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Peronea dryadarcha, n. sp. 



2 . 28-30 mm. Head and thorax brown. Palpi very long, 

 light brownish suffusedl}- irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 pale fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa strongly arched, 

 roughened with scales from 1 to apex, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 rather oblique ; deep brown or red-brown, suffusedly mixed with 

 pale greyish-ochreous, sometimes with scattered spots of grey suf- 

 fusion ; several spots of dark and pale suffusion along costa ; an 

 undefined blotch of dark fuscous suffusion in disc, extended to 

 enclose a pale greyish-ochreous spot on costa at ;^ : cilia ferru- 

 ginous-brownish, on toruus tinged with grey. Hindwings with 

 o parallel to 4 ; whitish-ochreous or pale greyish-ochreous ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. 



Assam, Khasis, in July ; SiKKist, Darjiling, 7000 feet, in March ; 

 two specimens. 



Peronea semitexta, n. sp. 



cJ. 16 mm. Head whitish. Palpi moderate, brownish, irro- 

 rated with dark fuscous. Thorax and abdomen groy-whitish. 

 Forewings suboblong, moderate, costa anteriorly moderately 

 arched, with projection of scales before middle, rather arched 

 again towards apex, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, some- 

 what oblique ; grey-whitish, with a few minute scattered raised 

 blackish dots ; a narrow fuscous streak spotted with ferruginous 

 along dorsum from | to |, edged above with pale yellowish ; an 

 elongate dark red-brown mark on costal antemedian scale-projec- 

 tion, two others ecjually elongate beyond middle, and two shorter 

 ones posteriorly ; apical half of wing beyond a slightly curved line 

 from antemedian projection of costa to beyond middle of dorsum 

 suffusedly mixed with brown and grey, with a fine curved waved 

 whitish line from j of costa to tornus, and a subterminal series of 

 minute black dots or strigula) ; veins posteriorly white ; an inter- 

 rupted fine black line on upper part of termen : cilia white, with 

 pale greyish anterior and light brownish posterior shades. Hind- 

 wings with 5 approximated to 3 at base ; grey-whitish, with a 

 few grey strigulic near apex ; cilia whitish, with a grey line round 

 apex. 



SiKKiM, at 4500 feet, in November {Dudtjeon) ; one specimen. 



Peronea placata, n. sp. 



(^ 2. 15-18 mm. Head, palpi, and anterior half of thorax 

 dark bronzy-fuscous, posterior half of thorax ])ale yellow-ochreous. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings oblong, costa anforiorly strongly, pos- 

 teriorly hardly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, rather 

 obli<iue ; pale yellow-ochreous, with a few black specks, dorsum 

 with some minute dark fuscous strigulao ; costa dark fuscous 

 VOL I. — Mil rill 1912. C 



