516 Mr. E. Meyrick oji some 



Pagyda, Walk. 

 Forehead flat, oblique ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. An- 

 tennae four-fifths, in ^ serrate, minutely ciliated Q). Labial palpi 

 moderate, second joint arched, ascending, with long dense rough 

 projecting scales in front, terminal joint moderately long, very 

 slender, porrected. Maxillary palpi moderate, somewhat dilated 

 terminally with loose scales. Abdomen in ^ with small anal tuft, 

 anal segment elongate. Middle tibiae in <? rather dilated, posterior 

 tibiae with outer spurs half inner. Fore wings with veins 8 and 9 

 stalked, 10 closely approximated, 11 very oblique. Hind wings 1 ; 

 veins 3, 4, 5 approximated at base, 7 out of 6 near origin, anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to one-third. 



To this genus is referable, besides the following species, 

 P. amphisalis, Wolli. (quadrilincata, Butl.). 



154. Pagyda salvalis, Walk. 



Pagyda salvalis, Walk., 487. 



5 , 17 mm. Head orange, sides of face slenderly white. Palpi 

 pale orange, second joint with apical and anterior margins, and an 

 inner semicircular mark parallel to these, blackish-grey, base white 

 beneath. Antennae pale orange. Thorax whitish-ochreous, with 

 a stripe on each side of back, and both margins of patagia orange. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, with an orange stripe on each side of 

 back coalescing posteriorly, margins of posterior segments silvery- 

 white, with a black dot before apex. Legs whitish, anterior pair 

 orange, tarsi banded with white. Fore wings elongate-triangular, 

 costa posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, hind margin bowed, 

 oblique ; whitish-ochreous, yellowish-tinged, with prismatic re- 

 flections ; costa narrowly yellow-ochreous ; five narrow deep 

 orange fasciae ; first from base of costa to one-fourth of inner 

 margin ; second straight, from a black dot on costa at one-fourth 

 to two-fifths of inner margin ; third rather broader, straight, from 

 a black dot beneath middle of costa to three-fifths of inner margin ; 

 fourth from a black dot on costa at three-fourths, parallel to hmd 

 margin, terminating abruptly below middle of wing; fifth broader, 

 submarginal, irregularly attenuated and angulated outwards below 

 costa ; a narrow irregular pale purplish fascia between fourth and 

 fifth, extending to inner margin ; a slender deep orange hind- 

 marginal streak ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with an orange Une near 

 base. Hind wings with colour and cilia as in fore wings ; three 

 straight narrow deep orange fasciae ; first from beneath costa at 

 one-third to two-thirds of inner margin ; second broader, from 



