ELYDNA. 175 



pale line at base from apex to vein 2, then whitish tinged with 

 brown ; the underside whitish tinged with reddish ochreous and 

 irrorated with red-brown on costal half, a small black discoidal spot 

 and curved minutely waved postmedial line. 



Hub. Be. INT. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), types t $ in Coll. Bethune- 

 Baker. Exp. 40 millim. 



4527. Elydna atripuncta, n. sp. (Plate CXLI. fig. 21.) 



2 . Head white, the palpi, frons, and antennas except at base 

 dark brown ; thorax white tinged with ochreous and irrorated with 

 a tew black scales ; tibia? and tarsi brow r u ; abdomen whitish 

 dorsally tinged with ochreous and irrorated with a few dark scales 

 except at base. Fore wing white tinged with ochreous and irrorated 

 with black scales, the terminal area tinged with rufous ; antemedial 

 line brown, double on inner area, oblique towards costa, then waved, 

 angled outwards at vein 1 ; a round black discoidal spot ; post- 

 medial line brown, excurved and minutely waved to vein 2, angled 

 inwards in submedian fold to near antemedial liue and outwards 

 on vein 1 ; subterminal line diffused, brown, oblique from eosta to 

 vein 7, incurved at discal and submedian folds ; a series of small 

 black spots before termen ; cilia ochreous with series of fuscous 

 points. Hind wing whitish suffused with ochreous yellow especially 

 on terminal area ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal 

 areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot. 



rf . Fore wing with black discoidal spot. 



Hub. Ceylox, Kandy (Green), 1 J , Puttalam (Pole), 1 5 type. 

 Exp. 36 millim. 



*4528. Elydna ochracea. (Plate CXLI. fig. 22.) 



Cosmia ochracea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 322 (1894). 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous yellow ; palpi, antenna^, 

 and legs tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous yellow irrorated 

 with a few black scales, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; 

 subbasal line represented by a black point on costa; antemedial 

 line indistinct, brown with black point on costa, oblique towards 

 costa, then waved ; orbicular absent ; reniform represented by a 

 faint elliptical pale patch ; postmedial line brown with black point 

 at costa, minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then 

 incurved ; subterminal line brown, minutely waved, angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a series of minute blackish stria? 

 before termen ; cilia dark brown with fine yellowish lines at base 

 and middle. Hind wing pale yellow, the terminal area slightly 

 tinged with rufous ; the underside with the costal area and terminal 

 area to vein 2 slightly irrorated with black, a small brown discoidal 

 spot. 



Hab. Burma, E. Pegu, 4,500 feet (Doherty), type f $ in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 42 millim. 



