473 yocTuin.T. 



subbasal line indistinct, w-avcd, from costa to vein 1 ; antcraedinl 

 line indistinct, slightly defined by grey on inner side, ol)lique, 

 waved; claviform sometimes represented by a slight pale mark; 

 orbicnlar and reniform small, pale, with fnscons centres and oi;tline, 

 the former round ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, 

 minutely dentate and produced to black and white points on the 

 veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; 



Fig. 144. — JDaxi/ffaster ret'crsa, (^ . ]. 



subterminal line very indistinct, pale, arising obliquely from anex 

 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind 

 wing ochreous white, tinged with fuscous, especially on the veins 

 and terminal area ; the cilia pale ; the underside with waved post- 

 medial line and some black points on apical half of termen. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the extremity of median nervure and veins 

 3, 4 streaked with whitish. — New Guinea. 



Hah. Madkas, Cuddapah, Horsleykondah (Camphell) , 1 cJ , 

 jSllgiris {Uampson), 1 $ ; Cetlox, Pundaloya {Green), 2 c? , 2 $, 

 tvpe ; New Guinea; Queensland, Brisbane {Turner),! ^ -, 1 ?• 

 Exp. 36-42 millim. 



Genus CIRPHIS. 



Type. 



Cirphis, W Ik. sxxii. 622 (1805) costalis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2ad joint fringed 

 with hair in fi'out, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded ; 

 bead and thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax 

 with spreading crests; tibijB fringed with rather long hair; abdomen with 

 ■dorsal crest on basal segment, fore wing with the apex somewhat acute, the 

 termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from ujiper 

 angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areoie; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with reins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near 

 base only. 



Sect, I. (Cirphis). Antennoc of male serrate and fasciculate ; tibife fringed with 

 rather long hair ; abdomen clothed with woolly hair. 



A. Fore wing with the costal edge white. 



o.. Fore wing deep ])urple e^mriosa. 



Ii. Fore wing pale purplish red cosfa/is. 



H. Fore wing with the costal edge not white ohiisla. 



