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tuft of black scales ; postmedial line represented by a series of small dentate 

 grey and black marks with tracts of another line before it, oblique from 

 costa to veiu 5, then inwardly oblique ; a subterminal series of small pure 

 white spots on slight blackish streaks extending to termen ; a series of white 

 points at base of cilia. Hindwing with im istinct waved subbasal, medial and 

 postmedial lines, the last curved and with a series of minute white and black 

 marks on its inner side ; a subterminal series of small white spots on slight 

 blackish streaks extending to terme-n. Underside grey, both wings with black 

 discoidal spots, postnedial line excurved at middle with slight dark streaks at 

 the veins and subterminal series of diffused rather wedge-shaped marks. 



Habitat. — Madras, Palni Hills (Campbell) ; Ceylon, Maskeliya (Pole). 

 Exp. 46 mill. Type in B. M. 



3653. CiDaria mediovittaria insert (syn.) Somatina azonaria, Oberth. E. 

 Ent., xviii, p. 32, pi. iv, f. 50 (1893). 



3670a. Cidaria scotaria, ii. sp. (Plate E., f. 43). 



Antenna? of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black brown with a reddish tinge and aome 

 leaden grey suffusion. Forewing dark reddish brown irrorated wth glistening 

 scales, and with numerous indistinct waved lines, cf which the most distinct 

 are a subbasal line, two antemedial lit e, a medial line angled outwards beyond 

 lower angle of cell and two postmedial lines slightly excurved below costa and 

 at middle ; a subterminal series of slight whitish marks with blackish marks 

 on their inner side and more distinct spots above veins 6 and 5. Hindwing 

 greybrown irrorated with glistening scales ; a whitish mark on termen towards 

 tornus ; the underside paler with dark point at upper angle of cell, sinuous 

 medial line and two indistinct minutely waved subterminal lines. 



Habitat.— Ceylon, Pattipola (Green). Exp. 42 mill. Type in B. M. 



3748.C. Neoscelis meiachlora, n sp. (Plate E., f. 9). 



$. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with rufous and grey ; patagia with 

 small white spot on upper edge ; abdomen green with black irroration at sides ; 

 pectus and abdomen below whitish ; legs streaked with fuscous, the tarsi 

 with white rings. Forewing green irrorated with black to the waved black 

 medial line ; a black discoidal lunule ; the terminal half purplish red-brown- 

 an indistinct curved postmedial line defined by grej bh on inner side- subter- 

 minal line dentate, only defined by the area before it being suftu&ed with 

 fuscous and the terminal area greyish ; a black terminal line ; cilia fuscous 

 with fine ochreous line at base and intersected with ochreous. Hindwing 

 grass green irrorated with black ; a black discoidal bar ; ill-defined black 

 antemedial, medial and postmedial lines and a dentate subterminal line ; a 

 terminal line ; cilia pale fuscous with fine ochreous line at base. 



Habitat— Ceylon, Uva (G. C. Alston). Evp. 24 mill. Type in B. M. 



3750. Gymnoscelis dele/a insert Eupilhecia semialbida, Wlk., xxxv., 

 1678 (1866), Swinh., Cat. Het. Mus., Oxon., II., pi. 5, f. 16, which has 

 precedence Borneo. 



