194 MESSES. H. J. ELWES AND JAMES EDWAEDS : 



with the discal area brown, apical area brownish grey ; hyaline spots as on the 

 upperside ; a large oblong suffused pale spot in cell 1 a, and a small brown spot 

 in each of cells 4-7 : hind wing brownish grey, with nine roundish black spots 

 placed as follows — one in the basal fourth of cell 7, one in the cell next the 

 base of cell 6, one near the basal third of cell 1 b, one near the middle of cell 7, 

 one in cell 6, one in cells 4-5, one each in cells 2 and 3, and one near the apical 

 third of cell 1 b, the six last named forming a subterminal curved series ; fringe pale, 

 with dark spots next the veins. 



Body above concolorous with the wings. Palpi clothed with yellowish-grey scales 

 intermixed with black ones. Antenna? brown, spotted with white on the underside 

 from the base to the club, which bears a white ring. 

 2 . Similar to the male. 



Expanse 37-38 mm. 



Described from three males and one female in coll. Elwes. 



Hab. Pulo Laut (Doherty). 



Pedestes fuscicoknis, n. sp. (Plate XVIII. fig. 25, 6 ; Plate XXIV. fig. 43.) 



6 . Upperside dark umber-brown : fore wing with five yellowish-white hyaline 

 spots — one, the largest, in cell 2 and reaching from the basal fifth to about the 

 middle of that cell, one occupying the prebasal fourth of cell 3, one, punctiform, 

 near the basal third of cell 6, and two in the cell, one on the lower edge and next 

 the base of cell 3 and one on the upper edge near the base of cell 9 ; the wing- 

 membrane on each side of vein 1 a from the base to the middle paler in colour 

 and having a somewhat inflated appearance : hind wing with a tuft of subequal 

 long brown hairs near the base and reaching nearly to the middle. Underside : 

 fore wing brown, the hyaline spots as on the upperside ; a large oblong suffused 

 pale spot in cell 1 a, and traces of small dark spots one each in cells 4-8, most 

 distinct in cells 4 and 5 : hind wing brown, with a distinct purple shade and nine 

 black spots placed as follows : — one in the basal fourth of cell 7, -one in the cell next 

 the base of cell 6, one near the basal third of cell 1 b, one near the middle of cell 7, 

 one in cell 6, one in cells 4-5, one each in cells 2 and 3, and one near the apical 

 third of cell 1 b, the six last named forming a submarginal curved series ; fringe pale, 

 the basal half (that is, the short scales) dark. 



Body above concolorous with the wings. Clothing of palpi above dark brown, 

 beneath of yellowish-grey and brown scales intermixed in nearly equal numbers. 

 Antennse brown, underside spotted with white near the base; club with a white ring. 



Expanse 30-34 mm. 



Described from three male specimens in coll. Elwes, in one of which the purple 

 shade is absent from the underside of the hind wing. 



Bab. Pulo Eaut (Doherty). 



