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III. Section. Distal margin of fore wing dentate at vein 4, of hind wing at 6. 
Ph. excisa Hmps. (48 li). lorewing greyish-brown, a band being marked light between the distal line cxcisa. 
and the terminal line on both the folds, the two lines inwardly bent and parallel, the latter line forming a chain 
of small crescents, dentate, the dents on the veins marked dark, behind it 3 dark lines close at each other; 
fringes dark grey with a pale ochreous line; before the proximal line a light curved band only visible below the 
centre; in the cell two black spots; on the hindwing the lines are straight and smooth, i. e. two proximal 
lines, 4 distal ones and the subterminal line which is shortly prominent, whereas the last line is light and undu¬ 
lating; 2 black cellular spots. Under surface brownish ochreous, the distal markings smooth. Sikkim. 
IV. Section. The distal margin of the hindwing is dentate on veins 4 and 6, 
between them a small but deep concavity. 
Ph. edentata Hm'ps. Eorewing dull greyish ochreous, darkened by small dark scales; dark spots form edentatu. 
a distal and a subterminal row; at the distal margin a row of dark striae; beneath the lower cell-angle a blurred 
dark brown spot. Hindwing with an oblique dark proximal line, on both the cell-angles one dark spot 
each; the rest of the wing like the forewing. Ceylon. A small species (26 mm) of which only the type is known. 
Ph. kerara Swh. Forewing monotonously greyish ochreous; at the cell-end a diminutive black dot; kerara. 
through the centre a brownish band; small black lunae form a distal line; marginal area brownish, crossed 
by a light curved subterminal line; hindwing similar. Under surface dull grey, with a fine, darker distal 
band through both wings. Pulo Laut (Borneo). Described from a single $. In the forewing the distal margin 
is excised below the centre; in the hindwing the distal margin projects in the centre and is gnawed below. 
Ph. tenera Swh. Forewing greyish-ochreous, monotonously coloured, traversed by many curved, tenera. 
more or less dentate grey lines, the two in the centre being the most distinct. At the costal margin before the 
apex a black mark, and at the apical margin a black line which is continued along the distal margin. At 
the hind margin before the anal angle a black stripe; on the veins many small grey dots and spots. On the 
hindwing some prominent lines near the distal margin, darkening the distal half of the wing. A sub marginal 
whitish band. Under surface grey with a brown distal line on both wings. Pulo Laut (Borneo). Described 
from a single $. 
25. Genus : Drapetodes Gn. 
Proboscis present, short; palpi delicate, upturned; antennae flattened, in both sexes thickened, with 
dense, short, curved dents. Middle tibiae with 1 pair, hind tibiae with 2 parrs of long spurs. On the forewing 
the costal margin is only feebly convex, the apex obtuse, the distal margin curved. Hindwing with both angles 
and a curved distal margin. In the fore wing vein 6 rises below the cell-angle, 7 on a very shoit stalk with 8, 
9 and 10, 11 from the cell. In the larva of one species ( ? mitaria) the terminal joint ends in a forked appendage; 
each segment exhibits 6 small, bristly, glandular stings. It spins a cocoon in a rolled leaf and changes into 
a pupa coated with white. Type: D. mitaria Gn. 
D. mitaria Gn. (= platycerata Wkr.) (48 h). Forewing dull reddish-yellow, shaded with grey; from mitaria. 
the base to the apex an interrupted subcostal streak of a leaden gloss, continued before the distal margin to 
the anal angle; 2 indistinct dentate dark antemedian lines and 3 oblique, undulating and curved postmedian 
lines, nearing each other at the centre of the hind margin. The area directly behind the cell is coated with 
a somewhat purple grey colour, and a similar coating towards the anal margin, at each angle of the cell 
a dark dot. Hmdwing with 2 subbasal dark lines; through the centre a broad purple grey band with darker 
borders; 3 undulating distal lines and ah antemarginal lead-coloured line. — In vapida subsp. nov. (48 h) both vapida. 
wings are light ochreous, the dark markings quite dull and with little yellow; on the hindwing the markings 
are present, but indistinct; 2 $$ from Calcutta in the Tring Museum. — Larva light salmon-coloured with 2 
brown bands, the first 3 segments of the dorsum dull green, the 4th, 5th, 10th, and 11th dark brown, the 
sides of the 6th and 9th segments yellow; on the sides a row of 6 dark brown stripes. —• North India: Sikkim, 
Penjab, Assam, Ceylon; Singapore. 
D. fratercula Mr. (48 i) differs from mitaria in its smaller size; wings lighter; basal area of both wings, fratercnla. 
apex of forewing, and marginal area of hindwing of a glaring light yellow; all the dark markings clearer. Ceylon. 
— In the form] from Assam and Borneo, albidior subsp. nov. (48 i), the ground of the wings is white instead albidior. 
of yellowish ochreous, the dull band in the hindwing is narrower, whereby the light area behind it becomes 
broader.’ 
D. deumbrata sp. v,ov. (48 i) differs from mitaria in the absence of the usual grey tint above the anal deumbrata. 
angle of the forewing between the distal and subterminal lines; on the hindwing the median band is blank, 
