( 406 ) 



dentate-lniiulate, from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, the tooth 

 on vein 6 blacker and more sharply defined than the rest ; sabmarginal line pale, 

 wavy ; slight traces of a median line ; all the lines marked by black dashes on costa, 

 which is spotted with pale ochreous ; fringe whitish, mottled with grey beyond veins ; 

 cell-spot invisible. 



Hindtcing : like forewing, bnt withont basal line ; a distinct blackish cell- 

 spot near base, preceding antemedian line. 



Underside black, the basal half of hindwing purplish grey ; the dark lines and 

 cell-spot distinct on hindwing, just traceable on forewing ; snbmarginal line 

 marked with white lielow costa of forewing and towards costa and at middle of 

 hindwing ; fringe white. 



Vertex, thorax, and abdomen like wings, the underside and legs also grey; 

 face and palpi black. 



Expanse of wings : 35 mm. 



2 6 6. 



127. Hypephyra plenimargo spec. nov. 



Foj'ewing : pinkish ochreous in central field, the basal and marginal thirds 

 covered with dark purple and olive fuscous scales, the lighter middle third with 

 fuscous striae ; the whole dark and light alike lustrous and scintillating ; the edges 

 of the dark portions are ragged and undefined, but near the inner edge of the 

 marginal border can be traced a broad olive-brown line; costal edge with yellow 

 spots in the dark portions, and dark in the light ; cell-spot crescentic, deep yellow ; 

 fringe dark, beyond black marginal spots. 



Hindwing : ochreous, clouded with smoky grey and with darker striae in basal 

 half ; the marginal half as in forewing, but without any distinct limiting shade ; 

 extreme base l)lackish ; extreme hindmargin slightly paler ; the whole spangled 

 with lustrous scales. 



Underside deep yellow to beyond middle ; marginal area smoky black, the 

 apex of forewing and hindmargin of hindwing slightly yellow ; forewing below 

 median vein with a cloud of grey striae from base to near middle ; a dark spot 

 on snbmediau vein and costa of hindwing just before middle. 



Face and palpi black ; collar grey-brown ; thorax purplish black ; abdomen 

 cinereous : all with lustrous scales. 



Expanse of wings : 42 mm. 



1 ?. 



128. Petrodava gibbosa spec. nov. and ab. rubra nov. and ab. intensa nov. 



(J. Forewing: 2>ale olive, speckled with black, the lines and shades olive- 

 rufous ; first line at one-fourth, angled in cell, and again on vein 1 ; median line 

 from beyond middle, angled on vein 6, then waved, to middle of inner margin ; 

 both these lines preceded by a shade of varying size and intensity ; cell-spot small, 

 blackish ; outer line from three-fourths, bent above 6, to three-fourths of inner 

 margin, slightly wavy, followed by a shade dentate outwardly, the teeth sometimes 

 black-marked ; fringe rufous, with pale tips. 



Hindwing : without first line ; the antemedian sinuous before the conspicuous 

 black cell-si)ot ; the postmedian curved, followed by a dentate-edged shade. 



