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near base, into the anal angle ; no discocellular is visible ; the lobe at base of 

 inner margia is siiberect, aucl about one-fourth of the length of the margin. In 

 the shape and thick scaling of the hindwing the insect approaches Di/sti/poptila 

 trkuujularis AVarr. from Sumatra. 



Subfamily DEILINIINAE. 



18. Peratophyga bifasciata spec, no v. 



Forcwitn/ : pale yellow ; the markings dark brown ; a curved fascia just before 

 middle and a broad marginal border, connected hj a brown streak from base along 

 vein 1, below which on the inner margiu the yellow of the ground-cohmr reapjiears 

 as broken patches ; costa at base also brown ; the inner edge of the dark border 

 projects shortly inwards on median vein, and the yellow space before it is traversed 

 by a row of brown vein-dots ; snbmarginal line indicated by sliglit yellow marks 

 on the veins along the centre of the dark border, with a yellow spot at apex ; 

 marginal yellow spots at end of veins ; fringe brownish. 



Hindicing : like forewing. 



Underside the same, but the yellow paler and clearer, without any sjKits. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen brown; second segment and anal tuft yellow; 

 abdomen beneath and legs yellowish. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



1 S from Cheng Mai, Hainan, August 1902. 



Subfamily ABRAXINAE. 



19. Abraxas parvipunctata spec. nov. 



Forewiny : cream-white ; the base of wing on costa j'ellow ; costal area with 

 nnmerons small round grey spots, irregularly disposed and in places confluent ; a 

 few scattered ones in cell, and a larger one on discocellular; at two-thirds of costa 

 a small oblique grey blotch followed by a small spot on vein 6 ; two snbmarginal 

 series of spots parallel to hindmargin, the inner small and placed on the veins, 

 the outer larger between them, coalescing laterally above middle with a marginal 

 row, below it interrupted. 



lliiifhciiuj : with the three outer series of spots only, all separate, 



Underside similar, but all the spots larger and better defined. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow, the last with dark spots ; pal^ii and legs 

 externally dark fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 50 mm. 



1 ¥ from Dili, N.E. Sumatra. 



In apjiearance nearest to A. (injiiuilis Butler. 



Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE. 



Loxotephria gen. nov. 

 Vorewiiuj: costa faintly curved; hindmargin obliquely curved. 

 llindu'iiig : with hindmargin only slightly curved ; apes rounded ; anal angle 

 blunt. 



Antennae simple in both sexes, with very short pubescence in c? : forehead 



