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;i53. Phyllodonta semicava spec. nov. 



Porewinq : liliu-, witli a violet Uiige, sprinkled in piuts witli blink scales; 

 costal edf;c ])ale, dotted with dark green ; first line at one-third, angled ontwards 

 above and below the median vein ; vinons fnscons, preceded by a pale green shade 

 above, and below the middle liy a pnrplish and green shade, this last preceded 

 by a pat eh of fiery orange scales on a pale ochrenns gronnd ; a conspicnons snow- 

 wiiite dash before the line on the median and snbmedian veins ; cell-s])ot black, 

 followed by a curved vinous median shade from middle of eosta, indistinct below 

 middle, touching outer line on inner margin ; onter line from five-sixths of costa, 

 bluntly angled on vein 7, then oblique to just beyond middle of inner margin, 

 double, vinons on costa and inner margin, pale green between, marked with small 

 white dashes on veins t, 3, 4, b, larger spots on veins 1 and 0, those on 7, S, and 

 costa coalescent into a streak ; subniarginal line vinous red, marked chiefly by 

 points on the veins and a blotch on costa ; above the snbmedian vein between 

 the inner and outer lines and on inner margin before the outer are patches of 

 fiery orange scales; the marginal area thickly sprinkled wiih violet and green 

 scales ; fringe chocolate brown, darker beyond veins. 



Ilindwing : with basal two-thirds dirty ochreous, with a slight vinous tinge, 

 coarsely striated with purplish fnscons, and towards inner margin with orange 

 scales ;" onter third, lieyond a dark sinuons line, purplish grey, the veins paler 

 and marked with brown ; submarginal line not marked except towards anal angle, 

 where it passes through an irregular ochreous patch ; fringe from apex to vein 4 

 pale ochreous with chestnut spots beyond veins, wholly chestnut below ; cell-spot 

 large, greenish fnscons. 



Underside ochreous, densely speckled witli black, vinous, and green scales, 

 and tinged in parts with the same colours; on forewing, all four lines thick and 

 black ; a jiale uuspeckled blotch below middle of marginal area, preceded by a 

 triangular blackish cloud ; hiudwing with two lines, the central sinuons, touching 

 a round black cell-spot, the onter lunulate, followed by a dark shade at inner 

 margin ; a reddish submarginal spot on veins 2 and 3. 



Head and thorax lilac, abdomen ochreous, all black-speckled ; legs ochreous, 

 dark-marked ; pectus greenish ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 50 mm. 



1 ¥ from S. Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, GOOO ft., November 1001, wet 

 season (Ockenden). 



In character of markings K&em\A\v\g Jlabellariu Th. Mg. and soiigarin Dogn., 

 but the hindmargin of forewing is simjily bulged at middle, without the least 

 trace of the tooth and excision characteristic of the genus, which are both present, 

 as usual, in the hiudwing. 



354. Phyllodonta vivida spec. nov. 



S. Almost exactly like the S of gemicatu, but tlie hindmargin of forewing is 

 not simple, but irregularly crennlate, veins 2 and (J ending in a small tooth, and 

 veins 3 and 4 forming a blunt sipiare projection : a slight curved excision below 

 it between 2 and 3. 



?. Forewing: bright tawny red, fiery red towards inner margin; costal edge 

 pale with slight diirk si)ecks ; first line with the central space filled up with pale 

 olive scales ; a red-brown median line, sij\iarely bent beyond cell-spot, ending on 



