24 Mr. Butler's Descriptions of 



GENUS PEDALIODES. Butler. 

 1. Pedaliodcs Japhleta, sp. noo. 



$. Alse supra fuscffi ; anticcc subtus i'uscce, fascia perlata 

 media irregulari obscuriore ferrugineo utrinque diffuse 

 limitata ; costa et area externo-apicali pallidioribus nigro- 

 striolatis ; macula costali subapicali puuctisque quatuor, 

 discalibus albis ; posticse fere velut in P. Pilctha : exp. 

 alar. unc. 2, lin. 4. 



Wings above brown ; frontivings below brown, with a 

 very wide darker irregular central band, diffusely bounded 

 on each side witli ferruginous ; the costal and outer apical 

 area paler, striolated with black ; a costal subapical spot 

 and four discal points, all white ; liindivings almost as in 

 P. Piletha : expanse of wings, 2 inches, 4 lines. 



Inhabits — ? Coll. Kaden. in Coll. Druce. 



Allied to P. Piletha, but differs considerably in the 

 coloration of the under surface of the frontwings. 



^. Pcdaliodes Raplia, sp. nov. 



Alsd supra fuscne ; area apicali cupreo tincta ; anticoe 

 fasciola subrecta introrsum diffusa, extrorsum dentata ; 

 posticas angulo anali ferruginoso ; subtus pallidiores ; pos- 

 ticse areis abdominali et anali ferruginosis, nigro striolatis ; 

 punctis quatuor in sei?ie undulata apicali-discalibus argen- 

 teis ; maculis tribus anali-discalibus pyramidatis aureo- 

 flavis ; punctis subtribus valde indistinctis subanalibus 

 nigris; linea indistincta angulis alternis undata submar- 

 ginali ; corpus cinereo-fuscum : exp. alar. unc. 1, lin. 10. 



Wings above brown, the apical area tinged Avith copper 

 colour ; frontwings with a nearly straight band diffused on 

 the inner, but dentated on the outer, edge ; hindivings 

 with somewhat ferruginoiis anal angle. 



Wings below paler ; hindwings with the abdominal and 

 anal areas ferruginous, striolated with black ; four sih'er 

 disco-apical spots in an undulated line ; tliree disco-anal 

 golden yellow pyramidal spots ; two to three very indistinct 

 subanal black points ; an indistinct zigzag submarginal 

 line ; body grey-brown : expanse of wiuQs, 1 inch, 10 lines. 



Inhabits — ? Coll. Kaden. in Coll. IDruce. 



Closely allied to P. Cocijtia and P. Plotina. 



