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PENISA. By W. Warren. 
hindwing rufous irrorated with black; a fine blackish median line, with white on its outerside, excurved 
at middle and denticulate; post median area at middle mottled with white. Also from Madras; a single <J. 
leprosa. P. leprosa Hmps. (25 1). Forewing whitish, suffused in places with pale reddish brown, sparsely irro¬ 
rated with black; costa and termen pale reddish brown; a slight blackish mark on costa before middle; 
a diffuse patch of black scales on discocellular; outer line diffuse, blackish, oblique to vein 6, inangled 
on cell fold, incurved and waved below vein 4; subterminal line slight, blackish, denticulate; fringe reddish 
brown; hindwing reddish brown, thickly irrorated with black; an obscure black cellspot; dark outer 
and subterminal lines, the former edged externally with white scales. Sikkim, N. India; described from one $. 
leuco- P. leucogramma Hmps. (22 h). Forewing white suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated with 
gramma, fuscous and silvery scales; a waved white inner line; outer line white, oblique from costa to vein 6, then 
dentate; subterminal line white, dentate; a row of black terminal dots; cellspot dark; hindwing similar; 
outer line blackish, defined externally by white, angled outwards at vein 4; a black bar on discocellular. De¬ 
scribed from a single $ from Bhutan, N. India. 
in versa. P. inversa spec. nov. (24 a). Resembles leucogramma Hmps. from Bhutan, but instead of being 
white suffused with rufous this species is brownish rufous with the costa white from base, the white area broaden¬ 
ing to apex and containing oblique white streaks beyond each of the lines, which are faintly marked in whit¬ 
ish across the wing; hindwing with outer line only; subterminal lines not visible; face, palpi, thorax, and 
dorsum reddish; vertex, antennal shaft, and tegulae white. A from the Kliasia Hills, Assam. Type in the 
Tring Museum. 
albilineata. P. albilineata Hmps. (22 e). Forewing greyish fuscous, irrorated with silvery scales; the costal edge 
blackish; lines white; a subbasal striga from costa; inner line waved, inwardly oblique; outer line oblique'to 
vein 6, incurved in discal fold, and again below vein 4, bent outwards at vein 1; subterminal line 
waved, indistinct; hindwing similar. The Khasia Hills, Assam and the Punjab. 3 
P. griseipennis Hmps. (22 e). Forewing iron grey tinged with white and dusted with some black scales; 
costa black towards base; inner line at first an inwardly oblique black bar from costa, then punctiform on veins; 
cellspot black, slight; outer line oblique and black from costa to vein 6, then punctiform, oblique inwards 
below vein 4; subterminal line dark, incurved below 3; small black clots along termen; costa towards apex 
and fringe reddish, the latter with a strong black line near base; hindwing with the area from near base to 
outer line, except costally, bloodrecl; outer black line edged externally with whitish; subterminal line curv- J 
ed, with same rufous suffusion before it. Occurs at Coonoor, the Nilgiri Hills, Madras. 
quadricost- P. quadricostaria Walk. Forewing rufous with slight black dusting; iiyrer line blackish, curved, preced- 
aria. ec j qy a -white subbasal costal patch; cellspot blackish, indistinct; outer line blackish,^ oblique from costa, 
then dentate, followed by a triangular white costal spot; minute black terminal dots; hindwing si¬ 
milar, with traces of a pale waved subterminal line. The type from Sarawak, Borneo. 
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oinistis. P. oinistis Hmps. (22 h). Fore wing silvery grey, washed with rufous and dusted with fuscous; inner 
line starting as an oblique dark striga from costa, then subobsolete; cellspot dark, with blackish irroration 
round it; outer line dark, indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 6, then punctiform; subterminal line waved, 
dark, obscure; apical area suffused with fuscous; hindwing purplish rufous, irrorated with silvery scales 
and slightly with fuscous; cell bar crimson, indistinct; traces of pale outer and subterminal lines. Ceylon. 
ro.seata. P. roseata Hmps. (22 i). Forewing ochreous white suffused with bloodred; costa black nearly to apex, 
interrupted by pale at rise of subbasal and inner lines; an oblique black bar on discocellular; outer line 
pale and obscure, excurved from costa to vein 4 near termen, then oblique; a truncate black conical 
patch on costa beyond it, a black dot before it on inner margin; a patch beyond it at tornus; fringe ochreous 
mottled with black; liinclwing similar, suffused with brown; subterminal line waved, whitish. The species 
was described from a single $ from Simla in the Punjab. 
