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PrivnopaUis sericea, sp. n. 



Fore wing glossy fuscous, rather broader tlian is usual in 

 tlie genus; first line very indistinct, slightly oblique, second 

 line also indistinct, bounded below the costa, from which it 

 starts vertically, by a pale yellowish-white blotch, beneath 

 which its middle third shows three distinct teeth, and the 

 lower third one larger tooth ; fringes concolorous, with a fine 

 pale line along their base ; stigmata darker, but indistinct ; 

 the orbicular small, close to the first line; the renifonn 

 larger, in the middle of the wing. Hind wing with the 

 second line repeated, and followed by a pale space throughout 

 its course. Ilead, thorax, and abdomen all fuscous. 



Ex]janse of wings 24 millim. 



Three females from Dharmsala. 



Prionopaltis consocia^ sp. n. 



Fore wings not quite so broad as in P. sericea ; the costa 

 straighter towards the apex ; silky brown, as in sericea^ from 

 which it is distinguished as follows : the pale subcostal patch 

 at the beginning of the second line is larger, more distinctly 

 tridontatc behind ; the end of the line on the inner margin is 

 distinctly marked as a small angulatcd blotch ; the base of 

 the reniform stigma is marked by a minute yellowish dot ; 

 all the fringes concolorous, without the bright pale basal line 

 of sericea. 



Expanse of wings 26 millim. 



One male from Japan. 



Prionopaltis (?) suffusalisj sp. n. 



Fore wing fuscous brown ; the lines the same colour, indi- 

 cated only by a few yellowish dots, which follow tiioir course; 

 a small yellow spot before the orbicular stigma ; a square 

 blotch between the two stigmata, and a large, irregular, oval 

 one between the reniform and the second line ; below the 

 median vein is a wedge-shaped yellowish mark between the 

 first median nervule and the median vein itself, and below it 

 a square blotch. Hind Aving with the second line more 

 visible ; a large brown central spot, connected by a second 

 with the outer line ; central space irregularly yellow ; fringes 

 concolorous. 



Expanse of wings 28 millim. 



One fcnudc from Japan, 



