302 pyralid^:. 



4878. Phryganodes imbecilis, Moore, Lep. Ath. p. 219, pi. 7, fig. 23 ; 



C. 8f S. no. 4234. 

 Charema scabripennis, Warr. A.M. N. H. (6) xvii, p. 131. 



Dark fuscous brown with a slight purplish tinge. Fore wing 

 with an oblique sinuous antemedial black line ; a spot in cell and 

 larger discocellular spot ; a dentate postmedial line straight from 

 costa to vein 3, then retracted to below end of cell and excurved 

 again. Hind wing with discocellular black spot ; a minutely 

 dentate postmedial line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 38 millim. 



4879. Phryganodes unitinctalis, n. sp. 



Glossy brown ; palpi fuscous, whitish at base ; legs and under- 

 side of thorax and abdomen whitish ; fore tibiae with a fuscous 

 band. Pore wing with obliquely curved antemedial fuscous line ; 

 a spot in cell and one on discocellulars ; the postmedial line nearly 

 straight from costa to vein 2, then retracted to below angle of cell 

 and excurved again. Hind wing with the line almost medial, 

 somewhat indistinct, and bent outwards between veins 5 and 2. 



Hab. E. Pegu (Doherty). Exp. 30 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



b'. Foreiving of male with a large tuft of long hair from base 

 of costa below. 



4880. Phryganodes lophophoralis, n. sp. 



<3 . Differs from imbecilis in being paler and greyer ; neither 

 wing with the postmedial line waved ; hind wing with no disco- 

 cellular spot; abdomen whitish below, the anal segment black. 



Hab. Sikhim {Holler). Exp. 40 milliru. Type in coll. Elwes. 



c'. Fore wing of male tvith a thick ridge of large scales concealing 

 tufts of long hair on basal half of costa beloiu. 



4881. Phryganodes pachycraspedalis, n. sp. 



Differs from imbecilis in being duller brown. Eore wing with 

 the speck in cell and discocellular spot small ; the postmedial line 

 of both wings less prominent, and on fore wing hardly waved from 

 costa to vein 2. Underside whitish. 



Hab. Margharita, Assam {Doherty). Exp. 36 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



b. Wings with the outer margins excurved at middle and excised 

 towards apex and anal angles. 



4882. Phryganodes maculicostalis, Hmpsn. III. Set. ix, p. 171, 



pi. 172, fig. 12. 



cJ . Smoky black with a slight purple tinge; palpi beJow, thorax, 

 and legs white. Fore wing with curved antemedial line ; a post- 

 medial white spot on costa : both wings with discocellular black spot 

 and a postmedial line sinuous from costa to vein 2, then retracted to 



