DUEDAEA.— EAl'AENA. 177 



DURDARA MTRTjKA. 



Phalana [Noctua] mijricea, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii. pi. 2. fig. 3 (1773). 

 Thermesia mijrfcea, Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xv. p. 1575. 



Red ; both wings crossed by luimcrous indistinct black linearly-disposed strigac ; an 

 indistinct dusky spot at end of each cell. Underside paler, marked as above; the fore wing 

 also having a slight short blackish fascia below the apc.x. Cilia edged with grey. 



Expanse, d li^o, ? l^-j inch. 



Ilab. Bombay ( Wil/iinsO}i) ; Darjiling (Af/iVi^oti). In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Tkloore. 



Durdara pyraliata, n. sp. 



Dull purplish-red, crossed by several linearly-disposed indistinct brown strigic : fore 

 wing with a lower discal trilobate spot, the upper an<l lower lobes diaphanous-white, the 

 middle lobe yellowish-streaked, the upper lobe also divided across the middle. Underside 

 purplish-grey, crossed by red striga^ ; diaphanous spots as above. 



Expanse f inch. 



JIab. Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Has somewhat the appearance of Pi/ralis Eloralis. 



Durdara lobata, n. sp. (Plate V. fig. 16.) 



Purplish-grey : both wings crossed by several indistinct delicate brown strigte, less 

 numerous than in D. pyraliata : fore wing with the trilobed discal spot smaller than in 

 D. jiyraliata, and narrowly black-bordered, the upper lobe being smaller, obliquely o\al and 

 entire. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Uab. Khasia Hills.. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



RAPARNA, n. g. 



Wings small, short, broad ; fore wing triangular, apex pointed ; exterior margin short, 

 very slightly convex; posterior margin long; first subcost;il emitted at one half before end 

 of the cell, second at one fifth, trifid, third at one fifth from base of second, fourth at one 

 fourth from base of third, fifth from end of the cell and touching third close to its base ; 

 discocellular bent at each end, concave in middle, radials from tiie angles ; two upper 

 medians from angles at end of the cell, lower at nearly one half before the end, submedian 

 curved. Hind wing short, exterior margin very convex ; cell one third the wing ; two sub- 

 costals from end of the cell ; discocellular slightly concave, radial from near lower end ; two 

 upper medians from end of the cell, lower at nearly one half before the end ; submedian 

 and internal straight. Body moderate ; palpi ascending, squamose, second joint broadest at 

 apex, extending to vertex, third joint two thirds its length, slender, pointed ; legs slender ; 

 antennae very minutely bipectiuated. 



Type R. ochreijjennis. 



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