TEIPHASSA. 165 



4572. Triphassa vulsalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 671 ; Hmpsn. EL Het. ix, 



pi. 171, tig. 9 ; C.$S. no. 4510. 



Differs from ochrealis in the 

 head, thorax, and fore wing 

 being dull pink, mid tarsi pure 

 white. Fore wing with the 

 ante- and postmedial lines dark, 

 the latter not dentate or angled 

 below vein 2, the area between 

 them not dark ; a black speck 

 Fig. 95. Triphassa vulsalis, rf. f. a t end of cell. Hind wing 



with curved postmedial line; 

 the marginal area suffused with pink. 

 Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 16 millim. 



4573. Triphassa imbutalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1283; Moore, Lep. 



Ceyl. iii, pi. 178, fig. 9 ; C. $ S. no. 4351. 



5. Bright pink; the palpi orange; abdomen and hind wing 

 straw-yellow. Fore wing with pale and dark specks on the costa ; 

 nearly straight ante- and postmedial dark lines ; a dark cell-speck 

 and marginal line. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 18 millim. 



4574. Triphassa luteicilialis, n. sp. 



5 . Purplish red ; anal tuft bright pink ; wings irrorated with 

 black. Fore wing with antemedial and postmedial pale and dark 

 lines excurved at middle ; a series of yellow specks on medial part 

 of costa ; a black discocellular spot. Hind wing with antemedial 

 rand medial pale and dark sinuous lines ; both wings with the outer 

 .area rather darker ; a black marginal line ; the cilia golden yellow. 

 Hob. Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 24 millim. Type in B. M. 



SECT. II. Patagia of male not reaching beyond the metathorax. 

 A. Mid tibiae of male moderately fringed with hair. 



4575. Triphassa zeuxoalis, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 135 ; C. $ 8. no. 4718 



(part.). 



Dark purplish rufous suffused with fuscous ; male with the anal 

 tuft white, the lateral tufts black. Fore wing with the costal and 

 basal areas dark greyish fuscous ; an oblique white line from end 

 of cell to inner margin, expanding at end of cell into a pyriform 

 white mark pointing towards outer margin ; one or two white 

 specks beyond upper angle of cell sometimes developed ; a sinuous 

 white postmedial line. Hind wing fuscous with traces of a post- 

 medial line ; both wings with a white line at base of cilia. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 16 millim. 



4576. Triphassa xylinalis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 865, pi. 57, fig. 17 ; 



C. $ S. no. 4471. 



<J . Differs from zeuxoalis in being more uniform fuscous black ; 



