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abdomen pinkish ochreous. Underside less pink ; the basal 

 and marginal areas of fore wings dark brown, broader than 

 above. Hind wings with basal area much dusted with dark 

 brown, and with a strongly marked, curved, dark brown 

 central line ; cell-spot black, distinct. 



Expanse of wings 26 millim. 



One male from Peermaad. 



A very distinct species. 



Genus Peucela, Rag. 

 Peucela fumosalis, sp. n. 



$ . Fore wings pinkish ochreous, the basal and marginal 

 areas and the hinder part of the median area suffused with 

 fuscous scales ; first line at one third, bluntly elbowed in 

 middle, whitish, finely edged with darker ; second line beyond 

 two thirds, crenulated, whitish, edged internally, except at costa, 

 with a thick dark line ; costa fuscous, dotted with ochreous ; a 

 rather large blackish cell-spot; a row of black triangular marks 

 along hind margin ; fringe reddish grey, ochreous towards 

 base. Hind wings wholly suffused with fuscous, reddish 

 ochreous along inner margin ; a pale line edged outwardly 

 with darker at one third, followed by a small dark cell-spot ; 

 a curved and crenulate submarginal line, edged internally 

 with dark ; marginal line dark ; fringe darker than in fore 

 wings, with a thick dark dividing line. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen ochreous, dusted with fuscous. Underside of fore 

 wings thickly dusted with fuscous, of hind wings pale 

 ochreous, more sparsely dusted ; both wings with discal spot 

 and outer line marked. 



Expanse of wings 26 millim. 



One female from the Khasias. 



Peucela rubrifuscalts, sp. n. 



Fore wings greyish stone-colour, sprinkled with black 

 atoms ; antemedian line at one fourth, curved outwards in 

 upper half and inwards below, black, edged internally with 

 red, entirely red in the lower half, the reddish tinge ex- 

 tending along the costa to the base ; a small dark cell-spot ; 

 postmedian line from three fourths of costa to near anal 

 angle, sinuous outwards in middle, inwards above and below, 

 blackish, preceded by a very fine dark line of blackish atoms ; 

 marginal area black-brown, the apical region reddish; fringe 

 black-brown and reddish, chequered, with a pale basal line ; 

 costa between the two lines dotted with black. Hind wings 



