13G IIELIOTHID^. 



of the cell, middle branch from one eighth and lower from beyond one third before end of the 

 cell ; submedian slightly curved at the base. Hind wing short ; costal vein straight, extending 

 to apex ; two subcostal branches from end of the cell ; discocellular obliquely concave ; radial 

 from its lower end immediately above angle of the cell ; two upper median branches from 

 beyond end of the cell, lower from one third before the end ; submedian and internal veins 

 straiglit. Body stout, abdomen long ; palpi porrect, second joint laterally broad at the tip, 

 clothed with coarse lax scales, third joint short, thick, half length of the second; legs stout, 

 squamose; antennae setose. 

 Type C. nigrisigna. 



CnURIA NIGRISIGNA. 

 Cburia niyrisigna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 360, pi. xxxvii. fig. 13. 



Male and feiyiaJe. Upper side pale brownish-ochreous : fore wing with a small black 

 spot on middle of the discocellular veinlet. Cilia ochreous-white. Underside paler along 

 the posterior border of fore wing and on the hind wing. Palpi and legs above pale brownish- 

 ochreous. 



Expanse, d -nj, S l-jV inch. 



Hah. Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



CUUKIA OCHEACEA. 



Churia ochracea, IMoore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 360. 



Male. Upper side paler ochreous than in C. nigrisigna. No black spot on tlie fore 

 wing. Underside pale ochreous. Thorax, palpi, and legs above ochreous. 

 Expanse -/j inch. 

 Hah. Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Family H E L I O T 11 1 D M. 



Genus ADISURA, Moure. 



Adisura, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 367. 



Fore wing comparatively short and broad, triangular, costa nearly straight, apex very acute, 

 exterior margin oblique and even, posterior margin short ; first subcostal branch emitted from 

 half length of the cell, second near the end, trifurcate, the third and fourth at equal distances 

 from base of second, fifth curved upwards from end of the cell and touching the third close 

 to its base ; discocellular concave, slightly bent near its lower end ; upper radial from end 

 of the cell, lower from angle of discocellular ; upper median branch from angle above end 

 of the cell, middle branch from the end, lower at some distance before its end. Hind wing 

 triangular, rather broad and short ; costa nearly straight, exterior margin convex and much 

 waved, abdominal margin short ; two subcostal branches emitted from end of the cell ; 



