PETELIA; HYPEPHYRA. By L. B. Proitt. 319 



S. limitata Warr. (15 h). Rather paler, with shght aiitomeclian, strong thick postmedian and complete Umiiaia. 

 or partial subterminal dark lines, also a characteristic longitudinal streak from the postmedian of the fore- 

 wing to the distal margin. Japan, Chang Yang and Omei-shan. This and the following may be also forms 

 of hadassa. 



S. esther Btlr. is distinguished by the still darker lines and by the very strong dark clouding which esiher. 

 occupies most of the distal area of the forewing and in the posterior half crosses the postmedian line. Japan: 

 Yokohama, Hakone, Kiushiu. 



S. omissa Warr. is perhaps slightly narrower winged. Ground-colour paler, more yellowish, but with oinis.ia. 

 the olive-fuscous irroration and clouding so dense as to leave only dots and spots of the ground-colour, 

 thick antemedian and postmedian and slender subterminal dentate yellow lines, the antemedian present 

 on forewing only, the subterminal generally much interrupted, especially on the hind wing. S. Japan and the 

 Liu-Kiu Islands. Also from Hankow. 



S.'purpurascens Warr. (= rosearia Leech) (15 g). ^ antennal pectinations of the outer series rather purpurm- 

 long; retinaculum a large flattened plate. Distinct in shape, especially in the crenulate margin of the hindwing. '^''"^* 



The dull purple-clouded forewing and rosy hindwing render confusion with any other Palearctic species impossible. 

 Ichang and Mou-pin. Also known to me from Birma. 



25. Genus : l*etelia H.-Sckaff. 



Face slightly rough-scaled. Palpus strong, moderate to long. Antenna long, in (^ bipectinate, with 

 apical part simple. Pectus densely hairy. AVings strong, the scaling thick. Forewing with the 2nd — 5th 

 subcostals stalked, the 2nd usually arising far beyond the 5th. Hindwing with distal margin commonly undu- 

 late or slightly bent in the middle. 



The most typical species are Indo-Australian, but representatives are found in the Eastern Palearctic 

 Region, E. Africa and S. America. 



Distinct from Cabera in the stronger palpus, from Synegia in the shorter legs, etc.; from both in the 

 robuster build, rougher clothing and dark coloration. 



A. Hindwing of ^ with basal fovea (Alana Walk.). 



P. albifrontaria Leech (15 h). Rather longer-winged than the species of Section B, lighter coloured, alhifronfa- 

 both wings with small but distinctly white-pupilled cell-spot, the distal area of the forewing with characte- '"'"" 



ristic pale grey, dark-dusted spots. Japan: Gifu. 



B. Hindwing of ^ without fovea {Petelia). 



P. rivulosa Btlr. (15 h). A large species, the ground-colour marked with innumerable small darker rivulo^n. 

 strigulae which in many places tend to arrange themselves in transverse lines. Forewing with thick curved 

 antemedian line, both wings with rather straight, thick median line, placed rather near the base on acount 

 of the short cells ; a greyer distal area is bounded proximally by a vague, sinuous dark shade. Japan : Tokyo, etc. 



P. morosa Btlr. has all the markings very confused excepting a small grey apical patch; proximally morosa. 

 to this and often extending nearly across the wing, though narrowing rapidly, is a rust-reddish cloud; basal 

 area of forewing also much more reddish than median area. Japan: Tokyo, etc. 



26. Genus : Hypeph.yra Btlr. 



Face with projecting tuft of scales. Palpus well developed. Antenna in (J simply ciliated. Hindtibia 

 in (J with hair-pencil. Wings ample, thickly scaled. Forewing with apex acute; 1st and 2nd subcostals 

 stalked, the 1st anastomosing with costal. 



India, Japan, etc. 



The characters given above are taken from the type species {terwsa) and pryeraria; I have not yet 

 worked out the hmits of the genus. 



H. terrosa Btlr. (25 a). Somewhat larger and decidedly darker than pryeraria, being suffused with ferrosa. 

 dark violet-grey, especially in the distal area; forewing with an elongate black cell-mark surrounded at a short 

 distance by a slender dark ring; hindwing with a crenulate pale subterminal line. Underside pale ochreous, 

 distal area more reddish, containing a dark patch in posterior half of forewing. N. W. Himalayas, W. and 

 Central China, Japan. 



H, pryeraria Leech (25 a) lacks the characteristic cell-mark of the forewing and the subterminal line of pryeraria. 

 the hindwing and has the underside almost unicolorous. Gifu. 



H. flavimacularia Leech (15 g). Placed here in the British Museum collection, but the face is not tufted flavimacu- 

 and the first 2 subcostals of the forewing are coincident ; affinities quite uncertain. Recognizable at a glance "'^'"' 



by the largo yellowish apical patch. Central and W. China. 



