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35. Perixera mediusta sp. nov. 



Forewi'ivjti : ochreous, veiy finely dusted with i)Ui])le scales ; first line represented 

 by searcely visible purplish dots on veins; exterior line with the dots plain but small ; 

 fringe concolorous, with a row of small purple dots at base ; cell-sjjot indicated by a 

 few sliglitlv darker scales ; a hvoadisli diffuse dull purplish central baud from two-thirds 

 of costa to middle of inner margin, slightly wavy and angled outwardly. 



Hindwings : the same, but the cell-dot white, surrounded by purplish scales ; 

 tlie centra! purjilish baud widened along costa. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous; face whitish ; palpi and forelegs externally 

 and to]) of forehead dull rosy. Underside duller, with the central band in both wings 

 broader and dull rosy ; the forewing also suffused with rosy patches along the disc. 



Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



One S from the Khasias. 



Phrissosceles gen. nov. 



One of the varied developments of Anlsodex. The bind legs are fully develoi>cil, 

 as in Pliitimdes Warn, and the median pair of spurs absent ; the tibiae are slightly 

 thickened and indented at tlie place where the spurs would be, and the femora are 

 thickly clothed with woolly hair, which at the end forms a curl ; the third segment 

 of the abdomen bears on each side a rounded tuft of scales. 



Type : Phrissosceles argyromnta sp. nov. 



36. Phrissosceles argyromma sp. uov. 



Fm'eivings : straw-colour, dusted with reddish atoms ; costa dai-k fuscous; first 

 line dull gi"ey, forming two or three curves, and marked by a distinct black dot on 

 subcostal, and a minute dark dot on the median vein ; cell-sjiot obscure, dull fuscous; 

 median line greyish fuscous, strongly denticulate, and distinct; exterior line reddish 

 grey, strongly denticulate, marked by black points on the veins, that on the radial 

 most distinct and surrounded by a grey shade; submarginal line indistinct, preceded 

 by fuscous blotches opposite the cell and above anal angle; fringe straw-colour, with 

 a lilack spot at the end of each vein, and a minute dot between the veins. 



liindvAngs: like forewings, but the cell-mark round and bright silvery, edged 

 finely with black. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen straw-colour, dusted with reddish, the abdoiiH'U with 

 a reddish [latch on the sides above the lateral tuft ; pal|ii above dee]) red. I'ndersidi' 

 duller .straw-colour, in the forewings much suffused with rosy; curl at end of hind 

 femora red. 



Kx])anse of wings : 48 mm. 



One S from the Khasias. 



37. Platisodes (?) jocosa sp. nov. 



Foreimugn: yellow, thickly dusted with bright ferruginous speckles; the lines all 

 denoted by black grey-edged spots, and all angled on the subcostal; the spots on 

 costa and subcostal coalesce to form black blotches at the rise of the basal, central, 

 and exterior lines; a black spot on the subcostal clo.se to base; three black spots in 

 a straight obli<jue line, on the subcostal, median, and submedian veins, repre.sent the 

 basal line; five spots represent the median line, and seven, more linear, the exterior; 



