500 



XOCTUIDJK. 



whcio it is met by an ol)li(iuo dark sliade from apex, then oblique; 

 a terminal scries of black points. Hind wing ochreous suffused 

 with fuscous except on basal and costal areas, the cilia ochreous. 

 Underside of male sufi'used with silver except costal and terminal 

 areas of fore win": and basal and inner areas of hind wing; of 

 female ochreous irrorated with black, fox'c wing with postmedial 



Fig. \b7. — Cirphii> decisissima, ^. 



(From Moths Iiid. vol. ii.) 



black point on costa and curved line diffused outwards and not 

 reaching inner margin, Lind wiug with postmedial and terminal 

 series of black points. 



Hah. 81KHIM (Fotherhujham), S type; Assam; Nilgiris 

 {Hanijison), 3 S; Ceylon, 2 c?, 2 $, type lanceata; Burma, 

 Hsipaw (De Niceville), 2 J > Tenasserim, Donat Hills {De Niceville), 

 1 cJ ; Andamans ; Singapore (liidhy), 1 cJ , 1 2; Sumatra ; Pulo 

 Laut (Doheii'j), 3 J , 1 ^ ; New Guinea. Exjj. 34-42 millim. 



1862. Cirphis nebiilosa. (Plate XCII. fig. 4.) 

 Leucania nehulosa, Hinpan. Ann. S. Air. Mas. ii. p. 274 (1902). 



Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow slightly tiuged with 

 rufous ; tcguhio with two slight dark lines ; patagia with a few 

 black scales near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous white, the ventral 

 tuft of male black. Fore wing ochreous yellow slightly irrorated 

 with black and with diffused rufous streaks in the interspaces ; 

 median nervure with whitish streak ; a black point in lower angle 

 of cell usually present, and sometimes a slight black mark beyond 

 the angle ; traces of a brown antemedial line angled inwards on 

 median nervure and vein 1 ; an indistinct brown postmedial line 

 bent outwards below ccsta and ob!i(iue below vein 4, with a series 

 of black points beyond it in the interspaces ; a slight oblique dark 

 shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind Aving yellowish white, with a pinkish tingo on medial terminal 

 area, the veins crossing it darker, rnderside of male suffused with 

 silvery scales except costal and terminal areas of fore wing, a black 

 postmedial point on costa of fore wing beyond middle and a 

 terminal series on both wings. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Machakos ( Craivshay), 1 $ ; Germ. E. Africa, 

 Dar-es-Salem, 1 S ; Cape Colony, Transkei {Miss F. Barrett), 1 S 

 type; Mauritius, Curepipo (7 «7/o(7/), 1 cJ , 1 $ . -fi'.ty. 36 millim. 



