athlojohora. 
Nemotois ischnodesma Meyr. 
1 , Pidaung, Burma, April. Antennae whitish ringed dark 
fuscous, towards base dark fuscous; posterior tibiae with fringe of 
long whitish hairs. 
Nemotois porphyraspis, n. sp. 
2 . 16 mm. Head grey, face bright brassy-metallic. Palpi 
short, whitish. Antennae (broken) 'white, basal half (?) thickened 
with dark purple-bronzy scales. Thorax shining brassy-bronze. 
Fore wings su btri angular, costa strongly arched posteriorly, termen 
oblique; bright coppery-golden, becoming bright brassy-bronze 
towards base ; a broad deep purple postmedian fascia, strewn light 
ochreous scales, only moderately broad in middle but strongly 
dilated towards both extremities, and a similar round apical 
blotch : cilia purplish, suffused coppery-golden towards base. 
Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 
Kenya, Nairobi, Oct. (Dr. G. A. K. Marshall ); 1 ex. (Brit. 
JVIus.). Belongs to group of fasciella. 
COLEOPHORlDiE. 
Coleophora snimnivola, n. sp. 
. 17 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi light grey, base white, 
second joint with short apical scale-projection, terminal joint little 
over half second. Antennae grey-whitish. Forewings whitish- 
ochreous, costa slenderly white from base to f, some scattered grey 
scales along veins: cilia ochreous-whitish, tinged grey on basal 
half. Hindwings and cilia pale grey. 
Tibet, Gyantse, 14500 feet, July (Colonel F. M. Bailey ); 1 ex. 
Perhaps allied to chorcloscelis. 
Coleopiiora nivifera, n. sp. 
$ . 13 mm. Head, thorax yellow-whitish. Palpi white, second 
joint tinged grey-yellowish externally, without projection, terminal 
joint j|. Antennae rather stout towards base, white. Forewings 
vol. in .—September 1930. 2 s 
