BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 503 



ti'ansversis dentatis maculaque marginis postici saturate griseis ; 

 post, griseis, basim versus albido-oclireis. 



^ $ . 18-21 mm. Head and thorax liglit reddish-ochreous 

 brown, face light ochreous. Palpi liglit rosj-ochreous, second 

 joint internally whitish towards base. Antennse whitish- ochreous, 

 sharjilj annulated with dark fuscous, towards base rosy-tinged. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, above partially greyish-suffused. 

 Anterior tibiae and tarsi ochreous-carmine, apex of tarsal joints 

 ochreous ; middle and posterior legs whitish-ochreous, middle 

 pair partially rosy- tinged ; femora clear white beneath. Eorewings 

 moderately broad, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently 

 arched, rather more strongly at base, apex obtuse, hindmargin 

 hardly oblique, slightly rounded ; oehreous-carmine-pink, strewn 

 with whitish-ochreous scales ; costa narrowly deeper pink, tips 

 of scales w^hitish-ochreous ; a dark fuscous dot in disc before 

 middle, a second, rather larger and sometimes distinctly double, 

 in disc beyond middle, and a third obliquely beyond first on 

 fold ; a very irregular cloudy grey transverse line close to base, 

 darker on costa : a distinct cloudy strongly and irregularly 

 dentate transverse grey line from \ of costa to i of inner margin, 

 and another more strongly dentate from i of costa to middle of 

 inner margin, both forming small dark grey spots on costa ; a 

 slenderer and more distinct dark grey sinuate or dentate line 

 from f of costa obliquely outwards, thence curved strongly round 

 to inner margin before anal angle, thickened and darker near 

 costa; a cloudy grey shade from t of costa to inner margin 

 before anal angle, considerably broader towards costa ; a small 

 cloudy grey spot towards middle of hindmargin; a row of 

 distinct dark grey dots along hindmargin and apical fourth of 

 costa, cilia light carmine-pink, towards tips whitish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings ochreous-grey, costa and base more whitish-ochreous ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous grey, with a distinct grey line near base. 



Deeper-coloured than the preceding, and readily known by 

 the several transverse strigae forming dark spots on costa. 



