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transverse mark : cilia pale greyish, a darker subbasal shade, base 
whitish-ochreous. Hind wings 3 and 4 long-stalked ; grey ; cilia 
light grey, base whitish-ochreous. 
India, Dehra Him, 2000 feet, July (T 7 . B . Fletcher) ; lex. 
Probably nearest xanthophaea from Borneo. 
Lecithocera stanrophora, n. sp. 
<$ . 19 mm. Head purplish-fuscous, sides of crown pale ochreous. 
Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint dark fuscous except towards 
apex. Antennae whitish-ochreous, slenderly ringed fuscous. Thorax 
dark fuscous, tegulae pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, somewhat 
dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, 
somewhat oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen; 
dark fuscous; a moderately broad light ochreous-yellowish costal 
streak throughout, apex pointed, a triangular prominence on 
middle of its lower edge, a short dark fuscous streak cn base of 
costa ; cilia fuscous, on costa pale yellow. Hindwings 3 and 4 
stalked; light grey ; cilia pale greyish. 
Bkitish New Guinea, Biagi, Mambare it., 5000 feet {Meek) ; 1 ex, 
(Coll. Paravicini). Perhaps allied to deloma Durr, 
Lecithocera nyctiphron, n. sp. 
3 . 19 mm. Head light greyish-ochreous. Palpi whitish- 
ochreous, second joint dark fuscous except tip. Antennae whitish- 
ochreous. Thorax rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 
rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 
rather sinuate, somewhat oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 
out of 7, 7 to just below apex; fuscous mixed dark fuscous; 
stigmata forming cloudy dark fuscous spots, plical slightly beyond 
first discal, second discal transversely double: cilia fuscous, base 
pale ochreous. Hindwings 3 and 4 short-stalked ; greyish ; cilia 
light greyish, base whitish-ochreous. 
Sikkim, Gangtok, 6000 feet, April {Colonel F\ M. Bailey); 1 ex. 
Allied to octavana. 
Lecithocera strepsicrena, n. sp. 
B . 16 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown centrally infuscated. 
Palpi whitish-ochreous, a fuscous streak on basal of second joint. 
Antenme whitish-ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders 
fuscous, a broad central stripe of fuscous suffusion. Forewings 
elongate, slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 
slightly rounded, oblique; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 
termen ; rather dark fuscous, darker-sprinkled ; a broad ochreous- 
yellow stripe from middle of base occupying costal area to near apex 
but leaving a streak of ground-colour on basal fifth of costa, and 
another on costa from before middle to dorsal dark area tri¬ 
angularly prominent before middle, where it extends | across wing, 
narrowest at |, beyond which dark fuscous second discal stigma 
vol. iv.— March 1931, e 
