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Pekixera, Meyr. 



93. Perixera syntona, n. s. 



^, 39 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, upx^er part of forehead 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, above dark fuscous, terminal 

 joint moderate. Antennae whitish-ochreous, pectinations a 5, 69. 

 Thorax and abdomen whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with black. 

 Legs whitish-ochreous. Fore wings with costa slightly arched, 

 hind margin waved, rounded, rather oblique ; vein 11 out of 9 ; 

 pale whitish-ochreous, slightly brownish-tinged, finely sprinkled 

 with black ; a black dot in disc before middle ; second line repre- 

 sented by an irregular series of blackish dots from five-sixths of 

 costa to three-fourths of inner margin, with traces of a faint con- 

 necting fuscous shade, sharply indented above middle ; a hind- 

 marginal row of blackish dots between veins ; cilia pale whitish- 

 ochreous. Hind wings with hind margin rounded, crenulate ; 

 colour and markings as in fore wings, but discal black dot much 

 larger and transverse. 



Port Moresby {Kowald) ; one specimen., 



94. Perixera ohrinaria, Gn. 



Epliyra ohrinaria, Gn., ix., 414 ; Anisodes ohlivinria, 

 Walk., 643; A. similaria, ib., 1582; A. caUfiata, 

 ib., 1584; A. suspicaria, Snell., Tijd. v. Ent., 

 1881, 80, pi. viii., 6. 



Port Moresby {Koicald) ; two specimens. Occurs also 

 in India, Ceylon, Celebes, and Solomon Islands. 



95. Perixera nephelos'pila, n. s. 



$ , 37 mm. Head and antennae whitish-ochreous, upper half of 

 face fuscous- crimson. Palpi long, whitish-ochreous, above fuscous- 

 crimson, terminal joint long. Thorax pale brownish-ocln-eous. 

 (Abdomen broken.) Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle 

 femora suffused with dull crimson above. Fore wings with costa 

 slightly arched, faintly sinuate in middle, hind margin waved, 

 rounded, obhque ; 11 anastomosing with 9,1a. and 1 b connected 

 by a short bar near base ; light oclureous, finely irrorated with 

 blackish scales shaded with pale fuscous; first line indicated by 

 three black dots ; second line represented by an irregular series of 

 blackish dots from four-fifths of costa to three-fourths of inner 

 margin, followed on lower third by a cloudy blackish-fuscous blotch 

 extending to inner and hind margin, but leaving an ill-defineil pale 



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