PERIZOMA. By L. 15. L'koit. 27!t 



jiilrislri(jit is tVoiii Sikkini aiid I liavc^ i1 Inuii Kumaoii. Iiiil I liavc not yct tomid auy racial fli.stinction. A 

 inodcratcly largc 8])ecies. with ratlier wann cDlDuriiig; the siihtcrininal ■■niaciila" ti])i)n wliieli the namc was 

 lounded, iw longitudinal and generally narrow. so tliat "striga" is a lirttcr drsignatiun. Fioni undstirta. whicli 

 has some points in common witli it. iulriiiKintla differs in tiie slia|)c of tlic niarUings. ahsence of their darlv 

 liorderings. jiresenee of (ill-defined) pale ol)li(pic' dasli i'rom apex. etc. promiscuaria U(rh. from \V. and Central promisma- 

 China (type from ('liang Yang), is ])erliaps on an average larger. less hriglit and w itli less (or seareely) developcd ''"'• 



longitndinal streak of tlie snbtcnninal. I'>\it a Fcjiinosan $ is closely iike some Indian. liberata l'ront. possibiv l'bcrata. 

 a separate sjiecies. has sharpei- contrasts tiian even /. fxlrhiutciiln. the l)road area l)etween basal and median 

 hands pale, traversed by a central brown sliade which is edged distally by an angulated darker line: distal area 

 •with a pale central spot recalling tliat oi' snintd but less sharply dcliiicd. a briglit i)rown band between tlie sub- 

 terminal and the double pale line whicii l)ounfls the median area. Szechuan. Kasily distinguislied from wriatn 

 by the sharply angled antemedian and pro.ximal mai-kings. 



P. affjnis Moore (27 i) differs from jiilriiiKiriilu in the su])])ressioii of tiie «liite spot at base of abdomen; aljinls. 

 liasal and median bands stronger, the intermediate band or sliade aimost obsolete; median band sometimes (as 

 in tlie figured paratyjie) broadened. Darjiling. 



P. constricta Warr. (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pl. 1(5 a). In Vol. 4, p. 259. T acceiited H.\jipson's su])pression oi amMrU-ki. 

 this to the preceding, though with a query. It is in any case a noteworthy form: brown j)arts less mi.xed with 

 blackish (especially between the sharply dark subl)asal and the antemedian line); median band narrowed. its 

 distal edge rather straight; mid-subterminal spot extended. but ill-defined. greyish. with no fulvous mark, 

 hindwing less \\hite. Dalhousie. 



P. lineola Bastelb. (27 i). "Forewing smoky Ijlaek with darker median band; along the termen are jjlaced linmla. 

 extremely fine white dots and at vein 4 a small yellow striga aecompanies this vein. Hindwing white, witii Hne 

 central dot. Underside smoke-grey. a jiraemarginal row of white dots from the costa to the bind angle: at the 

 Costa some indistinct spots. Hindwing with black central dot and a jiostmedian and a praemarginal macular 

 line. Fringes yellowish : on the forewing dark spotted." Ari.san. Formosa. I have not had on opportunity to 

 study this species. which may prove an aberration of pro)iiiscnaria: but I trust that a figure of the type will help 

 to elucidate it. 



P. seriata Moore (Vol. 4. jjl. 7 h). Forewing rather bright lirown. basal patcii well developed. median scriala. 

 band nearly always conspicuously dark, subterminal white, punctiform. the dots large, unless the anterior 

 2 or 3, mid-subterminal spot outstandingly large, nearly always piu'e white; an oblique whitish dash from a])ex. 

 Described from Darjiling; widely distributed in N. W. India, N. Burma and \V. China. — niveiplaga BasIeJh. niniphuja. 

 ('11 i). from Formosa, is more variable, nearly always les.s contrastingly coloured: median liand weakly darkened. 

 midsubtei'niinal spot oftenest suffused with buff. 



P. taiwana Wiletnan (-^ arizanensis Wileman) (-7 i). Founded on a few i^ from Arizan. 2(j to 27 nun. tahcmui. 

 Closely like seriata but with the characteristic white subterminal sjiot more speckled or reticulated with dark 

 scales. Possibly a remarkable modification of -s. niveiphuja. with the median band darkened and bounded dis- 

 tally by a double, broad line, of \\-hich tlie ])roximal part is i)are white, the distal oehreous. 



P. fasciata Warr. (27 i). Smaller than seriata. the wings more glistening (\\'.\rkf.n calls the forewing jaKchila. 

 "bronzy fuscous-bi'own") the median band bounded on each side by a double whitish line. most distinct costally, 

 the ])roximal one angulated outward in the middle; subterminal line maculai', the central spot moderate, roundish; 

 smaller white terminal spots. Forewing beneath with the costal part of the whitish postmedian stripe present. 

 also the two outer series of white spots; hindwing beneath glossy white, witii dari< base and •") lines or narrow 

 bands. Sikkim: Nepal frontier. 10 OOd to 12 (»(»() feet. 



P. variaria Leech (Vol. 4, j)!. i:5 m). A strongly glo.ssy species which I have sugge.sted (t. c. p. 259) may lariaria. 



possibly be a local race of the Ja])ane,se fiiJridn Btlr. (\o\. 4. ])1. 7 k. as punctilinearia). though it seems to be 

 somewhat broader winged and tiie hindwing is coiisiderabl\- jighter ,iiid icss dcvoid of markings. Szechuan, 

 the Originals from Pu-tsu-fong. 



P. prouti Schawerda (Sup])l.-Vol. 4. |). MiiS). Palpus longisii. heaviiy scaled. Kather broad-winged but pmuti. 

 probaliiy related to iju-onspiciinriii . tiie wiiite markings which border the meilian band stronger and clearer. 

 especially in the costal part of the outer one; a strong jn'ojectioii of the postmedian at celiule t! in addition to 

 the central lobe which is present in lioth: suliterminal forming a wJiitish spot in the middle: fringe clie((uered. 

 Ta-tsien-lu, only the type o known. 



P. inconspicuaria Lrerh (Vol. 4, ])l. 7 li). Tliis and its two neighbouring sjjccies are characterized by the iuroiuspi- 

 lunulate-dentate dark markings, in tiarticular tlie postmedian: the iirouiis and greys iÄ iitconspkitaria are not cuana 



