178 On neio Genera and Species 0/ Py validte. 



scattered near the base ; first line angulated, with both edges 

 denticulated ; second line running at first inwards, forming a 

 sharp indentation Lclow the costa, and then two gradual 

 curves outwards to the inner margin, both edges, as in the 

 first, denticulated ; a row of black dots at base of fringes, the 

 top four being expanded into spots, filled up with grey and 

 edged with black, like the two lines ; reniform stigma the 

 same, 8- shaped, the lower half the larger, followed by a 

 smaller spot before the second line. Hind wings white, 

 diaphanous, with a central black s|)ot and series of marginal 

 black dots ; a largish greyish blotch near the margin towards 

 the anal angle. Head, abdomen, and underside whitish. 



Expanse of wings 28 millim. 



A male from Abyssinia in the British Museum Collection. 



Spilodes, Guen. 

 Type Spilodes verticalis, Linn. S. N. x. p. 335. 



Spilodes bico/oralis, sp. n. 



Fore wings fuscous, with all the veins pale ochreous, espe- 

 cially towards the hind margin ; stigmata edged with blackish ; 

 the orbicular long and flattened ; the reniform obliquely 

 kidney-shaped; space before each paler; a black line from 

 the base beneath tlic median and a shorter blackish })atcli 

 beneath the submedian ; a cuneiform exterior line blackish, 

 interrupted by each paler vein ; base of fringes dark brown, 

 preceded by a straight pale ochreous space; fringes themselves 

 pale, with a strong dark basal line, and their apices darker. 

 Hind wings dull T/elhic, suffused with cinereous towards the 

 base and along the costa and hind margin, with a dark cell- 

 spot and a blackish curved central fascia; fringes as in fore 

 wing, preceded by a distinct yelloicish pale space. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen cinereous. Underside of both wings 

 dull yellowish, with the markings faintly fuscous, but the 

 two stigmata very distinct. 



Expanse of wings 30 millim. 



One male from Baghdad, evidently related to scalaralis^ 

 .Christoph, and sedacowialis, Eversm. 



Trit^a, Meyr. 



Type T. offinilalis^ Led. (Euri/creon), T. ustalis, IVIeyr. Tr. 

 E.S. Loud. "1884, p. 342. 



Trihva profealis, sp. n. 

 J. Fore wing cinereous, varied with ochreous; central 



