PHTTOMETRA. PALiEOPLUSlA. 581 



area grey suffused and irrorated with dark brown, a slight dark 

 discoidal hinule and waved postmedial and subterminal lines. 



Hah. Britain ; Feain^ce ; S. Geemaky ; Spain ; Azoees, 

 Horta Fayal (J". J. Walker), 1 J ; Madeiea (JVollaston), 

 Zeller and Leech Colls., 4 c? , 3 $ ; Canaeies, 1 § , Leech Coll., 

 Teneriffe {Gomez, Walsingham), 3 S : Ascension {Gomn/), 1 $ ; 

 St. Helena {Wollaston, Gillespie'), 7 S ; GIold Coast, Accra 

 (*SVr G. Carter), 1 $ ; Abyssinia {JDrake-Broclonan), 1 cT ; 

 SoMALiLAND {Drake- Br ocJc man), 1 5 ; Be. E. Aeeica, Nairobi 

 {Anderson), 1 5, Machakos {Crawshay), 3 c? , Kikuyu {Betfon), 



1 ? , Naitolia {Betton), 1 c? , Eb Urru {Betton), 1 J , N. Kavi- 

 rondo (Heave), 1 c? , S. Kavirondo (N'eave), 1 § , S. Kakumega 

 Forest (JVeave), 1 6 ; Uganda, Entebbe (Wollaston), 1 d" , 

 Buwenzori (Wollaston), 1 (5 ; N. Rhodesia, Serenje Distr. 

 (Weave), 2 d ; Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 3 d" ; 

 Rhodesia, Bulawayo (Marshall), 2 c? ; Teansvaal (Rose), 1 c5" , 

 Pretoria (Distant), 1 c? , 2 5 , Johannesburg (Hose), 1 c? ; Natal, 

 Malvern (Ifarshall), 1 $ , Dui'ban (Burrows, Boioker, Leigh), 

 5 c?, 2 5 ; Basutoland (Craivshay), 1 c? ; Cape Colony, G-ra- 

 hamstown, 1 $ ; Mada&ascae ; Maueitius (Pfeiffer, Manders), 



2 5 ; C. China, Shanghai, 2 c? ; Kashmie (Nurse), 1 5 , Kylang 

 (McArthtir), 1 $ , Karakoruni (Leech), 1 $ , Goorais Valley 

 (Leech), 1 c? , Narkundah (McArthtir), 1 5 , Kutie Pass 

 (McArthur), 1 c5~ ; Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 d* , 

 Dalhousie, 1 S, Kasaiili (Barroio), 2 c? , 1 $, Thundiani (Yer- 

 hury), 1 5, Campbellpiu" (Yerlury), 2 cJ , 1 $ , Dharinsala 

 (Hocking), 3 d" , 1 $ , Manpuri, 1 6 , Allahabad, 1 $ , Wuzeerabad 

 (Hearsey), 1 d' ; Sikhim (Dudgeon), 2 J ; Assam (Badgley), 

 1 $, Silhet (Stainsforth), 1 c? , Shillong (Parish), Id, 1 ? ; 

 Bengal, Chausa (Betton), 1 d, Pusa (Lefroy), 1 $ ; Madeas, 

 Nilgiris (Sampson), 2 d' ; Teavancoee, Piruiad (Mrs. Lmray), 

 1 d , 1 2 ; India, type in Banksian Coll. ; Ceylon, 1 S ; Jata 

 (Horsfield), 2 J , 1 $ ; N. Guinea, Sojeri, 1 c? . ^^^. 38- 

 48 millim. 



Larva. Bluish green with a few short dorsal hairs ; slender 

 dorsal white lines and a prominent lateral line. Food-plant, 

 Coreopsis. 



Genus PAL^OPJiUSIA, nov. 



Tjpe, P. vemista. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle 

 of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd short ; frons smooth, with 

 large tuft of hair ; ej'es large, round, overhung by long cilia ; antennse of male 

 ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair only, the metathorax with large divided 

 crest ; tibite fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair 

 on basal segments but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the 

 termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of 

 cell ; 6 irora upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from 

 angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



