486 
PSILORETA. £y W. Warren. 
inconspi- 
cua. 
brunnea. 
bicolor. 
pavaca. 
purpurea. 
olivacea. 
flavida. 
violacea. 
albipuncfa. 
rotundapex. 
Ps. inconspicua sp. nov. (501). Forewing olive-grey or olive greyish-brown with darker striae and 
transverse lines; the lines and markings as in obliquilinea, but there is no yellow on a'ny wing. Basal area 
of both wings and costal-marginal area of hindwing exhibit merely faint yellowish hues. Under surface as 
in obliquilinea, but the hindwing without any yellow. 1 1 $ from Masuri, types; 1 $ without the habitat 
being stated in Felder’s collection. — Type in the Tring Museum. 
Ps. brunnea Wil. Forewing fawn-coloured, striated and suffused with dark brown; the area between 
the proximal line and distal line darker brown; basal area traversed by 3 bent brown lines, the most proxi¬ 
mal one defines a brown band. Proximal line dark brown, from the costal margin to the median obliquely bent, 
then obliquely inwards. A black costal streak above the discocellular which is marked with a white angular 
mark in the centre and a small white dot at either end. At the proximal line in the cell a white dot; distal 
line dark olive-brown, with a lighter border, distally concave from behind the centre of the proximal mar¬ 
gin almost to the apex before which it bends round short to the costal margin on vein 8. Marginal area olive- 
brown with a lilac reflection; costal margin yellowish red-brown with a line of flesh-coloured lilac scales. Hind¬ 
wing redder brown, speckled with dark. At the centre of the proximal margin an oblong dark blot; marginal 
area rosy-red; transverse vein with 2 small white apices. Under surface of forewing dull red, along the costa 
brighter; margin with a violettish-grey lustre; distal line and spotting black; hindwing bright orange-red with 
faintly dark speckling, along the costal margin black. Head, legs and ventrum red; tegulae cream-coloured; 
patagia, thorax and abdominal dorsum olive-brown; abdominal dorsum behind reddish. As Wileman’s 
description is not very exhaustive, I have described it according to a specimen in the Tring Museum from 
Arizan (Formosa). 
Ps. bicolor Warr. (501). Forewing greyish-brown, strewn with dark towards the costal margin in 
the distal half of the wing; from the proximal margin behind the centre slightly bent a red and a yellow streak 
extend into the apex. Marginal area with few small dark spots. In the hindwing the costal-marginal area is 
yellowish, turning orange-red; between the veins subterminal rows of small dark spots. Under surface deep 
red, the distal lines dull blackish; face, vertex, chest, legs, and sides of abdomen of a bright red; thorax and 
abdomen brown; shoulders pale lilac-grey. Described according to a single $ from Gunong Ljau (Malayan 
Peninsida). 
Ps. pavaca Mr. (51 a as padaca ). Forewing red-brown; basal, costal-marginal and particularly 
the distal-marginal areas covered with small silvery white scales; distal line dark, before the apex angular and 
recurved to the costal margin; proximal line scarcely traceable; transverse vein marked with a fine silvery line 
which is sometimes angular at the lower end and recurved along the median. Hindwing feebly covered with 
small silvery scales along the proximal margin; transverse vein with a silvery angular line; the dark line is 
median. Under surface bright purple, in the interspaces densely speckled dark. Proximal area of hindwing 
yellowish; head and frons purple; vertex red-brown, thorax and abdomen the same, the latter towards the 
end reddish. Sikkim. — The subspecies purpurea subsp. nov. (51 a) from the Khasia Hills is smaller, dark 
violettish-brown instead of reddish, the subterminal white line is stronger; on the transverse vein 2 or sometimes 
3 dots, but no coherent line or angle; the flesh-coloured costa of the hindwing is more prominent owing to 
the deeper violet of the rest of the wing; fringes of hindwing violettish brown. Under surface the brightest 
scarlet without any yellow on the hindwing; below the apex of the forewing a pale grey spot; thorax and dorsum 
of abdomen black. — olivacea subsp. nov. (51 a), likewise from the Khasia Hills, of about the same size as typical 
pavaca, is olive-brown, the marginal area with an intense lilac reflection which likewise appears as a subcostal 
stripe and expands across the wing. Transverse vein of forewing only with small dots; at the anal angle of 
the forewing a large dark brown spot. Finder surface dull reddish, hind wing faintly yellowish. 1 $, 3 hr 
the Tring Museum. — ab. flavida ab. nov. (51 a) is larger, of a paler red, the yellow of the under surface showing 
through; otherwise like the typical form. 2 $?, 2 <$<3 from Sikkim in the Tring Museum. 
Ps. violacea Hmps. (51 a). Forewing violettish-grey, basal area and a broad line or band bordering 
on the distal line light, cream-coloured with a greenish tint, distal line angular quite in the apical area and 
recurved to the costal margin. Between the veins some dark subterminal spots and a spot at the anal 
angle; on the hindwing the median band only appears below the middle; apex with a brown shade; thorax and 
abdomen whitish; the 3 basal segments above dark grey. Described according to 1 2 from the Nilgiris; a very 
small species. 
Ps. albipuncfa Hmps. (51 a). Forewing reddish with black striae; distal line angular behind the cell, 
deeper red, with a lighter border. Proximal line quite indistinct, a diffuse reddish median shade; a thick white 
mark at the cell-end; marginal area at the apex and ground yellowish. On the hindwing a distal line; costal- 
marginal area light. Head, thorax and abdomen light red-brown. Described according to a single $ from Trin- 
comali (Ceylon). Expanse 26 mm. 
Ps. rotundapex Hmps. (51 a as rotundiapex). Forewing dark brownish-grey, the deepest in the discal 
area. Marginal area between the veins spotted black; apex black, broadly rounded; the median dark space 
defined with a straight brown line and traversed by 3 or 4 dark lines. On the hindwing the band is more inter¬ 
rupted; on the transverse veins a white oblique patch. Described according to a single $ from the Nilgiris. 
