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spot below this in cellule 4 not divided; three small spots 
before the apex; traces of dots in the distal area in 3 and 4. 
Hind wing with a black mark on upper discocellular, a 
black anal spot, two spots on either side of vein 2, two 
large ones on either side of vein 5, no apical spot. 
Underside.—Fore wing with markings as above, reduced 
in basal and median areas ; discal band with costal patch 
separated from patch at lower angle of cell. Hind wing 
with a small round spot at middle of costa, other markings 
as above. 
Antenne blackish brown; palpi and sides of frons 
blackish brown; central part of frons and vertex pale 
ochraceous ; tegulee and patagia dark ochraceous; patagia 
with a blackish basal patch, represented in dinawa by a free 
rounded spot and a dot at extreme base; thorax with a 
blackish mesial line ; abdomen crimson above, pale ochra- 
ceous below, a black dorsal stripe and lateral series of spots; 
legs and pectus blackish brown, fore coxe and femora 
crimson on outside ; a crimson tuft at base of thorax. 
Length of fore wing 27 mm. 
Hab. Wandammen Mtus., 3000-4000 feet, Nov. 1 ¢. 
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Noctuide. 
Subfamily AcRONYCTIN2. 
CorDYLEPALPA, Nom. nov. 
We substitute this name for Clavipalpa, J. & T., which is 
preoccupied (Clavipalpa, Joicey & Talbot, Trans. Ent. Soc. 
Lond. 1915 (June), p. 377). 
Subfamily Nocruina. 
Athyrma spilota, sp. n. 
(Pl. I. fig. 3.) 
Q. Upperside—Fore wing with dark chestnut-brown 
ground-colour; a waved black basal line, thickened on 
costa; an antemed’an line, black, irregular, and curved 
outwardly, thickened on the costa and posteriorly broadened 
to a triangular patch; a lilac-grey quadrate costal patch, 
bearing a black dot near its lower outer angle, forming the 
upper part of an antemedian band; lower part of ante- 
_ median band much broader, dark green; a yellowish stripe 
on vein 2; three curved yellowish marks below the sub- 
median ; a dark greenish costal patch of spots beyond the 
cell, outwardly defined by a thin grey Deere line; a 
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