PLTTTODES. 161 



Fore wing with the costa ochreous ; traces of antemedial, post- 

 medial, submarginal, and marginal fuscous waved lines to both 

 wings. Hind wing with a red spot on margin at angle. 

 Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 38 inillhn. 



C. Both wings with their outer margins very slightly 

 angled at vein 3. 



3123. Plutodes nilgirica, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 115, pi. 151, fig. 6. 



rf . Differs from cyclaria in the fore wing having the edges of 

 the basal and outer rufous patches irregular ; the outer patch not 

 extending over the inner area, which is left yellow. Hind wing 

 with the outer edge of the basal patch waved, and separated from 

 the outer patch, which is reniform with waved edges. 



Hob. Nilgiris. Exp. 36 millim. 



3124. Plutodes exiguifascia, Hmpsn. EL Het. ix, p. 140, pi. 169, 



fig. 17. 



Wings with the basal rufous patches large, with straight outer 

 edges and separated from the outer patches, which have single, 

 hardly sinuous, silvery inner edges, are crossed by a faint waved 

 line and cover the whole outer half of both wings, leaving the 

 costa of fore wing and cilia of both wings yellow. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 32 millim. 



3125. Plutodes subcaudata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) vi, p. 224 ; id. III. 



Het. vi, p. 119, fig. 5 ; C. $ S. no. 3701. 



Differs from exquisita in the fore wing having the outer rufous 

 band expanded into a large rounded patch towards costa and 

 narrowing towards inner margin. Hind wing with the outer band 

 narrow at costa, expanding into a large rounded patch from veins 

 7 to 3, where it contracts and thence expands to anal angle, and 

 with a blackish spot on its outer edge at middle of margin. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 36 millim. 



3126. Plutodes costatus, Butl III Het. vi, p. 63, pi. 114, fig. 4; 



C. $ S. no. 3182. 

 Plutodes triangularis, Warr. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 388. 



Head rufous, the vertex and collar yellow ; thorax and abdomen 

 rufous. Wings rufous, with numerous pale striae. Fore wing 

 with the costa yellow, with some silvery scales below it and sending 

 three triangular spurs downwards at middle and beyond end of 

 cell and near apex, the 2nd largest ; a yellow patch at outer angle; 

 the cilia mostly yellow. Hind wing with a narrow yellow patch 

 at apex. 



Hab. Simla ; Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 40-48 millim. 



VOL. III. M 



