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LIMACODID^. 
This species is evidently allied to S. vulpina of Moore, but differs entirely in the colora- 
tion of the secondaries ; the female is somewhat like S. venosa, but differs in its superior size, 
the redder coloration of the primaries and thorax, and the more restricted dark external area 
of the secondaries. 
PHOCODERMA, gen. nov. 
Aspect of Neomiresa {N. nesea) , form of Parasa. Primaries broad, with nearly straight 
costa, rounded apex, oblique slightly convex outer margin, passing gradually into the inner 
margin, which is incurved towards the base ; thickly scaled, the discoidal area below clothed 
with thick woolly hair ; costal vein running to three fourths of costal margin ; subcostal five - 
branched, the first and second branches emitted before the end of the cell, the third and 
fourth forking to apex at about one third the distance between the cell and outer margin, the 
fifth emitted from below the vein and just beyond the cell ; discocellulars irregularly inangled ; 
vi2)per radial emitted from about the middle of the discocellulars, lower radial emitted close to 
the third median branch ; remaining veins as usual : secondaries subpyriform ; costal vein 
not reaching the apex, forked near its exti'cmity; subcostal with two branches, perfectly 
normal ; discocellulars very acutely inangled ; radial emitting a recurrent vein which almost 
divides the cell into two unequal parts, the radial and median branches almost equidistant, 
submedian and internal veins normal. Body very robust and covered with dense coarse 
hair: palpi rather large, long, compressed, with the terminal joint short; autennje of male 
rather broadly bipectinated to beyond the middle, after which the pectinations are gradually 
replaced by serrations - legs very robust; the posterior tibiae clothed with dense long hair, 
unequally quadrispinose : in the females all the legs are thickly clothed with hair to the end 
of the tarsi. 
Phocoderma velutina. (Plate CII. fig. 1.) 
. Gastropaclia velutina, KoUar in H'ugeVs Kashmir, p. 473. n. 3. 
S . Natada rugosa, Waller, Cat. Lej}. Het. v. p. 1109. u. 2 (1855). 
$ . Shining purplish brown, the basicostal half dark, its outer edge slightly undulated, 
very oblique, inarched toAvards the apex, and followed by a submarginal arched line of the 
same colour; the intermediate area enclosing two large dark nebulous patches; external 
border greyish ; fringe dark brown : secondaries sericeous rufous -brown with darker fringe: 
body dark sericeous purplish brown. Under surface shining vinous-brown ; anterior tibiae 
with two silver bands. Expanse of wings 74 millim. 
(J, Sind?; ? , Darjiling [Lidderdale) . 
The locality of Walker's type is doubtless incorrect, the species being well known as a 
N.E. -Himalayan form : it was said to have been collected by Mr. Warwick, most of whose 
Lepidoptera are entered in the register as from " Assam " ; this is therefore, in all probability, 
the true locality for the type of " Natada ruyosa." 
