﻿82 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Schau-s 
  on 
  

  

  Phisiodonta 
  nitissima, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  white, 
  outwardly 
  shaded 
  with 
  brown. 
  Head 
  : 
  frons 
  

   white 
  ; 
  vertex 
  ochreous 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  projecting 
  tuft. 
  

   Collar 
  and 
  thorax 
  ochreous 
  brown, 
  shaded 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   and 
  irrorated 
  with 
  lilacine 
  scales. 
  Abdomen 
  fuscous 
  grey- 
  

   above, 
  whitish 
  underneath, 
  irrorated 
  with 
  grey. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  

   light 
  brown, 
  with 
  darker 
  lines 
  and 
  shadings 
  ; 
  a 
  lilacine 
  basal 
  

   line; 
  the 
  antemedial 
  space 
  broadly 
  silvery 
  golden, 
  thickly 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  brown 
  in 
  cell 
  and 
  just 
  below 
  it, 
  also 
  on 
  sub- 
  

   median 
  ; 
  the 
  costa 
  finely 
  dark 
  grey 
  ; 
  the 
  medial 
  space 
  dark, 
  

   extending 
  to 
  apex, 
  forming 
  a 
  triangle 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  

   along 
  a 
  wavy 
  line 
  extending 
  from 
  below 
  apex 
  to 
  lobe 
  on 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  shaded 
  with 
  lilacine 
  along 
  costa, 
  and 
  with 
  wavy, 
  

   transverse, 
  lilacine 
  medial 
  lines 
  ; 
  an 
  inwardly 
  oblique 
  dark 
  

   shade 
  from 
  below 
  reniform 
  to 
  lobe 
  ; 
  the 
  reniform 
  consisting 
  

   of 
  wavy 
  lines 
  and 
  some 
  golden 
  scales 
  ; 
  some 
  golden 
  scales 
  

   also 
  medially 
  below 
  cell 
  ; 
  the 
  postmedial 
  partly 
  shaded 
  with 
  

   lilacine 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  silvery-golden 
  space 
  on 
  outer 
  half 
  of 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  extending 
  slightly 
  above 
  vein 
  2, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  similar 
  

   space 
  beyond 
  postmedial 
  between 
  veins 
  3 
  and 
  5; 
  a 
  fine 
  sub- 
  

   terminal 
  line 
  outcurved 
  to 
  6, 
  then 
  incurved 
  across 
  this 
  latter 
  

   golden 
  space, 
  rounded 
  and 
  deeply 
  incurved 
  across 
  the 
  golden 
  

   space 
  on 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  three 
  submarginal 
  black 
  spots 
  above 
  

   tornus, 
  and 
  some 
  golden 
  spots 
  above 
  vein 
  3, 
  outwardly 
  shaded 
  

   with 
  black 
  from 
  vein 
  4 
  to 
  7 
  ; 
  an 
  interrupted 
  marginal 
  lilacine 
  

   shade 
  and 
  terminal 
  line. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  fuscous 
  grey. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  39 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Tuis. 
  

  

  Plusiodonta 
  miranda, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  bi'own. 
  Collar 
  

   golden 
  brown, 
  all 
  irrorated 
  with 
  lilacine. 
  Abdomen 
  fuscous 
  

   grey. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  golden 
  brown; 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  costa 
  and 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  to 
  lobe 
  lilacine 
  grey, 
  limited 
  by 
  a 
  fine 
  oblique 
  

   whitish 
  line 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  streak 
  on 
  costa 
  and 
  below 
  cell, 
  and 
  one 
  

   in 
  cell 
  more 
  outset, 
  followed 
  by 
  another 
  on 
  costa 
  beyond; 
  

   from 
  before 
  middle 
  of 
  subcostal 
  an 
  inwardly 
  oblique 
  dark 
  

   shade 
  to 
  submedian 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  portion 
  of 
  inner 
  margin 
  to 
  

   near 
  tornus 
  shaded 
  with 
  lilacine 
  ; 
  the 
  medial 
  space 
  slightly 
  

   tinged 
  with 
  lilacine 
  ; 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  from 
  before 
  middle 
  

   to 
  near 
  apex 
  shaded 
  with 
  lilacine 
  ; 
  reniform 
  duller 
  brown 
  ; 
  a 
  

   black 
  line 
  from 
  outer 
  margin 
  along 
  vein 
  7 
  and 
  incurved 
  to 
  a 
  

   golden-yellow 
  postmedial 
  spot 
  on 
  vein 
  2 
  ; 
  an 
  ovate 
  black 
  

   line 
  from 
  tornus 
  to 
  near 
  vein 
  3 
  ; 
  two 
  other 
  fine 
  lines 
  curved 
  

   posteriorly 
  and 
  meeting 
  below 
  vein 
  3 
  extend, 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  

  

  