catalogue of the Pyratidina of Sikkim. 615 



V Genus F agyb a, ^ Walk., Cat., 17, p. 487. 

 170. Pagycla salvaUs. 

 Pagyda salvalis, Walker, Cat., 17, p. 487 ; Moore, 



Lep. of Ceylon, p. 314, pi. 182, f. 6 ; S. & C, 



No. 4330. 

 Sikkim; Moller. 



171. Pagyda Instralis, nov. spec. 



A male of 26 mm. expanse. 



This species is very distinct by its clear yellow, shining, brass- 

 like ground colour, and the metallic lustre of a line running along 

 the hind margin of the wings. Palpi formed as in salvalis, pale 

 olive-brown, with a pure white base. Antennae testaceous. Body 

 concolorous with the wings, the apical fomth of the abdomen 

 ochreous brown, with two clear white spots ; anal tuft pale grey. 

 Hind wings not quite as shining as the fore wings ; all wings with 

 two slender pale brown lines, outwardly margined with metallic 

 scales ; the first line of fore wings straight, the second twice 

 obtusely broken on vein 3 ; lines of hind wings straight, parallel, 

 the first at one-third, ending before the rounded anal angle, the 

 second at two-thirds, running from vein 6 to the end of vein 3 ; 

 metallic line along hind margin basally margined by another 

 olive-brown one ; marginal line itself pale brown, distinct. Fringes 

 long, silky, pale yellow, lustrous, on hind wings with a slightly 

 darker basal line. Under side pale straw-yellow, the outer mar- 

 gins narrowly fuscous ; fore wings with a distinct, slender, dark 

 streak on the disco-cellular. Legs pale yellow, the front and 

 middle tibiae and the tarsi pure white on the outside ; fore tibiae 

 with a pale olive-brown spot. 



Sikkim; Moller. 



172. Pagyda arbiter. 

 Botys arbiter, Butler, Illustr., iii., p. 77, pi. 59, f. 13. 



The genus Pagyda is not a very distinct one, but if it 

 be maintained, then arbiter, Butl., must be considered 

 as a species of it. I think that the proper place of 

 Pagyda is here, and that it forms a link between Botys 

 and Glyphodes. 



Sikkim; Moller. 



