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PORPHYRINIA. By W. Warren. 
puailla. 
pallida. 
uniformis. 
glyphicata. 
albipennis. 
bifasciata. 
leucodesma. 
lozosfropha. 
marmaropa. 
pulchra. 
sarcosia. 
two black dots on the discocellular; outer line ochreous brown outwardly white- edged, bent outwards below 
costa nearly to termen, oblique and sinuous below vein 4, followed in submedian interval by a brown 
black-edged patch; an oblique ochreous brown shade from apex with a black point below it; terminal line 
fine, ochreous brown; hindwing white, suffused with fuscous along termen; in the subsp. pusilla Btlr. from 
Queensland the median band and terminal area are reddev; in ab. pallida ab. nov. (= ab. 1 Hmps.) (22c) both 
wings are much whiter; in ab. uniformis ab. nov. (= ab. 4 Hmjrs.) (22 c) the forewing is nearly uniformly suffused 
with ochreous brown; lastly, ab. glyphicata ab. nov. (= ab. 3 Hmps.) has the postmedian area of forewing except 
along costa and the whole terminal area more uniform ochreous brown, with a subterminal series of black 
points from apex to vein 4, and an irregularly waved black mark below it. This species, described originally 
from Calcutta in Bengal and also found in the Nilgiii Hills, Madras, is more widely distributed in Australia; 
being recorded from Peak Downs, Brisbane, and Moreton Bay in Queensland; from Sydney, Parkside, and 
Yeppoon in N. S. Wales; Gisborne in Victoria; and Adelaide in S. Australia; it occurs also commonly in S. 
Africa. 
P. albipennis Hmps. (= albida Moore nec Dup.) (22 i). Porewing white; costal area at base brownish 
ochreous; median band brownish ochreous, very oblique; two small black dots on discocellular; outer line 
brownish, angled outwards below costa, oblique and sinuous beloAV vein 4; subterminal line ochreous brown, 
oblique from apex to vein 4, dentate on each side of vein 6, with an oblique brown mark nearer termen betwen 
veins 3 and 1. Recorded only from Bombay: 2 
P. bifasciata Moore (22 i). Porewing pure white, the costal edge rufous towards base; inner and median 
lines slight, oblique, blackish, enclosing a rufous band; outer line blackish, excurved below costa and produced 
outwards to a tooth at middle, the area beyond it rufous; fringe white; hindwing white, the terminal 
area faintly tinged with ochreous. Found at Allahabad in the Punjab, whence the type; Malabar, Madras; 
Ceylon; also recorded from Aden, Arabia, and N. Nigeria. 
P. leucodesma Lower (22 c). Forewing white tinged with ochreous; the costa reddish ochreous towards 
base; an oblique dark median line, with a diffuse rufous band on its inner edge; outer line dark, excurved 
below costa and outwardly produced to form a tooth at middle, the area beyond it rufous, paling towards 
termen; subterminal line indistinct, sinuous, white; fringe pale reddish ochreous; hindwing ochreous 
yellow, the termen tinged with rufous, or the basal area whiter and the terminal darker. Australia: Duaringa, 
Queensland; Roebuck Bay and Port Darwin, N. Australia; Sherlock River, W. Australia. 
P. lozosfropha Trnr. (22 c). Forewing deep rufous, suffused with darker beyond median line and 
on terminal area; median line oblique, white, with black scales on its inner edge; traces of a sinuous whitish 
outer line rising from the same point on costa as the median; fringe white and dark brown; hindwing dark 
brown slightly mixed with greyish; fringe white mixed with dark brown. Queensland and W. Australia. 
I believe that leucodesma is the <$ of this species. 
P. marmaropa Meyr. (22 k). ForeAving Avhite faintly tinged with olive green; an indistinct inwardly 
oblique Avaved ochreous inner line; a diffuse oblique pale olive green band from subcostal vein near 
end of cell to inner margin before middle; an equally indistinct oblique outer line; a diffuse oblique 
rufous subterminal band from apex to inner margin with olive green on its inner edge and points of black 
scales on its outer; costa towards apex and fringe pure white; liindAving nearly pure white. British 
New Guinea, Port Moresby. 
P. pulchra Swinh. (22 f). Forewing yellowish white, suffused Avith pink on basal and terminal 
areas; median area Avith faint rufous streaks before the indistinct rufous outer line, which is excurv¬ 
ed below costa and at middle, indented at discal fold, and oblique inwards beloAV 4; short subterminal 
pure Avhite streaks between the veins; the termen white beloAV apex, then yelloAA r ish; a fine broAAm 
terminal line; hindwing ochreous white suffused with brown especially on the veins and terminal area; the 
terminal line broAvn. Recorded from Kasauli in the Punjab, and Mhow, Bombay. 
P. sarcosia Hmps. (21 i). Forewing white, tinged and irrorated with rufous; traces of a sinuous 
inner line, a median line excurved beloAV costa, then oblique, and a curved outer line; hindwing white, tinged 
and irrorated with rufous, with traces of all three lines. Madras; described from a single 
