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(28) Chilo argentifascia, sp. n. 



$ . Head ochreous white, pale rufous at sides and behind ; 

 thorax pale rufous, the patagia silvery white ; abdomen white 

 tinged with brownish ochreous ; antennae tinged with rufous ; 

 pectus and legs white tinged with brownish ochreous. Fore wing 

 pale rufous ; the costal edge silvery white, expanding into a narrow 

 fascia from before middle to apex ; a broad silvery white fascia 

 edged by slight dark brown lines from base, where it extends to the 

 inner margin, in and below the cell and thence to the termen below 

 apex and to the cilia. Hind wing silvery white, the inner area 

 faintly tinged with brown. Underside glossy white, the costal area 

 of both wings faintly tinged with rufous. 



Sab. W. Australia, Sherlock R. {Clements), 2 $ type. Exp. 

 30 mm. 



(2) Leucargyra xanthoceps, sp. n. 



Head, tegulae, and some of the hair on prothorax orange-yellow, 

 the rest of thorax white ; abdomen white tinged with orange-yellow, 

 the 2nd and 3rd segments dorsally fulvous ; antennae with the shaft 

 white above ; palpi fuscous brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface 

 of abdomen white, the fore legs fuscous brown in front, the coxa? 

 yellow and white at base. Wings uniform silvery white above 

 and below. 



Sab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 2 d , 1 ? type. Exp., 6 50, $ 74 mm. 



(6 a) *Escliata irrorata, sp. n. 



2 • Pure white ; palpi blackish except at tips ; antennae brown ; 

 fore tibiae orange fringed with white ; tarsi orange ringed with 

 white ; abdomen with dorsal orange patch on 2nd and 3rd seg- 

 ments ; wings silvery white. Fore wing with faint traces of a 

 sinuous golden medial line from vein 2 to inner margin ; a curved 

 subterminal golden line, the area on its inner side broadly irrorated 

 with large black scales, extending on inner area to the medial line ; 

 cilia reddish golden. 



Sab. Assam, Khasis, type in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 52 mm. 



(2) Doraioperas fulvescens, sp. n. 



6 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown, 

 the head whiter in front, the thorax irrorated with dark brown ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with red- 

 brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with fulvous brown and 

 sparsely irrorated with large black scales, the costal area rather 

 whiter to beyond middle ; the medial area with oblique rufous 

 shade from subcostal nervure to vein 1 ; a black discoidal point ; 

 an indistinct rather diffused brownish postmedial line, arising below 

 the costa, excurved to vein 4>, then very oblique to middle of inner 



