NEW SPECIES OF PYKALID^ FROM FORMOSA. 177 



wings white marked with orange on the basal third, hmited by an 

 almost straight orange antemedial line ; outer two thirds whitish 

 grey suffused, clouded with dark grey beyond the antemedial line, 

 and with brown grey on the terminal area ; discoidal mark orange, 

 part outlined in dark brown and enclosing a dark brown lunule ; 

 postmedial line, indicated by dark grey dots on the veins, elbowed 

 inwards below the cell ; subterminal line black interrupted ; fringes 

 dark grey, marked with paler just below apex. Hind wings similar 

 to fore wings, but without discoidal mark. Under side whitish, 

 silky, suffused with fuscous on fore wings ; a black discal dot and 

 traces of a dusky postmedial line on all wings. 

 Expanse, 24 mm. 



Collection number, 1396. 



A. male specimen from Kanshirei (1000 ft.), April 29tb, 1908. 



Comes between A. scissalis, Walker, and A. effertalis, VI sAker. 



Pagyda nebulosa, sp. u. 



<y . Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish ochreous, the abdomen 

 faintly tinged with brown on hinder segments. Fore wings whitish 

 ochreous, inclining to yellowish towards costa ; sub-basal line pinkish- 

 brown, outwardly oblique ; antemedial line pinkish-brown, nearer to 

 sub-basal on dorsum than on costa ; postmedial line pinkish-brown, 

 inclining to black on costa, turned in under cell towards the pinkish- 

 brown discoidal spot, thence wavy to the dorsum ; area beyond 

 postmedial line suffused with brown and traversed by a diffuse pale 

 brown band which projects inwards along the bend of the post- 

 medial line ; terminal line dark brown, fringes pale brown. Hind 

 wings rather whiter than the fore wings ; discoidal mark pinkish- 

 brown, from which an elbowed line runs to dorsum ; postmedial 

 line pinkish-brown, oblique, uniting with the brownish band above 

 tornus ; terminal line dark brown ; fringes whitish, ochreous at base. 



Expanse, 24 mm. ^ . 27 mm. $ . 



Collection number, 1055. 



One example of each sex from Arizan (7300 ft.), the male 

 taken September 13tb, 1908, and the female September 16tb, 

 1906. One male from Tappansha, Arizan district (3500 ft.), 

 September 6th, 1906. 



There are four specimens in the British Museum (three 

 Arizan (Wileman) and one Arizan (Moltrecbt). 



Sylepta sericealis, sp. n. 



$ . Fore wings glossy, pale ochreous brown ; antemedial line 

 fuscous, outwardly oblique, indistinct ; postmedial line fuscous, 

 wavy, curved under end of cell, thence direct to dorsum, one third 

 from tornus, a brownish dot in the cell and a brown elongate spot 

 at end of cell ; fringes paler and rather more glossy. Hind wings 

 pale fuscous with a curved dusky transverse line one third from 

 termen ■ fringes paler, glossy. Under side pale fuscous, margins 



