HYPEEYTHEA. 219 



Hyperythra limbolaria, Guen. Phal. i, p. 101, pi. 3, figs. 3, 4. 



Hyperythra penicillaria, Guen. Phal. i, p. 101. 



Hyperythra ennomaria, Guen. Phal. i, p. 103 ; C. $ S. no. 3147. 



Aspilates susceptaria, WTk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1664. 



Hyperythra lala, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 205. 



cJ . Yellow, suffused with pink and striated with fuscous ; some 

 white on palpi and shaft of antennae. Fore wing with indistinct 

 antemedial line angled below costa ; medial and postmedial ill- 

 defined, slightly curved pinkish bands. Hind wing with similar 

 narrow antemedial and broad postmedial bands, the latter with 



one or two black marks on it 

 below costa. Underside bright 

 yellow, with the area beyond 

 the postmedial line more or less 

 completely coloured pink ; fore 

 wing with a whitish patch below 

 apex. The pink suffusion of 

 upper and undersides varies 

 Fig. 119. Hyperythra lutea, <$. }. greatly in extent. 



$ . Much brighter yellow 7 , 



with three lines to fore wing and two to hind wing replacing the 

 bands and usually prominent. 



The form lala is dull brownish yellow ; ennomaria is pale reddish 



brown without yellow tinge; the underside of male reddish brown. 



Hob. China; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Andamans; 



Sumatra ; Java ; New Guinea. Exp., <3 36-40, $ 38-46 millim. 



SECT. III. (Petrodava). Males without secondary sexual characters 

 on hind wing. 



3280. Hyperythra swinhoei, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) v, p. 223 ; 



C. $ S. no. 3153: 



Hyperythra phantasma, Butl P. Z. S. 1881, p. 615 ; C. fy S. 

 no. 3150. 



c? . Pale yellowish brown, slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore 

 wing with speck at end of cell ; indistinct antemedial, medial, and 

 postmedial lines, the first angled below costa, the two latter arising 

 from dark patches on the costa. Hind wing with ante- and post- 

 medial lines, the latter with two dark marks beyond it below 

 costa. Underside bright yellow or ochreous brown. 



$ . Grey-green ; the underside yellow-green ; some specimens 

 are pale pink on upper and undersides. 



flab. Campbellpur ; Jubbulpore ; Karachi ; Mhow. Exp., <$ 34, 

 38 millim. 



3281. Hyperythra phcenix, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 484. 

 Catopyrrha khasiana, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xii, p. 221. 



Differs from lutea in being olive-green, without pink suffusion 

 on upper or undersides ; the indistinct bands reddish ; underside 



