PHALACRA. By W. Warren. 
igrilinea- 
ta. 
tufa. 
ochre a. 
acutipen- 
nis. 
ultilinea- 
ta. 
strigata. 
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Ph. nigrilirteata sp. nov. (48 h). Porewing yellowish ochreous and washed over with ochreous. In 
the basal area there are traces of 2 or 3 double curved light brown lines, the distal one being angular on the 
median directly before the cell-end; a distal double light brown line is rectangularly flawed below the centre, 
nearing the proximal line at the hind-margin; close at this line and parallel with it as far as vein 6 and upwards 
broken on 4 there is a double line, below 3 filled with white, as in albilinea Warr. , with black darkenings towards 
the centre of the distal margin above vein 4 and below the apex; an entirely indistinct angular subterminal 
line; marginal line black; from the base of the cell along the subcostal to the costa shortly before the apex a 
black streak; a black dot at the end of each cell. Hindwing with a double proximal black line; a median dentate 
light brown line of small lunae; a thick black distal line, inwardly broken above 6, before and behind it broadly 
coated with ochreous; before the distal margin an indistinct line and a thick black line at the distal margin; 
2 black cellular dots. Under surface whitish ochreous, with dark cellular dots, a distal, subterminal, and 
terminal line. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous; thorax with a dark belt forming the continuation of 
the subcostal stripe. Abdominal dorsum with dark belts. 1 $ from Cfunong-Ljau, between 2 and 3000 ft., in 
March 1898 (Butler). — Expanse: 34 mm. 
Ph. rufa Hmps. Porewing yellowish-brown, costal-marginal area broad smoky brown like the lower 
half of the distal-marginal area. Subbasal and proximal lines fine, angular at the subcostal and median, then 
obliquely proximad; distal line black, of small lunae, dentate, the dents showing towards the base; behind 
it 2 other undulating lines; before the distal margin a row of black dents. Hindwing with a flesh-coloured 
ochreous base bordered by a thick straight brown line, and then a light grey line bordered with small black 
scales; 3 distal lines as in the forewing, and all the subterminal lines straight; head and thorax grey; abdomen 
brown, with dark belts. A large species from Ceylon; described from a single $. 
Ph. ochrea sp. nov. (48 h) resembles excisa Hmps. (48 h), but the distal margin is smooth, not angular 
in the centre of the fore wing, and the ground-colour is light ochreous with a dark grey marking. The base, 
a subcostal stripe, the lower half of an oblique median band and the marginal area are dark grey, a light ochreous 
stripe from the basal area through the cell as far as the subterminal line; at each end of the cell a black 
dot; the dents of the second distal line marked with black vein-dots along the distal edge of the light band 
following upon the dark median band. Hindwing with numerous dark grey transverse lines and a dark median 
band which contains 2 dark spots and is bordered by an inwardly dentate line of small lunae; directly before 
the distal margin a light undulating subterminal line marked with black. Beneath yellowish ochreous with 
distinct black markings. 1^,2 $$ from the Khasia Hills. Type in the Tring Museum. 
Ph. acutipennis Swh. (48 h) differs from ochrea as follows: the whole costal-marginal area is dark 
grey; the stripe from the basal area to the subterminal line is deep yellow; the veins are streaked with a bluish 
white, and the subterminal line is bluish-white on both wings; ground-colour of both wings more yellow, and 
the lines and markings are darker grey. Under surface yellow instead of ochreous. Type from the Khasia Hills, 
Assam. The Tring Museum contains 3 2 likewise from the Khasias. 
II. Section. Distal margin of forewing dentate on vein 4, that of hind- 
margin on 4 and 6. 
Ph. multilmeata Warr. (48 h). Forewing ochreous, coated with greyish brown; proximal line dark, 
sharply distally angular on the subcostal and median, then obliquely towards the base. Distal line and sub- 
terminal line curved, parallel, composed of small lunae, dentate, proceeding from small black costal spots, 
the space between them lighter and forming a semi-transparent spot between vein 1 and 2; before the distal 
line below the centre a blackish spot rises from the hind-margin; on the discocellular a black oblique line; a 
submarginal row of small black and white spots terminating in a dark patch at the anal angle. Hindwing 
with a light base traversed by 2 dark undulating lines, the rest of the wings blackish-brown. A double dark 
curved postmedian line which is bordered and filled with ochreous; an undulating bluish-white antemarginal 
line. Under surface white, with three dark brown undulating distal lines, 2 black cellular dots and, only in 
the forewing, a diffuse central brown cloud from the upper to the lower cell-fold. Described from a single 
$ from the Khasia Hills. In my opinion it must prove to be the $ of strigata. 
Ph. strigata Warr. Forewing ochreous, suffused with pale brownish; marking brownish as in multi- 
lineata, but very indistinct and incoherent; the 2 dark spots at the cell-end compose an oblique line; from the 
discocellular to the distal margin a dark brown streak; the distal and the subterminal lines are marked by black 
costal dots, and at the hind-margin there are on each side of the hyaline spot brown spots; the black and 
white marginal dots are distinct. Hindwing rather much browner; two curved and undulating proximal lines 
and three straight brown distal lines traversed by pale; subterminal line undulating, light, behind it a line of 
dark dots. Under surface light as in multilineata, but the markings less defined. Described from a single 9 
from the Khasia Hills. Larger and lighter than multilineata. 
