BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 751 



A. Hind wings rosy. 



a. Forewings with four moderate equidistant 



black costal spots 92. erythrastis. 



b. Forewings without such spots 91. fuscinula. 



B. Hindwings not rosy. 



a. Hind wings yellow 90. interfixi. 



b. „ white. 



1. Thorax with dark fuscous stripes .......93. fulvohirta. 



2. „ wholly white 94. obliqua. 



90. Spil. interjixa, Walk. 



(Phaos interfixa, Walk. Bomb. 627.) 

 (J. 28-30 mm. Head and palpi black mixed with ochreous- 

 whitish. Antenna) black. Thorax black, anterior margin and 

 central and lateral lines ochreous-whitish. Abdomen rosy-crimson, 

 with transverse black spots above, beneath whitish with three 

 rows of blackish spots. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior femora rosy- 

 tinged. Forewings very elongate-triangular, costa straight, apex 

 obtuse, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; inner 

 margin narrowly yellowish ; a suffused rosy almost costal streak 

 from base to J ; lower median vein and branches, and vein 1 

 slenderly black ; a slender blackish fascia before middle, not 

 touching margins ; a slender blackish fascia at §, upper half 

 strongly curved outwards and interrupted by an oblong ochreous- 

 yellow spot above middle, before which is a quadrate black spot ; 

 a moderate irregular-edged black fascia about £ parallel to hind- 

 margin ; a moderate black hindmarginal fascia, cut by a series of 

 elongate whitish-ochreous spots not quite reaching hindmargin : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, basal half black. Hindwings ochreous- 

 yellow, towards base and along costa sufFusedly mixed with black ; 

 a quadrate black discal spot touching costal suffusion ; branches of 

 lower median vein sometimes black ; a rather broad black hind- 

 marginal band, containing a small ochieous-yellow mark on middle 

 of hindmargin and a small spot above anal angle ; cilia pale 

 yellowish, basal half black ; veins 4 and 5 short-stalked. 



