164 PYRALIDiE. 



4569. Rhynchopygia purpureorufa, u. sp. 



c? . Dark purple-red ; vertex of head and base of abdomen 



yellowish. Fore wing with large- 

 orange ante- and postniedial 

 spots on the costa, from which 

 arise sinuous lines which are- 

 sometimes interrupted. Hind 

 wing with irregularly sinuous 

 antemedial and medial orange 

 pj„. 94 lines conjoined below cell ; both 



Bhynchopygia purpureorufa, J. >. wings with the margin dark 



purple ; the cilia orange. 

 Hab. Hambantota, Ceylon {Pole). Exp. 16millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus TRIPHASSA. 

 Triphassa, Hiibn. Samml. exot. Schmett. i, p. 26 (1818). 



Type, T. stalactitis, Hiibn., from S. Africa. 



Range. S. Africa ; India ; Ceylon. 



Palpi oblique, the 2nd joint thickly scaled, the 3rd porrect and 

 minute ; maxillary palpi filiform ; a sharp frontal tuft ; antennae 

 of male with a slight process at end of basal joint, the shaft set on 

 at an angle and with very long cilia ; mid tibiae fringed with hair. 

 Pore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 

 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell - r 

 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. Patagia of male bearing long tufts of scales reaching to 

 middle of abdomen. 



4570. Triphassa ochrealis, Hmpsn. III. Set. ix, p. 158, pi. 171, fig. 5. 



Ochreous brown; male with a tuft of black scales at end of 

 patagia ; abdomen with some black before the anal tuft. Pore 

 wing slightly irrorated with fuscous ; some pale and dark specks 

 on costa ; a pale slightly curved antemedial line ; a minutely 

 dentate postniedial oblique hne angled inwards below vein 2, the 

 area between the two lines pale fuscous ; a series of black marginal 

 striae. Hind wing paler with a slight reddish tinge : a fuscous 

 minutely dentate medial line from veins 6 to 2, with traces of a 

 line beyond it ; some black specks on margin and a black line 

 through the cilia. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 20 millhn. 



4571. Triphassa metaxantha, n. sp. 



J 1 . Differs from ochrealis in the head, thorax, and fore wing 

 being olive in tone ; hind wing reddish orange ; postniedial line of 

 both wings evenly curved : cilia rufous. 



Hab. Ceylon (Yerbury). Exp. 24 niillhn. Type in B. M. 



