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633, Hermouassa spilota. (Plate LXVIII. tig. 20.) 



Ochropleura spilota, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 55; Hmpsn. Moths Iiul. ii. 

 p. 197. 



S- Head and thorax nifons ; palpi blackish at sides except 

 towards tips ; tcguUic with black line near base and grey tips ; 

 abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface tinged with fuscous. Fore 

 wing pale purplish red, the costal area to beyond middle and cell 

 suffused with ochreous, the veins streaked with ochreous ; the sub- 

 basal line repi'esenti'd by two oblique black striae from cell ; stigmata 

 deep black edged with ochreous, the claviforni elongate, elliptical, 

 pointed at base, below which there are some black scales ; orbicular 

 elongate, pointed at extremities ; reniform a lunule with pointed 

 extremities ; the postmedial line very indistinct, double, angled 

 outwards below costa, then incurved, obsolete below claviform ; the 

 postmedial line indistinct, double, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line defined by 

 slight fuscous suffusion on its inner side, slightly angled outwards 

 at vein 7 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish, 

 tinged with pale brown towards termen ; a fine dark terminal line ; 

 the underside with the costal area stiffused with brown, a small dark 

 discoidal point. 



Hub. Bengal {Rmsell), 1 J type. £".*'/>. 30 millim, • 



634. Hermonassa incisa. (Plate LXVIII. fig. 22.) 



Hernion.af.sa incisa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 120 (1882) ; Hmpsn. Moths Iiicl. 

 ii. p. rJ7. 



Head pale rufous ; tluirax olive-yellow slightly irrorated with 

 black, the tegulte tipped with rufous ; legs rufous ; abdomen ochreous 

 brown. Fore wing olive-yellow slightly irrorated with rufous; the 

 costal edge rufous ; the sul)basal line defined by black spots on each 

 side of it below costa and cell ; the antemedial line double, brownish 

 ■with black points on each side of it below costa, angled outwards 

 below costa, then incurved to above inner margin, where it is 

 strongly angled outwards, bisecting the claviform, which is diamond- 

 shaped and defined by fine double black lines ; orbicular and reni- 

 form black, their annuli defined by black, the former triangular: 

 an oblique waved medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin ; the postmedial line double, minutely and irregularly 

 dentate, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards in discal fold, 

 incurved below vein 4 ; tlie subterminal line pale, defined by 

 bj'own sufi'usion on inner side, minutely waved, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing whitish tinged with ochreous, especially towards 

 margins. 



Jlab. SiKHiM, 1 $ type. Exp. 38 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Much darker; thorax largely mixed with black : fore 

 wing fuscous, the basal area and the costal area to beyond middle 

 suffused with olive-green; hJnd wjj^g tinged with fuscous. 



