atrifasciata. 
erebenna. 
nubilata. 
annubilata. 
polysticha. 
atrostrigata. 
insularis. 
miniosata. 
cupha. 
isosticta. 
propugna- 
iaria. 
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ab. atrifasciata Warr. Median area of forewing forming a dark band; dark lines of the adjacent areas corre¬ 
spondingly weakened. erebenna Prout is a high-altitude form, with the forewing and the distal border of the 
hindwing considerably darkened, the reddish tints of the forewing weakened, sometimes almost entirely sup¬ 
pressed. Mount Moenggal. E. Java, abundant at 9000 feet. 
Ph. nubilata Moore (31 h). Shape in the <$ somewhat extreme. Readily recognizable by the bright red- 
brown median band and terminal shades, separated by an area of light blue-grev irroration. Hindwing dark, 
in the with an ample white costal area, in the $ narrowly white costally and with a small light-buff terminal 
patch behind the apex. Sikkim. 7000—13 000 feet. 
Ph. annubilata sp. n. (31 h), considered by Hampson a variety of nubilata, seems quite distinct. Fore¬ 
wing with median band broader, antemedian curves slighter; beneath with whitish apical spot, otherwise less 
extended white, the pencil less strong. Hindwing above with the white area shortened, separated from the 
(much reduced) apical mark by a dark area; beneath dark, almost unicolorous. Sikkim: “Guethong”, 12 000 
feet (Knyvett), type $ in Mus. Thing. 
Ph. polysticha sp. n. (32 a). Darker than pallifasciaria Leech , with which it was mixed in the British 
Museum (hence the remark in Vol. 4, p. 203, on the “extraordinarily variable”, or mixed Yatong material). 
Perhaps better compared with the well-known atrostrigata Brem. Forewing with the reddish suffusion more 
noticeable; all the proximal lines straighter, even the antemedian group (more or less confluent into a band) 
more weakly sinuous than in that species; postmedian with a single (shallow) curve inward between 1st radial 
and 1st median, the posterior lunules also shallow; subterminal more punctiform, the dot or spot behind the 
2nd submedian strengthened in the Hindwing nearly as in atrostrigata , the remnants of the subterminal 
again punctiform. Underside darker than in atrostrigata, the markings less strengthened anteriorly, more 
extended hindward. Yatong. Tibet, 2 6 9$, in the British Museum, besides 1 $ from Kama Valley, 
10 000 feet, which was collected on the Everest expedition, 1921. Tring Museum has a 9 from Dopenri. Chumbi 
Valley. 
Ph. atrostrigata Brem. (32 a) (= lucicolens Butl.) (Vol. 4, pi. 5 h). Variable in size but generally large. 
Bears on the forewing considerable resemblance to miniosata, but lacks entirely the orange of the hindwing 
and underside. Chiefly Palaearctic (E. Siberia and Japan), but found also in Central China, as far as Changyang. 
Ph. insularis Bastelb. (32 a). Intermediate between atrostrigata (of which I formerly supposed it a sub¬ 
species) and miniosata , but different from both in the genitalia (shape of tegumen, etc.). Sometimes closely 
similar to some Formosan miniosata, which probably Bastelberger confounded with it. Antemedian of fore¬ 
wing more slender and sharply defined, generally more oblique outward at hindmargin. median area on an 
average broader, distal area with the colours softer and more blanded, hindwing with the ochreous part less 
orange (paler, more buff), less sharply defined; B abdomen with 9th tergite produced to a sharp projection 
on either side (in miniosata rounded), uncus appreciably curved downward (in miniosata slightly upcurved). 
Formosa. 
Ph. miniosata Walk. (32 b). Variable, but well characterized by the orange patch of the hindwing, 
reddish suffusions in the median area of the forewing, thick black antemedian line or band. etc. Described 
from Silliet. widely distributed from Masuri to China and Formosa. cupha Prout (32 b), from Luzon, has 
the forewing more reddish, much less variegated, less dark-mixed, the hindwing with the white area rather 
more extended. 
Ph. isosticta sp. n. (32 b). At first sight similar to miniosata, with which Oberthur seems to have 
mixed it; really quite easy to distinguish. Forewing with the proximal area more strongly darkened; ante¬ 
median band angled outward in hind corner of cell; subterminal consisting of an approximately equal series of 
whitish-green dots (in miniosata one only, in front of the 1st radial, outstanding). Hindwing with the orange 
part on the whole less reddish, suffusing into the dark posterior colour (in miniosata the tw r o colours sharply 
defined), the anterior white in the <$ extended at the expense of the orange; in the $ a dentate postmedian 
generally visible on the upperside. Underside distinguishable at a glance by the broad extension of the terminal 
and apical dark shading along the costal margin of the forewing so as to absorb the postmedian costal spot; 
postmedian line of hindwing more developed. W. China: Siaolu (loc. typ.), Tientsuen. Ta-tsien-lu. Mupin, etc. 
Ph. propugnataria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 11 g) is in the <$ more like atrostrigata in general coloration, but 
nearly always retains a small yellow' patch on the hindwing, variable in its exact extent. It should be easily 
recognizable from our figure, though the subterminal is drawn a little too thick in its anterior part and should 
be continued, though interrupted or punctiform, posteriorly; the strong, acutely angled anterior half of the 
antemedian is characteristic of this species and the following. The 9 has the apical orange of the hindwing ex- 
