500 NOCTUID MOTHS 



latter erect, proximally incurved, distally strongly angled 

 inward at middle (nearly divided in two), with a dark spot 

 in middle of each division ; postmedial line silvery-grey, 

 proxiiaaily dark-edged, distally accompanied by a second 

 silvery line as far as M, from three-fifths costa, strongly 

 angled outward at SC\ oblique from SC^ to R", slightly 

 angled out to R^, thence incurved and crenulate to two-thu"ds 

 hind margin; subteraiinal silvery-grey, crenulate and incurved 

 from near apex to M^, where it almost fades out in a 

 diffused dark spot ; fringe slightly darker than wing. 

 lli)id iving brownish-fuscous ; the base and fringe somewhat 

 paler.. Underside of fore wing pale fuscous-brown, of hind 

 wing more buff ; costa of fore wing and termen of hind wing 

 irrorated with pale silvery-grey; both wings with slight 

 postmedial line ; foic wing also with weak subterminal shade 

 and with the fringe darkened. 



Mt. Matang (Dr. E. Mjobergi — 1 rf . A single cT ii^ the 

 Joicev collection from 8.W. Sumatra, slopes of Mt. Korintji, 

 7300 "feet, August-September, 1921 (C, F. & J. Pratt) 

 L-iearly belongs to this species, though the thorax and proximal 

 half of fore wing are rather more orange in tone, less 

 strongly overlaid with mahogany. 



Hypeninar. 



1-27. SiMPLICIA ERIODES Sp. n. 



(f , 45 mm. 



Antenna with shaft norjiial and very short ciliation. 



Head, thorax and foi-e vdng avellaneous (Ridgway, pi. xl). 

 slightly tinged with ochraceous buff, especially on the thorax; 

 hind wing, abdomen above, body and wings beneath somewhat 

 similar in colour, biit a little paler and more tinged with 

 fuscous-brown, especially on proximal half of fore wing. 

 Botli wings above with a rather weak, pale yellow sub- 

 terminal line, which on the fore wing is very weakly 

 excurved on anterior half and incurved on posterior, on the 

 hind wing it is hardly angled at M^ and runs to the termen 

 liefore tornus ; the veins slightly streaked with pale yellow 

 before termen. Forr wing with a small but very black cell 

 dot, the lines (except subterminal) almost entirely concealed 

 by the short, woolly androconia. which covers the whole 

 winof from base to terminal line. 



