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hairs and internally clothed with smooth very glossy silvery scaling 1 , the end of the 

 tihia hearing a flap-like process, which is capable oflateral extension. 

 Type : Argyroscelia gravipes spec. nov. 



04. Argyroscelia gravipes spec. nov. 



Foreiving : brownish grey, slightly dusted with dark ; lines very obscure, 

 rather darker on costa and at inner margin, antemediau, postmedian, and two 

 submargiual ; cell-spot black, distinct ; fringe concolorous, with dark dots along 

 its base. 



Hindwing : similar ; outer line marked by a black spot on inner margin. 



Underside pale brownish ochreous, with the cell-spots clear. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings; face ami palpi dark brown; legs 

 ochreous ; tibial tuft ochreous, that on femur dark pink. 



Expanse of wings : 16 mm. 



3 ii, 1 ?. 



95. Chrysocraspeda analiplaga spec. nov. 



Foreiving : purplish red, without distinct markings ; outer margin yellow, very 

 narrowly from vein 4 to 2 and interrupted at 3 where the red touches the margin, 

 and forming a large triangular blotch at anal angle ; the edge of the red ground- 

 colour is bright blood-red, a streak of this running inwards along vein 2 ; cell-spot 

 black ; minute red dots at end of veins ; fringe yellow. 



Hindwing: with the yellow margin fairly broad to vein 3, quite narrow from 

 3 to anal angle ; cell-spot shining white ; fringe yellow. 



Underside rosy pink, with the yellow margin and fringe as above ; cell-spot of 

 hindwing dull-white. 



Vertex, thorax, and dorsum purple-red; face and antennae yellowish varied 

 with red ; abdomen at sides and beneath and the legs yellowish ; forelegs rosy. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



1 ?. 



Outer margins of both wings rounded. 



96. Chrysocraspeda fasciata spec. nov. 



Forewing : blood-red ; the costa with red and yellow striae ; a slightly darker 

 central fascia with darker edges, the inner preceded and the outer followed by 

 a faintly paler line, each marked by a yellowish spot on snbmedian fold ; the red 

 ground runs to margin at apex, and between veins 3 and 4 ; on each side of this 

 space the margin and fringe are yellow. The ? has some grey scaling in middle 

 with darker striae and no yellowish edging to the lines. 



Hindwing : brighter red ; the yellow outer margin broader and not interrupted ; 

 fringe of inner margin yellow; edges of fascia very indistinct ; in the ? with a 

 yellow baud close to base. 



Underside dark grey, with the outer margins and fringes yellow, the yellow 

 lines visible in the t?. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish, in the ? grey-tinged. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



1 c?, 1 ?. 



Oater margins rounded in both wiugs. Veins 10 and 11 coincident]}' anastomose 

 with 12, in afterwards anastomosing with 8, 9, firming a double areole. 



