species of PyraVidx. 3 



liiiid tibi?e friuged with very long hair above, with a tut't of 

 long hair from base below followed by a thick fringe of hair, 

 the medial spurs absent, the terminal outer spur very long, 

 the first joint of tarsus friuged with very long hair below. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; pectus and base 

 of legs whitish ; ventral surface of abdomen white, fuscous 

 towards extremity, the anal tuft and claspers white below, 

 genital tufts ochreous white. Wings uniform dark browu 

 tinged with purplish, a slight pale line at base of cilia. 



Hab. Singapore (Rid/ei/), 1 c? , 1 ? type; Borneo, 

 Sandakau (Pryer), 2 ? . Exp. 28 mm. 



(3 a) Botyodes brachytorna, sp. n. 



Hind wing of male with the termen indented at submedian 

 fold, the torual area contorted and thickly clothed with rough 

 hair above and below. 



S ■ Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi with black points 

 at sides of joints ; antennte ringed with black towards base ; 

 teguhe, shoulders, and patagia with black sputs ; fore coxae 

 with black spots, the femora and tibiae at extremities with 

 black bands, the fore tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen 

 yellow, the second segment with subdorsal black spots, the 

 terminal segments with silvery rings and the anal tuft silvery, 

 the central surface dark brown at extremity. Foro wing 

 yellow ; a subl)asal black spot below costa : small antemedial 

 black spots below costa and cell and above inner margin ; a 

 silvery discoidal bar defined by brown; the terminal area 

 red-brown with a leaden gloss and defined on inner side by 

 a dark brown line which is sinuous to vein 4, then angled 

 inwards to the discoidal bar and again sinuous to inner 

 margin ; a dark brown subterminal shade, a terminal series 

 of black stria}, and Hne pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 yellow, the terminal area broadly red-brown with a silvery 

 leaden gloss and defined on inner side by a dark brown liue; 

 a dark subterminal shade and black terminal line. 



$ . Hind wing without the silvery gloss on termen and at 

 tornus, the terminal line broken up into black striffi, a dark 

 line near base of cilia. 



Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 8 J, 1 ? type, 

 Mt. Kebea {Pratt), 1 c?, 2 ? , Mafalu {Pratt), 1 ? . E.vp. 

 30-32 mm. 



(4 c) Sylepfa monoleuca^ sp. n. 



Antenna? of male with the tooth on basal joint large, 

 the shaft thickened just bevond it ; fore wing on underside 



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