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dorsum before tornus : cilia dark fuscous, with a few whitish specks. Hind- 

 wings blackish fuscous ; an ochreous yellow streak beneath vein lb. from 

 base to beyond middle ; an elongate ochreous yellow blotch in disc above 

 middle, extending from i to § ; cilia pale yellowish with a blackish basal line, 

 at apex sufEused with dark fuscous, 



Khasis, in October ; one specimen. This distinct species differs from the 

 rest of the genus in the stalking of veins 6 and 7 of fore wings, but is bo 

 obviously allied in all other characters that it is unnecessary to separate it 

 generically ; moreover in one example of P. chionardis these two veins are 

 connected in middle m one wing, showing variability in this direction. 



Phycodes chionardis, n. sp. j>,^^tf^ 



$ 9- 17-18 mm. Head dark shining bronzy fuscous with violet reflections, ' 



•oUar and posterbital scales white. Palpi white, terminal joint minute, 

 'black. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, scales finely edged 

 with whitish. Abdomen blackish, segmental margins white, beneath much 

 more broadly. Forewiugs elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, somewhat oblique ; dark purplish 

 fuscous, finely irrorated with white ; the coalescence of this irroration 

 seems to form three undefined transverse lines before middle separate^ hy 

 dark lines, and there is a rather large undefined dark costal spot beyond 

 these : cilia deep coppery-purplish. Hindwings blackish fuscous ; a narrow 

 white median streak from rather near base to middle, hairs of 16 white ; cilia 

 white, with a blackish fuscous basal line, round apex tinged with coppery- 

 purplish. 



Polgahawela and Rambukkana, Ceylon, in May and June (Alston) ; one 

 specimen, 



Phycodes chalcocrossa, n. sp. 



9. 20 mm. Head bright brassy- metallic, back of crown and a line 

 between antennte dark fuscous, collar whitish. Palpi white, terminal joint 

 very short, black. Antennse blackish. Thorax fuscous, all scales margined 

 and some centred with whitish. Abdomen fuscous, segmental margins 

 white, beneath much more broadly. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 somewhat oblique ; dark purplish fuscous, on basal area with all scales 

 edged and some streaked with whitish, elsewhere very densely irrorated 

 with whitish, on median area forming fine transverse striae ; a slender dark 

 fuscous transverse fascia at |, only minutely speckled with whitish ; two 

 very small dark fuscous spots on costa beyond this, and several more or 

 less marked minute dark strigulae before and between these markings : 

 cilia bright coppery-bronze, above apex whitish. Hindwings blackish-fuscous ; 

 a cloudy median streak of whitish suffusion extending from near base to 

 middle ; hairs of 16 whitish ; cilia fuscous with a dark fuscous basalline, outer 

 half white except round apex. 



Arabia ; three specimens received from Standinger and Bang-Haas, by 



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