2ISABA. 145 



wing pure white ; a large fuscous patch on the basal half of the 



costa ; a dark postmedial curved 

 line, the area beyond it fuscous 

 except at apex ; tufts of opales- 

 cent scales on the basal patch, at 

 and beyond the end of cell, on 

 the postmedial line and marginal 

 fuscous area. Hind wing white ; 



Fig. 96. Pisara acontioides, tf. \. the outer area suffused with 



fuscous. 

 Hab. Ceylon ; Borneo. Exp. 18 millim. 



SECT. II. Tore wing with vein 6 absent. 



1541. Pisara lucidalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 245. 



$. Head and thorax pure white; abdomen whitish fuscous. 

 Fore wing white ; a triangular subbasal brown patch on the costa ; 

 a medial band from the costa to vein 1 ; a postmedial band with 

 waved outer edge ; some reddish-brown suffusion on outer area ; 

 a fan-shaped tuft of long scales at end of cell. Hind wing white ; 

 a dark line on the discocellulars ; the outer area suffused with 

 fuscous. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Borneo. Exp. 16 millim. 



1542. Pisara rufescens, n. sp. 



3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the last with a fuscous 

 tinge. Fore wing with the basal area white ; the outer half from 

 a point on the costa before the middle and on inner margin at the 

 postmedial line suffused with rufous, the apex being pale ; patches 

 of purplish-grey scales at centre of costa and outer angle ; a post- 

 medial line excurved round end of cell. Hind wing pale reddish 

 brown. 



Hab. Eangoon (Scott). Exp. 18 millim. Type in B. M. 



1543. Pisara laminata, Hmpsn. Ill Het. viii, p. 75, pi. 145, fig. 5. 



. Head and thorax white ; abdomen fuscous, ringed with 

 white. Fore wing white ; a brown and black basal patch on the 

 costa ; traces of an antemedial curved black line ; a large black 

 and brown triangular medial patch on the costa, suffused with 

 raised metallic scales ; a postmedial line highly excurved beyond 

 the cell, the whole area beyond it except the costal area, which has 

 some pale brown marks on it black, suffused with raised metallic 

 scales. Hind wing and underside fuscous. 



Hab. Nilgiris. Exp. 24 millim. 



1544. Pisara argyria, n. sp. 



c? . Silvery white. Fore wing with a black spot on base of 



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