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Show 1893.] SPECIES O F M O T H S F R O M INDIA. 379 the right having the large trilobed discal spot represented only by 3 small unconnected wdiite dots, and the lower blotch by 2 semi-detached oblong ones ; in the right wing the 3rd costal spot from the base is reduced in size and farther from the base ; while in the let! wing a small additional double spot has crept in between the 4th and 5th, which is scarcely perceptible on the right wing. Hind wings dull grey, with traces of 4 curved whitish fascia?, most distinct on the inner margin, and a marginal row of wdiite spots. Head, antennae, and thorax bronzy fuscous; vertex with a snow-white spot ; thorax with a pair of white spots in front, and probably three more behind ; abdomen grey like the hind wings, with an indistinct row of pale dots along the back. Underside dull bronzy fuscous, with every one of the white markings of the upper-side exactly reproduced. Expanse of wings 26 millim. Hab. Sikkim. A very distinct looking insect, though the markings follow the pattern of the other allied species of Perizoma. [Bare on Tonglo in Julv- I also have two from Mdller dated October.-H. J. E.~] PERIZOMA BICOLOR, sp. n. 3. Fore wings glossy umber with a reddish tinge; central fascia, the edges of which are irregularly dentate, and which occupies just one third of the wing, blackish fuscous: the whole wing also with a slight olive tinge ; a dark hue visible close to the base; a dark linear cell-spot, and a darker sinuate central shade along the middle of the central fascia; hind margin deeper tinged; sub-marginal line composed of a series of slight whitish spots ; fringe concolorous with black basal line. Hind wings glossy white, tinged with grey along the hind margin; fringes rufous. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous. Underside of fore wings cinereous, fuscous-tinged, whiter towards hind margin; with the submarginal series of spots whitish; hind wing whitish, dappled with grey, with no distinct lines. Expanse of wings 26 millim. Hab. Sikkim. [A single specimen taken by myself at light at about 12,000 feet.-H. J. E.~\ PERIZOMA FASCIATA, sp. n. (Plate XXX. fig. 20.) 3 2 • Fore -wings bronzy fuscous-brown; the central fascia bounded on either side by a sinuous white fascia, each of which is traversed by a darker line; these two fasciae are most distinct towards the costa, and the inner is irregularly denticulate outwards in the middle; a single sinuate white hue across the centre of the basal patch; submarginal line indicated by a row of varying-shaped white spots; followed by a similar series of white spots, but smaller, before the base of the fringes, which is black ; the marginal area is interrupted in the middle by a roundish white blotch; fringes rufous and grey. Hind wings glossy white, darker |
