PSYRA.—PERICALLIA. 903 
' 3290. Psyra cuneata, Wk. Cat. xxi, p. 483; C. § S. no. 3426. 
" , Psyra similaria, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 659, pl. 33, fig. 1; 
C. & S. no. 2497, 9 
Differs from angulifera in the ground-colour being dull ochreous 
or yellow ; in the Eastern form, s¢mlaria, bright yellow. 
Hab. Japan; N.W. Himalayas; Sikhim; Khasis. vp. 44-52 
millim. , 
Genus PERICALLIA. 
Pericallia, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent. Haust. iu, p. 171 (1829). - 
Hygrochroa, Hiibn. Verz. p. 293 (? 1818), non descr. 
Type, P. syringaria, Linn., from Europe. 
Range. Palearctic and Ethiopian regions; Sikhim; Khasis ; 
Manipur; Burma. 
Palpi reaching beyond the frontal tuft, the 2nd joint clothed 
with long hair ; antenne bipectinated to near apex, the branches 
longer in the male than the female ; hind tibiz not dilated. Fore 
wing with the outer margin excurved at middle; vein 3 from 
before angle of cell; 7, 8, 9 stalked, from before upper angle; 10 
and 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell. 
In the typical section the costa of fore wing is arched at base, 
excised and contorted beyond middle; hind wing with the outer 
margin excised between veins 4 and 6. 
Sscr. II. Fore wing with the costa straight; hind wing with the 
outer margin angled at vein 4. 
A. Cilia non-crenulate. 
3291. Pericallia lugens, Buti. A. M. N. H. (5) vi, p. 123; 2d. Ill. Het. 
vi, pl. 114, fig. 2; C. § S. no. 3181. 
Olive-brown, striated with rufous; palpi orange. Fore wing 
with waved antemedial line with purple-grey on its inner edge; a 
speck at end of cell; a postmedial line slightly curved below costa 
and with purple-grey on 
its outer edge; an indis- 
tinct lunulate submar- 
ginal purple line. Hind 
wing with speck at end 
of cell; a postmedial line 
slightly angled at middle, 
with a brown band inside 
it, the two forming a tri- 
Fig. 122.—Pericallia lugens, 3. }. angle, aud with purplish 
on its outer edge; a lunu- 
late submarginal purple line with black spots inside the lunules 
above veins 3 and 6. Underside orange, with a prominent brown 
and purple postmedial line with rufous suffusion beyond it in 
male. 
Hab. Sikhim. Exp., 3 42, 2 46 millim. 
