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P. ferrngana, but a departure froui the remaining Peroneas. Exam- 

 ination of further specimens revealed the fact that examples of this new 

 species were niixed in many series of P. femujana ; indeed, judging 

 from the descriptions written by various authors, it is a question which 

 species was before them. As the original type specimen of SchifEer- 

 miiller is probably luiavailable for examination, and as more recent 

 authors have failed to confirm the Stephensian genus Paramesia, we 

 have decided to leave the usually accredited Perovea ferrugana where 

 it is, and to describe the ])rescnt species under the name Peronea 

 (f Paramesia) fissttrana, a name suggested by its cleft aedoeagus. 



The second species was at once thought by Mr. Metcalfe to be 

 distinct, and was submitted to one of the leading authorities, who 

 pronounced it to be " feiragonana " ; but examination of the genitalia 

 has shown that it is not this species, which belongs naturally to a very 

 distinct group differing structurally from HaJonota in " having in the 

 hind- wings of the male a deep sub-dorsal groove above, containing 

 blackisii hair-pencils " (Meyriclv's Handbook), a group which forms 

 MeyricJc's genus Notocelia Hb. In H. littoraJana these hair-pencils are 

 absent, showing that the insect here described bears a close affinity to 

 the species included in the genus Haloiiota. 



torthicidae. 



Peronea. 



Peronea Curt., Barr., Meyr. = Paramesia Stph., Stt., Wilk. 



Peronea Jissurana, sp. n. 



Expanse, 16 mm. 



Antennae brown, red towards base ; palpi, head and thorax concolorovis with 

 fore-wings ; abdomen silvery grey ; anal tuft ochreous. 



i'ore-wiugs not elongated, truncate ; costa much arched at base, then 

 straiglit, apex squared, hind margin retuse ; prevailing colour pinkish red, but 

 ranging from pale yellow of the early brood through bright yellow to unicolorons 

 i-ed, generally strigulatcd throughoiit with deeper red and red-brown ; on the 

 costa a hollow red-brown triangle, the apex of which is often continued towards 

 the base ; near the base and towards the dorsum is a more or less developed small 

 raised tuft of black scales, most marked in the early brood ; at either side of 

 this tuft, springing upright from the edge of the dorsum, is a short blackish 

 streak. Cilia pale, with red bases forming a distinct hind marginal line. Hind- 

 wings shining whitish grey, ijeneralhj reticulated iowai-ds the apex, especially 

 visible on the under-side ; cilia white. 



Very variable (see below). 



The female is similar. 



