412 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOl'TERA. [May 6, 



ARBELA Q.UADRINOTATA. 



Cossusq uadrinotatus, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B.M. vii. p. 1521. 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



Phassus salsettensis, n. sp. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 5.) 



Male. Upperside : — fore wing ferruginous-brown, crossed by a sub- 

 basal and median band formed of dull chalybeate quadrate spaces 

 between the veins, and outer rows of similar decussated marks : hind 

 wing fuliginous-brown ; costal border and cilia ferruginous-brown. 

 Thorax and legs dark fuliginous-brown, abdomen pale. Underside 

 dark fuliginous-brown. 



Expanse 2§ inches. 



Hab. Bombay (Dr. Leith). In coll. F. Moore. 



Phassus malabaricus, n. sp. 



Male. Pale umber-brown : fore iving with broad pale greyish 

 chalybeate streaks, with dark-brown borders on the costa, a trian- 

 gular space in the cell, narrow streaks on hind margin from the base, 

 and transverse discal and submarginal band formed of quadrate 

 marks ; a yellow lunule ascending obliquely from end, and a longi- 

 tudinal narrow mark near base of the cell : hind wing ochreous- 

 brown along the costa, greyish at base. Abdomen greyish at base. 



Female. Pale brownish ochreous ; markings as in male, except 

 that the yellow mark at end of the cell is tear-shaped. 



Expanse, 6* 3f , $ 4| inches. 



Hab. Sircy, N. Canara (Ward) ; Ooty, Niligiris (Dr. Dag). 

 In coll. F. Moore. 



Phassus chalybeatus, n. sp. 



Male. Fore wing pale ferruginous, greyish at the base and along 

 outer margin ; some greyish chalybeate brown-bordered spaces on 

 the costa, a broad triangular space across middle of the cell, a wavy 

 band across the disk, a submarginal row of duplex lunules or letter- 

 X-shaped marks, and narrow streaks on hind margin ; a serial row 

 of dark-brown dots between the chalybeate discal band and sub- 

 marginal lunules; a narrow white upright lunule at end, and a 

 similar though less apparent lunule near base of the cell : hind wing 

 pale ferruginous, veins darker, with some narrow greyish chalybeate 

 streaks on costa near the apex. Thorax and legs ochreous- brown. 

 Abdomen paler. 



Female. Upperside dark ferruginous : fore wing with some 

 darker quadrate spots on costa ; discal and submarginal bands 

 formed of indistinct, mostly quadrate, chalybeate irregular spaces 

 between the veins ; the interspaces between the bands darker ferru- 

 ginous ; a recurved chalybeate streak from the base, and short streaks 

 on hind margin : hind wing brownish ferruginous, palest at the base ; 

 some pale chalybeate marks on costa near apex. Underside uniform 

 pale ferruginous. Palpi and legs dark ferruginous. 



Expanse, c? 3, $ 5 inches. 



Hab. Darjiling (A. Grote). In coll. F. Moore. 



