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Show 1893.] SPECIES O F M O T H S F R O M INDIA. 347 the 6* separately, as it differs somewhat from the $ , but I think it is safely referable here. MYOSTOMA STRAMINEA, sp. n. o*. Fore wings very pale straw-colour, shaded with pale olive-fulvous; the lines darker; 1st line at £ of the costa, runs outwards and is angulated below the costa, then runs obliquely inwards to the inner margin at |; exterior line at f, similar to the inner fine; space beyond to hind margin darker than the rest of the wing; a dark oblique streak from apex to the angulation of the outer hne; a slightly darker shade on the costa before apex; both transverse lines more strongly marked at their origin on costa; an irregular indistinct pale submarginal fascia; base of fringes brown; fringes themselves pale straw; base of wing and costal region shaded with fulvous. Hind wings pale straw, with cell-spot distinct and 2 very indistiuct darker bands towards hind margin ; underside the same, with the lines more distinct. Head, thorax, and abdomen straw dusted with fulvous. Expanse of wings 26 millim. 2 . Wings dull straw-colour, finely dusted with fuscous ; cross lines very indistinct, starting from dark brown costal flecks, and only visible at the veins ; 1st irregularly vertical at l 2nd at §, strongly angulated below the costa aud then parallel to the hind margin; an indistinct dark costal spot before apex, and a stronger one5 on the hind margin below the apex; an indefinite dark discal spot; hind wings with the discal spot aud a narrow submarginal band darker. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish fulvous; underside dull ochreous, darker along costa of fore wing; discal spot of hind wing and subapical spot on fore wing both conspicuous. Expanse of wings 24 millim. Hab. Sikkim. [Taken at light by m e on Aug. 4th at Darjiling.-#. J. E.'j DYSETHIA, gen. nov. Fore wings triangular; costa straight, convex just before apex, and faintly concave in the middle; hind margin obliquely curved, slightly bowed above the anal angle, which is distinctly marked • apex of the 3 somewhat falcate. Hind wings of $ f as wide as fore wings, with the hind margin rounded; of 3 not more than half as broad as fore wings, with the hind margin straight. Antennae rather thick, simple in $ , rather strongly ciliated in the 3 ; palpi short, horizontally porrect, laxly scaled, the 3rd joint very minute; tongue present, but weak. Hind tibiae of 3 not thickened, with two pairs of spurs. Neuration:-Fore wings: cell half the length of the wing ; discocellular vertical; 1st median nervule from \ of the cell; 2nd and 3rd together from the lower end, the 3rd straight in the 3 , somewhat arched in the 2 5 lower radial from the middle of the discocellular; upper radial from |
