ciKPiijs. 551 



Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially on the 

 veins and termen. Underside with black spot on costa of tore wing 

 bej-ond middle and terminal series of black points. 



Hah. Loo-cHOo Is., 2 (J (Fryer); Sikhim, 1 § ; Bombay, Canara 

 (Ward), 1 2 ; Madras, Malabar; Ceylon (Temjpleton, Mrs. Linde- 

 say), 2 2 type exempta ; Burma ; Anbamans, 1 $ type costalis ; 

 Singapore {Ridley), 1 2 ; Borneo, Sarawak (Bartlett), 1 § ; 

 Philippines, Manilla. Exp. 34-40 millim. 



1956. CirpMs semiusta. 



■Leucania semiusta, Hinpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 69, pi. 144. f. 17 (1891); 

 id. Moths Incl. ii. p. 274. 



$ . Head and thorax ochreous with a slight purplish-brown 

 tinge ; tegulte with the basal lialf irrorated with fuscous ; abdomen 

 ochreous, dorsally slightly tinged with tuscous. Fore wing ochreou.s 

 slightly irrorated with fuscous ; some purplish-brown suffusion in 

 and below cell, expanding on terminal area to below apex and near 

 tornus ; the antemedial line represented by a slight angled dark 

 mark in cell; an elliptical ochreous discoidal spot; a postmedial 

 series of dark points, oblique below vein 4 ; a fuscous triangular 

 shade from termen below apex. Hind wing whitish, suffused witt 

 fuscous except on basal and inner areas ; cilia white. Underside 

 white irrorated with fuscous ; fore wing with some fuscous suffusion 

 in, below, and beyond cell, leaving a white discoidal spot ; both 

 wings with terminal series of black points. 



Hub. Madras, Nilgiris {Hampsoyi) , 1 $ type, Exp. 38 millim. 



1957. Cirphis modesta. (Plate XCIII. fig. 31.) 



Leucania modesta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 335, pi. 37. f. 11; Hmpsn. 

 Moths Ind. ii. p. 274. 



J . Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with brown ; 

 sides of palpi and frons blackish ; patagia with some black scales 

 near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with fuscous. 

 Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with fuscous ; tlie antemedial 

 line indistinct, erect, dentate, with dark points at the veins ; a 

 slight black point in lower angle of cell and some fuscous suffusion 

 beyond the angle; postmedial line cronulate and produced to black 

 points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and 

 somewhat incurved at discal and submedian folds ; an oblique dark 

 shade from lermen below apex with a flesh-coloured tinge before and 

 below it; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous 

 white suffused with fuscous except on costal area ; a terminal series 

 of black points ; cilia ochreous white. Underside ochreous white 

 irrorated with fuscous ; fore wing with fuscous suffusion in and 

 below cell, a postmedial line slightly angled outwards below costa, 

 then oblique, a terminal series of points ; hind wing with black 

 discoidal spot with streak before it on median norvure showing 



