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Pyretophorus Watsonii. n. sp. 
Head black with vertical tuft of long silky white and shorter lanceolal 
scales, with numerous rows of upright scales bluish-white in front, blac 
behind and laterally. Palpi, black with creamy-yellow apical band to a 
joints. Thorax, with golden hairs and a central line of golden scale: 
Femora and tibiae, spotted. Last three tarsal joints of hind leg, crearmi 
white. 
Female Head. —Black; on the vertex are a few small lanceolate scales an 
a tuft of long silky white hair-like scales, behind these are rows of bluisl 
white upright scales followed by similar dark blackish-brown scales whic 
extend laterally. Basal joint of antenna set on an eminence, brown i 
colour and without scales, second joint, brown at the base, black towards th 
apex, remaining joints, black with dark brown verticils. Palpi, as long a 
the proboscis, clad with black scales, and at the apex of each joint is 
narrow band of creamy-yellow scales. Proboscis, black with golden-brow 
labellae. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes, blackish-brown with black upright scale 
on their apices. Mesonotum, brown with patches of deep purple-browr 
with a tuft of lanceolate creamy scales on the anterior margin, projectin. 
over the neck, another tuft of dark brown upright scales on either shoulde 
golden lanceolate scales in the centre and golden hairs elsewhere. Scut 
ellum with golden hair-like scales and brown bristles. Pleurae, dark browr 
YY ings, with blackish-brown and golden scales, the dark scaled costa broke 
by seven golden spots, two small ones near the base, a larger one at the ape 
of basal third followed by a black spot of equal size then by a yellow spot 
which is followed by a long black-scaled area, then a small yellow spot abou 
the apex of the middle third, the apical third shews two long dark-scale 
areas separated by a short yellow area and the apex is yellow scaled. A 
except the first two small yellow spots pass evenly on to the first long vein 
The first long vein and upper branch of second are yellow scaled wher 
they join the margin as is the fringe at this spot. The fringe opposite th 
first fork cell is black, beyond this it is golden on either side of and opposit* 
to the junction of the third vein with the margin, and opposite the junction a 
the branches of the fourth vein and the upper branch of the fifth. The greate 
portion of the veins in the wing field are dark scaled, but there are golde: 
scales in the following places : two spots on the lower branch of the secon< 
vein ; three patches on the third vein, two near its base, one very small near it 
apex; one spot at the base of the second fork cell, and one spot at the apex c 
each of its branches; two spots on the upper branch of the fifth, the stem an< 
lower branch of this vein being all golden except for two small black spots 
three patches on the sixth vein. The scales are rather broad and fusiforn 
in shape. First fork cell much longer than the second, its base nearer th* 
wing base, its stem half the length of the cell. The division of the fiftl 
vein is much nearer the base of the wing than is usual, which makes the cel 
enclosed by its branches of unusual length. The posterior cross vein is full’ 
four times its own length from the median. Coxae, creamy, with creamy anc 
dark brown scales. Femora and tibiae, clad with dark brown scales anc 
mottled and spotted with numerous golden-yellow scales ; metatarsi, mottled 
In fore and mid legs metatarsus and first two tarsal joints with apica 
creamy bands; metatarsus of hind legs with numerous incompletegolden ring! 
