238 Novit ates Zoologicae XXIII. 1916. 



beyond its extremity, and points above and below vein 1. Hindwing orange- 

 yellow with small black discoidal spot ; cilia whitish. 



Hab. British Central Africa, Zomba (Old), 1 <? type. Exp. 38 mill. 



1897«. Pericallia coorgensis n. sp. (Lep. Phal., PL 62./. 12) 



? . Head white tinged with crimson, the antennae, frons and palpi dark brown, 

 the antennae with the basal joint crimson and some white at base of shaft ; thorax 

 dark brown, the tegulae white with quadrate brown patch and some crimson below, 

 the patagia white with brown spot ; coxae with crimson patches, the femora crimson 

 above ; abdomen crimson with dark spot at base, then a series of bands and a patch 

 on anal segment, the ventral surface dark brown confluent with lateral series of 



spots and with slight ventral scarlet bars on median segments. Forewing 



chocolate-brown ; a white fascia from base below the cell, beyond the lower angle 

 obliquely bent upwards to costa, extending to inner margin and with a slight 

 crimson tinge at base, emitting projections into the cell near base and before and 

 at middle and on lower side before and beyond middle, the oblique part with 

 slightly waved edges and with a slight crimson tinge at costa; a wedge-shaped 

 white patch slightly tinged with crimson on apical part of costa and a semicircular 



patch at middle. Hindwing crimson with slight brown marks at and above upper 



angle of cell and subterminal chocolate-brown patches conjoined by bars below costa, 

 at middle, and above tornus, the apical and tornal patches touching the termen. 

 Underside of forewing with the fascia crimson except at costa ; hindwing with 

 irregular brown patch at middle of costa connected with the apical patch which 

 extends along the costa for a short distance. 



Hab. Madras, Coorg, Somwarpet (Hannyngton), 1 ? type. Exp. 50 mill. 



1926 3, Ecpantheria obsolescens n. sp. {Lep. Phal., PL 63./. 9 S, 10 ?) 



3. Head and thorax brownish white, the tegulae with small blackish spots, 

 the patagia with elongate annuli, the pro- and metathorax with paired annuli ; 

 antennae black except at base ; frons at sides and above black-brown ; fore femora 

 at extremities, the mid and hind tibiae at base and extremities, and the tarsi black- 

 brown ; abdomen dark brown, the medial segments glossed with blue and irrorated 

 with whitish, the extremity and ventral surface brownish white, dorsal orange spots 



on medial segments and lateral maculate fasciae. Forewing brownish white, the 



terminal area somewhat semihyaline except towards tornus ; subbasal, antemedial, 

 medial and postmedial series of rather faint brown annuli, oblique from below costa, 



and two subterminal annuli on inner area. Hindwing white, the veins brownish, 



the inner area with fascia of dark brown hair. Underside of forewing brownish 

 white ; hindwing with ante- and postmedial brown annuli on costa. 



¥ . Thorax without markings. Forewing with the terminal area more thickly 



scaled, a fuscous discoidal bar and complete subterminal and terminal series of 

 annuli. Hindwing with less dark brown hair on inner area. 



Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 $, 1 ? type; Chaquimayo (Watkins), 1 ?, 

 Exp. <? 54, ? 58 mill. 



1975 d. Pygarctia poliochroa n. sp. (Lep. Phal., PL 64./. 10). 



<S. Head and thorax brownish grey, the back of head scarlet, the metathorax 

 with slight paired scarlet marks ; antennae black-brown ; palpi scarlet at base ; 



