. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 542 , 1158. Diduga rufidisca. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 17.) rufidisca, HmiDsn. Journ. Bomb. Nafc. Hist. Soc. 1897, p. 439. $. Head, tegulije, base of patagia, and mesothorax brownish yellow; palpi and irons, metathorax and abdomen blackish; legs and ventral surface of abdomen paler. Fore wing with broad brownish-yellow costal fascia irrorated with a few dark scales, its lower edge whitish and strongly crennlate, defined below by fuscous suffusion shading off into dull rufous towards inner margin ; a
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 542 , 1158. Diduga rufidisca. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 17.) rufidisca, HmiDsn. Journ. Bomb. Nafc. Hist. Soc. 1897, p. 439. $. Head, tegulije, base of patagia, and mesothorax brownish yellow; palpi and irons, metathorax and abdomen blackish; legs and ventral surface of abdomen paler. Fore wing with broad brownish-yellow costal fascia irrorated with a few dark scales, its lower edge whitish and strongly crennlate, defined below by fuscous suffusion shading off into dull rufous towards inner margin ; an obscure discoidal spot; an irregular maculate whitish terminal band ; the spots below apex and above tornus large. Hind wing fuscous. Hah. Assam, Khasis, 1 $ type. Exj). 12 millim. 1159. Diduga fumipennis. Paidia fumipennis^, Hnipsn. 111. Het. viii. p. 52, pi. 140. f. 7 (1891); id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 96; Kifby, Cat. Het. p. 364. d . Fuscous brown ; head and tegulge yellow ; legs and anal tuft j^ellowish. Fore wing darker fuscous towards apex; apostmedial ill-defined yellow spot on costa; the cilia yellow above tornus. Hind wing rather paler. $ . Head and tegulse whitish ; fore wing with the j^ellow mark on costa reduced. Hah. XiLGiRi Plateau, 7000 feet (Hanvpson), 1 cj", 1 5 tj'pe. Ex2y. 16-18 millim. Genus CONOSIA, nov. Type, C. aspersa. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, reaching as far as frons; antemise of male with bristles and cilia ; tibiiE with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing with the costa nearly straight, the apex rectangular, the inner margin with slight tuft at tornus ; vein 2 from middle of cell, 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent; 6, 7 and 8, 9 on long stalks ; 10 free ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 1160. Conosia aspersa. Lifhosia aspersa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 104 (1862); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 339. Li
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