Moths . bearing long tufts of scales reaching tomiddle of abdomen. 4570. Triphassa ochrealis, Hmpsn. III. Set. ix, p. 158, pi. 171, fig. 5. Ochreous brown; male with a tuft of black scales at end ofpatagia; abdomen with some black before the anal tuft. Porewing slightly irrorated with fuscous; some pale and dark speckson costa; a pale slightly curved antemedial line ; a minutelydentate postniedial oblique hne angled inwards below vein 2, thearea between the two lines pale fuscous ; a series of black marginalstriae. Hind wing paler with a slight reddish tinge : a fuscousminutely dentate medial
Moths . bearing long tufts of scales reaching tomiddle of abdomen. 4570. Triphassa ochrealis, Hmpsn. III. Set. ix, p. 158, pi. 171, fig. 5. Ochreous brown; male with a tuft of black scales at end ofpatagia; abdomen with some black before the anal tuft. Porewing slightly irrorated with fuscous; some pale and dark speckson costa; a pale slightly curved antemedial line ; a minutelydentate postniedial oblique hne angled inwards below vein 2, thearea between the two lines pale fuscous ; a series of black marginalstriae. Hind wing paler with a slight reddish tinge : a fuscousminutely dentate medial line from veins 6 to 2, with traces of aline beyond it; some black specks on margin and a black linethrough the cilia. Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 20 millhn. 4571. Triphassa metaxantha, n. sp. J1. Differs from ochrealis in the head, thorax, and fore wingbeing olive in tone ; hind wing reddish orange ; postniedial line ofboth wings evenly curved : cilia rufous. Hab. Ceylon (Yerbury). Exp. 24 niillhn. Type in B. TBI PH ASS A. 165 4572. Triphassa vulsalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 671; Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, pi. 171, %. 9 ; S. no. 4510. Differs from ochrealis in thehead, thorax, and fore wingbeing dull pink, mid tarsi purewhite. Fore wing with theante- and postmedial lines dark,the latter not dentate or angledbelow vein 2, the area betweenthem not dark : a black speckFig. 95.— Triphassa vulsalis, tf. |. at end of cell. Hind wing with curved postmedial line;the marginal area suffused with Ceylon. Exp. 16 millim. 4573. Triphassa imbutalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1283: Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, pi. 178, fig. 9 ; C. $ S. no. 4351. §. Bright pink; the palpi orange; abdomen and hind wingstraw-yellow. Fore wing with pale and dark specks on the costa;nearly straight ante- and postmedial dark lines; a dark cell-speckand marginal line. Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 18 millim. 4574. Triphassa luteicilialis, n. sp. 2 • Purplish red ; anal tuft bright pink ; wings irrorated withblack. Fore wing with ante
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