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108. Perixera exaucta spec. nov. 



Like P. subalbescens Warr., but larger and with a very pronounced ochreons 

 tinge, with the lines and shades all more strongly marked than in that species, 

 but otherwise exactly corresponding ; in the hindwing, however, the cell-spot is 

 decidedly larger, round and yellow, with some orange scales before the dark ring, 

 which is very slight. Underneath the ochreons tinge is more evident ; the base of 

 costa is dull red, and the cell-spot of hindwing reddish. 



2 3$. 



These <J t expand 35 mm., and are as large as the ¥ ? of subalbescens. 



109. Perixera? flavissima spec. nov. 



Forewing : deep dull yellow, covered with olive-grey and reddish striae ; lines 

 slightly darker, reddish grey, obscure : first at one-fourth, rather thick, outenrved 

 above and below median vein ; cell-spot formed of a few white scales ; median 

 shade thick and dentate, projecting on veins 3 and 4 ; outer line lnnulate-dentate, 

 the teeth marked dark grey on the veins ; snbmarginal line pale in the midst of 

 a deeper band ; marginal spots purple between the veins ; fringe yellow. 



Hindwing : similar ; the cell-spot white and larger. 



Underside like npper. 



Face and palpi reddish ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen deep yellow ; forelegs 

 and some lateral patches on abdomen reddish. 



Expanse of wings : 35 mm. 



1 ?. 



110. Perixera? indecisa spec. nov. 



Forewing : pale luteous, thickly sprinkled with greyish purple atoms, darkest 

 along costa ; inner aud outer lines marked only by slight dark dashes on veins, 

 sometimes united by a faint grey line ; cell-spot linear, dark, followed by a faint 

 sinuous median shade which is sligbtly dentate externally on the veins ; marginal 

 purplish dots between veins and minute ones at their ends ; fringe concolorous. 



Hindwing : the same, but the cell-spot whitish and oval. 



Underside pale rosy, deeper in forewing; marginal dots reddish ; the others 

 showing through. 



Palpi and forelegs deep red ; face brownish red, pale below ; vertex and 

 antennae white ; thorax and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 27 mm. 



3 ¥ ?. 



111. Perixera subalbescens Warr. 



In the description of this species in Nov. Zool. x. p. 368 (1903) the cell-spot of 

 the hindwing is stated to have a small pale centre ; this is trne as far as it goes, 

 but the scales are really yellow in the middle; of 4 e?<? from Biagi, lately 

 received, one agrees exactly with the type, the other three have the black rings of 

 the cell-spot in the hindwing reduced, and the central yellow scales correspond- 

 ingly developed into a plain round yellow spot. In 2 ¥ ? , however, from the same 

 locality, which are probably the other sex of subalbescens, the cell-spot of hindwing 

 has the black ring larger and more oval and the centre composed of pale pinkish 

 scales; these ? ? have a more decided brownish middle shade than the <?<?, and 

 expand 35 mm. to the 80 mm. of the <$. 



