428 pyraxidjE. 



Hind wing fuscous brown, with traces of postmedial line bent 

 outwards between veins 5 and 2, then slightly retracted ; the cilia 

 ochreous from apex to vein 2. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Calcutta ; Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



5217. Pionea fuscizonalis, n. sp. 



S • Ochreous ; head fulvous. Fore wing with the costal area 

 tinged with fulvous ; an oblique dentate postmedial line termi- 

 nating at vein 2 of hind wing ; a diffused fuscous submargiual band 

 diffused to the margin at apex of fore wing and terminating on the 

 margin at vein 2 of hind wing ; a marginal series of dark specks. 



Hah. Sikhim (Holler). Exp. 36 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



c. Fore wing of male with fan of leaden-coloured scales beyond upper 



angle of cell below ; the fan on median nervure pale, and no foveas 

 on upperside. 



5218. Pionea phcenicistis, n. sp. 



S . Yellowish brown ; palpi white below at base. Pore wing 

 with slight rufous marks at base and at end of cell; an oblique 

 sinuous antemedial rufous line ; an indistinct sinuous rufous post- 

 medial line nearly straight from costa to vein 2, then retracted to 

 lower angle of cell ; a very prominent oblique blackish postmedial 

 line, with the area beyond it purplish, leaving a large ovate brown 

 patch on the margin ; a marginal series of black specks. Hind 

 wing with oblique postmedial rufous line, met at vein 2 by a diffused 

 line from lower angle of cell ; a prominent black line from costa to 

 margin at vein 2 ; the area beyond it purplish, with marginal series 

 of black striae and black line at base of cilia. Underside whitish. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Bhutan (Dudgeon) ; Khasis ; Tenasserim (Boherty). 

 Exp. 24 millim. Type in coll. Druce. 



d. Fore wing of male with the retinaculum consisting of a large fan 



of leaden-coloured scales, no fan beyond upper angle. 



5219. Pionea flavicilialis, Snell. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 596, pi. 20, 



figs. 5 & 5 a. 



J. Glossy rufous ; palpi below and pectus pure white ; abdomen 

 fuscous. Fore wing with indistinct waved antemedial line ; a dark 

 speck in cell ; the indistinct dark postmedial line nearly straight 

 from costa to vein 3, then retracted almost to origin of vein 2 ; the 

 margin and cilia golden yellow. Hind wing with traces of dark 

 line from costa to vein 2, with a paler shade beyond it ; the cilia 

 yellow. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 24 millim. 



