290 HEPIALUXE. 



from the base along the centre to one-fifth from the outer margin 

 where it bends up to the apex, with sides of the stripe more or less 

 distorted, mostly so just before the bend, immediately below which 

 are three small spots in the male, also a thin submarginal white 

 stripe close to the margin, running almost up to the apex. Hind- 

 wings and abdomen grey, both covered with white hairs towards and 

 up to the base ; legs greyish brown, pinkish beneath. 



Expanse of wings <J 3^, 9 6 ^ inches. 

 a. Swan River (<j ? types). 



Allied to P. labyrinthzcus, an insect so variable, I hesitate to 

 describe any form allied to it, but the markings of this form are so 

 peculiarly distinct, it looks like a good species. 



1344. Pielus ingens. 



Charagia ingens. Walker: xxxii. 596 (1865). 



Pielus ingens. Meyrick: Proc. Linn. Soc., N. S. W., 1890, p. 1134. 



Pielus erythrinus. Walker: xxxii. 599 (1865). 



Type. New Zealand, in B. M. 



Type (erythrinus). Australia, in B. M. 



a. Australia. 



1345. Pielus swainsoni. 



Pielus swainsoni. Scott : Austral. Lep., ii. p. u, pi. 4 (1864). 



Walker : xxxv. 1951 (1866). 



a. Australia (3). 



GENUS PERISSECTIS. Meyrick : Proc. Linn. Soc., N. S. W., 

 1890, p. 1119. 



1346. Perissectis australasi. 



Hepialus australasice. Walker: vii. 1558 (1856). 



Perissectis australasice. Meyrick : Proc. Linn. Soc., N. S. W., 1890, p. 1 1 19. 

 Type. Sydney, in B. M. 

 a. New South Wales. 



GENUS PHASSUS. Walker: vii. 1566 (1856). 



1347. Phassus signifer. 



Phassus signifer. Walker: vii. 1568 (1856). 



Butler : 111. Typ. Lep. Het, B. M., vi. p. 30, pi. 109, 



f. 2 (1886). 



- Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 237. 1622 



(1887). 

 Leech: P. Z. S., Lond., 1888, p. 646. 



Type. Sylhet, in B. M. 



a. India (2). b. Assam (Jenkins). 



