506 



NOCTUID^. 



whitish tinged with fuscous, especially on veins and towards 

 termen ; cilia whitish ; the underside violaceous white, the costal 

 and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot, post- 

 medial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of 

 points. 



$ much more tinged with red-brown. 



Hah. SiKHiM, 1800 feet {Dmlyeon), 2 S ; Assam, Naga Hills 

 (Doherty), 1 $ ; Burma, Bhamo, i 5 type. Exj). 32-3-1 millim. 



*1871. Cirphis rufipennis. (Plate XCII. fig. 10.) 

 Leucania rufipennis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276 (1894). 



S . Head and thorax bright pinkish red ; palpi and frons at 

 sides red-brown ; tegulae with three dark lines ; abdomen dark 

 brown, the sublateral tufts brown, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore 

 wing purplish pink, the cell and area just below it redder; the 

 costal area pale towards base ; the veins finely streaked with 

 yellowish white, the median nervure except towards base and veins 

 4, 3 more prominently streaked ; a pale streak in lower part of 

 cell ; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 3 ; antemedial line 

 represented by a black point in submedian fold, the postmedial line 

 by traces of a series of points most distinct on costa and vein 2. 

 Hind wing brown, the cilia with a pale line at base. Underside of 

 fore wing blackish, the marginal areas pinkish irrorated with black ; 

 hind wing pale tinged with brown-pink and irrorated with black, a 

 discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on the veins, and some 

 points on termen. 



Hah. Manipur, Mao, 7000 feet (DoJiertij), type t d in Coll. 

 Elwes. Ea'j). 36 millim. 



1872. Cirphis duplicata. (Plate XCII. fig. 11.) 



Leucania prominens, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339 (iiec Wlk.) ; Hmpsn. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 279. 

 Leucania, duplicata, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 8 (1889). 

 Leucania rufula, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 278 (1894). 



Head and thorax whitish tinged with purplish pink, especially on 

 thorax ; sides of palpi and frons brown ; tegulse with three brown 

 lines ; abdomen pinkish, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the abdominal 

 tufts of male grey and fuscous. Fore wing pale pink ; a red-brown 

 shade from base in and below cell and thence obliquely to apex ; a 

 brown streak on each side of vein 1 except towards base ; an 

 oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle ; the veins 

 streaked with white, defined on each side by slight brown streaks 

 except on costal area ; the median nervure, except towards base 

 and veins 4, 3, with more prominent streaks ; an oblique palo pink 

 fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it browner ; the sub- 

 basal line represented by obliquely placed black points below costa 

 and in submedian fold ; the postmedial line represented by some 

 black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; 



