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Show 1893.] SPECIES OF MOTHS FROM INDIA. 419 worn specimen, which seems to be a female, has similar markings with less pectinated antennae. It is a perfectly distinct species.- H. J. E.I DEINOTRICHIA, gen. nov. Fore wings with costa slightly convex; apex bluntly rounded; hind margin obliquely curved; hind wings rounded, slightly scalloped. Forehead prominent, rounded; palpi short, rough, horizontal; the terminal joint hardly distinguishable, slightly pointing downwards. Antenna? in the 2 filiform; in the 3 very strongly plumose, the lateral branches themselves beset with fine down, and with a tendency to recurve; the extreme tip free. Head and thorax woolly; legs rather long and slender. Neuration normal. Type, Beinotrichia scotosiaria, sp. n. DEINOTRICHIA CERVINA, sp. n. 3. Wings fawn-coloured with a reddish tinge, with numerous scattered dark transverse striae; the lines distinct and thick only on the costa ; basal line gradually curved ; exterior line irregularly denticulated and sinuous, somewhat interrupted ; subterminal line pale, sinuous, darker internally, with a rather deep sinus about the centre, above and below which the line is darker; space between the last two lines more reddish ; a row of black lunules before the fringes. Hind wings with a small central spot, a dentate central line, and traces of an irregular submarginal hne as in the fore wing. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous. Underside dull ochreous, varied with greyish; the lines and central spots distinctly darker; the subterminal broadly dark internally. Expanse of wings 52 millim. [The type has lost its label, but I remember that the specimen was sent m e by the late O. Moller, and was certainly taken in Sikkim or West Bhotan.-H. J. E.~\ DEINOTRICHIA LIVIDA, sp. n. 3. Wings dark slate tinged with purple, and at the centre of the inner margin of fore wings with rusty-brown ; fore wings with 4 velvety blackish transverse lines ; the first, at \ from the base, forms 3 or 4 strong curves outwards, and is twice as near the base on the inner margin as on the costa; it is preceded by a fainter dark line; space included towards base paler slate-colour; 2nd line distinct only at the costa, runs outwards at first, then at rather a sharp angle, turns and runs parallel to hind margin as a nearly straight, ill-defined dark shade ; 3rd line strongly denticulated, blackish, followed by a fine pale slate-coloured line, equally denticulated, which is itself edged again with dark; space between basal and 3rd lines darker than the basal area, and becoming bronzy-brown on the inner margin ; submarginal line cloudy, consisting of dark blackish blotches between the veins ; a row of dark lunules |