320 



HEPIALIDJE. 



veins 1 b and c ; no brown spot on vein 1 b ; the triangle in the 

 cell smaller ; the oblique streak more diffused. Hind wing with- 

 out markings. Hind tarsus of male represented by a bristle. 



In some specimens the ground-colour of the fore wing is redder 

 brown ; a number of white specks are scattered about the wing 

 and incomplete circular black marks appear on the costa and on 

 each side of vein 1 b. 



Hab. Ceylon and ? Perak. Exp. 114-136 inillim. 



685. Phassus signifer, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1568; C. # S. no. 



Butt. Ill Net. v, pi. 109, tig. L>. 

 Phassus undulifer, Wlk. Char, undescr. Het. p. 102; C. & S. 



no. 1623. 

 Phassus chalybeatus, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 412 ; C.8f S. no. 1617. 



cJ . Head, thorax, abdomen, and ground-colour of fore wing 

 yellowish flesh-colour or pale grey-brown. Differs from purpurasccns 

 in the costal marks of the fore wing being larger and fewer ; the 

 conjoined triangle and diffused streak terminating at vein 2 ; a 



Fig. 219. Phassus signifer, $ . \. 



number of obscure ring-marks on inner area; the postmedial band 

 better denned, and the submarginai spots larger and more con- 

 joined. Hind wing flesh-coloured. 



5 . Darker ; fore wing with the costal marks larger ; the hind 

 wing suffused with fuscous and with obscure marks at apex. 



In a Burmese specimen the ground-colour of the fore wing is 

 pale brownish yellow, with no white spots in the cell ; the hind 

 wing ochreous brown. The species is thus extremely variable, but 

 may chiefly be known by the darker discal markings of fore wing 

 terminating along vein 2. 



Hab. Sylhet ; Bernardmyo, Burma ; E. Pegu ; Borneo. Exp., 

 J 100, $ 154 millim. 



