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transverse marks along costa, first and third of these largest, slightly- 

 oblique, posterior three more slender and vertical; anterior three 

 spots preceded by, alternating with, and followed by, black marginal 

 dots; a small triangidar mark on middle of dorsum and two irregular 

 transverse markings on both sides of this, reachmg to or above fold; 

 first of these straight, dilated at extremities, second angulate, narrowly 

 connected with a semioval spot in disc; third mark calyciform, with 

 an almost circular irregvdar and slender discal mark above and beyond 

 it; fourth mark inverted Y-shaped; an anteriorly angidate, transverse 

 subterminal line from angle to above tornus, with a small triangular 

 dilatation above its middle. Cilia pale milky green. 



Hindwing light purplish grey with a slight silky gloss, cilia con- 

 colorous. 



Female genitalia: Sterigma hardly sclerotized. LameUa ante- 

 vaginalis shaped as a shallow cup, lamella postvaginalis strongly 

 acicidate, CoUiculum narrow and weak. Cestum cylindrical, 

 rather wider, lower half with a sclerotized split, lower halves pointed. 

 Signa absent. 



Material exammed: Luzon, Benguet Subprov., Haights Place, 

 Pauai, 7000 ft., 26.VII.1912 (A.E. Wileman), 1 9, holotype, genit. 

 slide 5755 (Rothschild bequest, BM). An elegant species, except 

 for distinct coloring and markings, characteristic by the absence of 

 signa. 



Peridaedala crocoptila, new species 



Figures 110, 549 



Female, 20 mm. Head light tawny orange, face whitish. Palpus 

 pale tawny orange, basal segment mixed with purplish, median 

 segment with an oblique median transverse band extending over 

 a tuft on lower edge and apex purplish fuscous; terminal segment 

 veiy small, slender. Thorax pale ochreous tawny, marbled with 

 light tawny orange, more so anteriorly; a narrow black anterior edge 

 and a minute median longitudinal line along anterior half; a black, 

 irregidar spot on each tegida. Abdomen ochreous olive suffused 

 with black, anal tuft pale ochreous above. 



Forewing oblong, dilated, costa curved anteriorly, almost straight 

 posteriorly, apex tolerably pointed, produced, termen rather deeply 

 sinuate above, obliquely rounded beneath. Rather bright tawny 

 ochreous, deeper colored posteriorly, marldngs well defined, blackish 

 brown. A pair of small transverse marks on costa beyond base, 

 continued to middle of wing, thence continued by a series of equi- 

 distant irregular transverse marks, which are arranged in a submedian 

 horizontal series, to 2/5 of disc; another pair of transverse marks 

 on 1/4 of costa, larger, more distant, posterior of these broader and 



