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Ease of costa with a small dark grey streak, followed by a larger transverse 
dark grey patch before middle of costal fold; an irregular dark brown 
patch on dorsum, extending from base to before middle, strongly dentate 
above, dentations reaching costal marks, along dorsum this patch mixed 
with white and whitish-grey; central fascia formed by a moderate, erect- 
semiovate, somewhat oblique dark brown patch on costa before middle, 
and a large patch of dark grey suffusion strigidated with brown, along 
posterior third of dorsum to tornus, anterior edge serrate, dark brown, a 
rounded dark brown spot in middle of disc, posterior edge horizontal 
above, vertical, somewhat angulate below ; costal patch elongate-trapezoid, 
dark brown, four blackish suffused dots along costa, lower edge horizontal 
along upper mai'gin of cell, suffused with reddish-fulvous; transverse vein 
with a suffused reddish -fulvous streak; preterminal and apical areas 
suffused with light grey, retinate with dark grey, two vertical suffused 
short transverse streaks: before termen below apex, and from termen 
above tornus, more or less suffused and connected so as to form a terminal 
mark; terminal edge dark grey. Cilia sordid white, slightly suffused with 
grey, a grey patch opposite apex, a suffused and interrupted antemedian 
dark grey fascia. Hind wing fuscous-grey, cilia light grey with a pale 
basal line. 
Genitalia rather similar to those of P. rhopalodes spec, nov.: uncus 
broader, slightly octagonal. Socius large. Sclerotisation at base of arm of 
gnathos dilated below. Transtilla knob with very long median promotion 
(Slide No. 440 D). 
Sigi Camp, 1500 m, February 25, 1939. One specimen. Closely allied to 
preceding. 
Parachorista anthracograpta spec. nov. (fig. 165) 
av&gat; = charcoal, ygacpco = to draw 
d 16 mm. Head white, lower part of tuft on vertex, fuscous. Palpus 
fuscous, slightly mixed with white. Thorax whitish, densely mixed with 
fuscous, apex fuscous. Abdomen pale whitish-greyish. Legs whitish 
(anterior missing). Fore wing oblong, strongly narrowed towards base, 
costal fold rather narrow, to beyond middle, costa oblique along fold, 
slightly prominent in middle, gently curved posteriorly, apex pointed, 
termen scarcely sinuate above, slightly convex beneath, oblique. White, 
slightly irrorated with grey, markings greyish tinged fuscous and blackish. 
Basal patch with a fuscous-grey streak on base of costa; faintly suffused 
with fuscous, edge indicated by a rounded black dot below costa before 
1 / i , and by a large, irregular, subtriangular black dot in fold obliquely 
below first dot, lower edge irrorated; central fascia rather narrow, from 
beyond 2 / s of costa to 3 / 4 of dorsum; this fascia suffused with fuscous- 
greyish, ill-defined, darkest on dorsum; fascia marked on costa with a 
subquadrate black patch, excavate below, and above fold with a 
rounded black patch, projecting anteriorly beyond edge of fascia; costal 
