New Geometers and Pyrales from the Khasia Hills. 135 XXTI. — New Species of Geometers and Pi/rales from the Khasia Hills. By Col. C. Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S. Tribe Geometers. Familj GeometridaB. Genus Maxates, Moore. 1. Maxates xanlhochlora, sp. n. (J . Antennge, palpi, head, and body greenish grej. Wings above dull green : fore wings with the inner two thirds pale greenish grej, containing a large green spot at the end of the cell and an incomplete green subbasal band ; hind wings with the basal fourth grey, including a green spot. Under-side grejish white, with green cell-spots and marks, and a broad discal greenish band across both wings, broader on hind wings, uniform and not reaching the costa on fore wings. Expanse of wings yV inch. Cherra Punji. One example. Family Acidalidae. Genus Anisodes, Guen. 2. Anisodes hyperythra^ sp. n. ^ . Palpi beneath and shafts of the antennae and top of head whitish ; plumes of the antennte, body, and wings above of a uniform brick-dust colour, densely irrorated with very minute brown atoms. Hind wings with a large black spot with white pupil at the end of the cell, in some examples the spot is white with merely a black rim ; both wings with indications of several transverse grey bands, very indistinct, and only visible in certain lights. Underside with the body, legs, and wings of a uniform pale pinkish grey, unmarked. Expanse of wings 14 inch. Cherra Punji. Many examples. Closely resembles Perixera absconditaria, Walker. 3. Anisodes discofera, sp. n. (J . Pale dull straw-colour, sparsely irrorated with brown atoms. Wings crossed by indistinct grey sinuous lines — first subbasal, more apparent on hind wings ; second medial, touching a large brown spot in the centre of each wing, the spot or patch very large on the fore wings ; third discal, with black points on the veins, touching a brown patch above middle on the fore wings ; fourth submarginal, almost obso-lete on fore wings ; the margin with black points in the inter-
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