440 NOCTUIDJS. 



in with olive ochreous and with white at costa, minutely waved, 

 excurved from costa to vein 3, then oblique, a slight whitish mark 

 beyond it on costa; an indistinct, diffused, irregularly dentate, pale 

 subterminal line, oblique below vein 4 and incurved at vein 2 ; a 

 lunulate red terminal line ; cilia dark brown with a tine whitish 

 line at base. Hind wing orange, the terminal area black-brown 

 to vein 1, expanding at costa to middle, its inner edge obliquely 

 curved, slightly angled inwards at vein 2 and strongly at vein 1 ; a 



Fig. 209. — Seudyra alhifascia, tf . ). 



white apical patch ; the cilia tipped with white to below vein 3, 

 then with white line through them. Underside of fore wing 

 black-brown, the basal area orange except at costa, a slight white 

 mark in end of cell, the band beyond the cell as above, the apex 

 suffused with white ; hind wing with the inner edge of terminal 

 area evenly curved, the apical white patch larger. 



Hab. Sikhim (James, Atkinson), 3 $ ; Bombay, Kanara ; Burma, 

 Moulmein (Cleric), 1 $ type, Rangoon (Scott), 3 $ . Exp. 48-62 

 millim. 



*4914. ? Seudyra nepcha. 



Catocala nepcha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 68; Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 

 p. 157. 



Head black ; antennae yellow ; thorax rufous brown ; abdomen 

 orange-yellow with dorsal and lateral series of black-brown spots. 

 Fore wing rufous brown ; some irregular black marks on basal 

 area ; a square white spot in end of cell ; a narrow slightly curved 

 postmedial white band with black inner edge and series of dentate 

 black marks beyond it ; a terminal series of black and grey lunules ; 

 cilia grey-brown. Hind wing orange-yellow with a broad black 

 terminal band. Underside with the basal area yellow, the terminal 

 area black ; fore wing with a broad postmedial white band from 

 costa to above torn us where there is a white spot ; hind wing with 

 a white medial patch from costa to lower angle of cell. 



Hub. Sikhim. Exp. 70 millim. This species is unknown to me. 



