314 NOCTtriD^. 



3111. Perigea stellata. (Plate CXY. fig. 27.) 



Frospalta steUcda, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. Ill (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 

 ii. p. 211. 



(S . Head rufous, the basal joint of aiitennfe with white point in 

 front ; thorax deep red-brown, the base of tegulas rufous, the vertex 

 of thorax and tip of prothoracic crest white ; tarsi Avith white points ; 

 abdomen brown, the basal crest white, the others black, the ventral 

 surface rufous. Fore wing cupreous brown suffused with black 

 leaving the discal and submedian folds redder; five white points at 

 base in and below cell followed by an oblique white striga from costa 

 with two points below it ; an antemedial series of white points on 

 and below costa and on the veins, defined by black and with white 

 streak before it on inner margin ; orbicular represented by a small 

 white spot surrounded by white points ; reniform with four white 

 points in centre surrounded by white points ; traces of a waved 

 dark medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, with white point 

 at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and 

 produced to white points on the veins, oblique below vein 4, some 

 white points beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of small white 

 spots on the veins, reduced to points on veins 4, 3, 2, another series 

 of small white spots just before termen and a series of points on 

 termen ; cilia with series of white spots at tips and points at middle 

 towards apex. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white at tips; 

 the underside pale red-brown, the terminal area suffused with 

 fuscous, a faint discoidal lunule and diffused minutely crenulate 

 postmedial line. 



Hah. SiKHiM {Dudgeon, Sadler), 3 c^ type. Ex2). 40 millim. 



3112. Perigea contigna. (Plate CXY. fig. 28.) 



Frospalta contigua, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 122. 



Head and thorax deep red-brown ; basal joint of antennae white ; 

 prothoracic crest with some white scales, the metathorax with white 

 patch ; tibiae at base with white points, the tarsi ringed with white; 

 abdomen brown with the basal crest white. Fore wing black- brown 

 with a cupreous gloss ; two white points at base ; a subbasal white 

 striga from costa and spot below cell with point in cell further from 

 base ; antemedial line represented by a white striga from costa, 

 points on the veins and point on inner margin further from base ; 

 claviform a small white spot; orbicular a small round white spot 

 defined by black ; reniform with three white marks in centre 

 surrounded by small spots ; traces of a waved dark medial line ; 

 postmedial line indistinct, dark, with white point at costa, strongly 

 bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to white 

 points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white 

 points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of small white spots 

 on the veins somewhat excurved below costa and at middle and a 

 terminal series of points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia 



