446 COL. C. SWINHOE ON THE [Nov. 16, 



104. Phothedes frausa, n. sp. 



Yellowish cream-colour. Fore wings diffused with pinkish, costa 

 broadly grey ; an indistinct silvery sinuous inner line, which in some 

 specimens is disconnected and in some is wanting ; a similar out- 

 ward line from the outer two thirds of the hinder margin up to the 

 apex ; this line in many specimens runs in a brownish-grey shade, and 

 there are streaks and marks of this colour on the costa, on the 

 hinder margin towards the base, and marginal marks ; fringe also of 

 same colour. Hind wings in some examples slightly grey towards 

 the outer bordei-, in others pure pale yellowish cream-colour, paler 

 than the ground-colour of the fore wings. Underside of the same 

 colour but paler, more whitish, shining, and quite unmarked. 



Expanse of wings ^ inch. 



July. 



Quite common for a few days. A somewhat variable-looking 

 insect, because the colours and markings are much stronger in some 

 than in others, the ground-colour in some females being almost pure 

 pinkish. 



105. HiCCODA HERBARIA, U. Sp. 



Upperside, body, and wings white. Fore wings sparsely irrorated 

 with reddish-brown dots and atoms, some marks of the same colour 

 on the costa and outer margin, a sinuous line within a diffused band, 

 from the outer two thirds of the hinder margin to the apex ; a square 

 blackish large spot in the disk within this band ; fringe white, 

 marked with black marks. Hind wings witli the outer half shaded 

 with pale reddish brown ; fringe pure white. Underside whitish, 

 shaded with grey, darkest on the costa. Palpi black, last joint very 

 minute and pure white ; fore tarsi black with white bands. 



Expanse of wings ^ inch. 



June and July. 



106. Tarache nivosa, n. sp. (Plate XLI. fig. 14.) 



Head and thorax snow-white ; antennae and thorax reddish grey, 

 the latter marked with pure white within the segmants, may be 

 altogether white in freshly emerged specimens. Fore wings reddish 

 slate-colour, in some specimens pale brown-pink, a deep snow-white 

 baud extending along four fifths of the costa, filling nearly the whole 

 basal area with the dark colour of the wings, forming an elbow 

 upwards in the centre part of the band ; a reddish indistinct line 

 crossing the band at the basal third, just before the elbow, a spot at 

 the base within the band, also the orbicular and reniform spots all of 

 the general colour of the wing, clear and distinct ; the dark part of 

 the wing has white marks showing through here and there, and a 

 brownish elbow parallel with the stigmata, giving the appearance of 

 three spots in a longitudinal row ; marginal marks white ; fringe white- 

 Hind wings in some specimens white with greyish borders, in others 

 of a uniform pale slaty grey ; fringe white. Underside pale grey, 

 unmarked. 



