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268. Brevipecten icarus, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 24.) 



Description. — <$ . Head and thorax grey; abdomen ochreous. 

 Pore wing with the basal half grey, the costa tinged with ferru- 

 ginous. Subbasal line represented by two black spots below 

 the costa and on the median nervure. Antemedial line very 

 faint and indistinct. A square black patch before end of cell, 

 with two small black spots above it on costa, separated by 

 a, patch of ferruginous suffusion, and with a patch of ferru- 

 ginous suffusion below it on interspaces 1, 2, and 3, before 

 the postmedial line. Reniform large, represented by a 

 grey patch, beyond which the postmedial line is angled out- 

 wardly at vein 6, and is then evenly curved inwards to inner 

 margin. A black patch on costa before apex with ferruginous 

 suffusion before it. Subterminal area pale brown, with a mar- 

 ginal row of indistinct wedge-shaped spots between the veins. 

 Hind wing ochreous, darker towards the margin. Cilia ochreous. 

 Underside: medial areas of both wings grey, subterminal area 

 pale fuscous ; costa ochreous, with some black strigaB on that of 

 hind wing, and a discocellular spot. 



Habitat. Kedai, 28th November, 1911, 1 6 . Expanse 32 mm. 



Genus Cynisca, nov. 

 Type, C. thisbe, sp. n. 



Allied to Calpe. Proboscis fully developed. Palpi long, porrect, 

 the 2nd and 3rd joints fringed with long hair above and below. 

 Antennae ciliate ; metathorax with slight tufts of hair, which also 

 appear on dorsum of abdomen on first three somites. Costa of 

 fore wing straight, not arched. Apex rectangular, not acute. 

 Outer margin crenulate, evenly rounded. Inner margin with 

 a very pronounced lobe at middle, and a smaller lobe at tornal 

 angle. Venation as in Calpe. 



269. Cynisca thisbe, sp. n. (PL I. fig. 13.) 



Description. — 2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white. 

 Antennas red. Fore wing pale brown, shading into pale purple 

 on the centre lobe and the area above it, and with a purple shade 

 on outer margin. Antemedial line red-brown from costal ner- 

 vure to inner edge of lobe, with a short line beyond it. A medial 

 line from end of cell to outer edge of lobe, where it is bent 

 inwards and becomes double. A very indistinct dentate post- 

 medial line from before apex to outer lobe. Cilia pale brown. 

 Hind wing white, with a pale ochreous shade on the veins on 

 outer margin. Cilia white. Underside ochreous white, marked 

 only by the postmedial band of the upperside showing through. 



Habitat. Kedai, 9th March, 1913, 1 $ . Expanse 42 mm. 



This is clearly a well-marked form of the desert. 



270. Pteronycta oervicornis, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 21.) 



Description. — $ . Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing pale 

 pinkish grey, Fore wing : subbasal and antemedial lines only 



