524 noctuid.t:. 



pdiiits bout outwards below costa and oblicjuo brlow vein 4 ; a ])ale 

 oldicjue fascia from apex defined by brown above and below l)y a 

 triangular brown shade from termen below apex; a teniiinal series 

 of black points. Hind wing ocbreous wbite; the underside with 

 the costal area irrorated with brown, tho termen sometimes with 

 series of black points. 



Hab. N. China, Shanghai, 1 S ; Madras, Travancore, Pi r mad, 

 1 S : Cktlon, Kandy {E. E. Green), ] d" ; Singapore (liidlc;/), 1 2 ; 

 EoKNKo, Sarawak, type and tvjje .simiUu)U( in Mus. Oxon., Saudakan 

 (Pri/er), 1 cS . Zi'.rp. 30-34 millim. 



1897. Cirpliis polemiisa. 



Leucania polemusa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1865, p 447, pi. 27. f. 1 ; Ilnipsu. 

 Moths lud. ii. p. 2S0. 



Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown ; paljii blackisli 

 at side ; teguhc with two dark lines ; legs streaked witli blackish ; 

 abdomen ochreous whitish. Fore wing narrow, white, the costal 

 and inner areas slightly irrorated with black ; a yellow shade on 

 inner area and below median uervure to end of cell and thence 

 obliquely to apes ; the veins white defined by fine brown streaks, 

 the median nervure more prominently white, forming a very slight 

 hook at lower angle of cell, in which there is a black point ; a black 

 streak in subraedian fold to near origin of vein 2 ; a postmedial 

 series of black points bent outwards below apex and oblique below 

 vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with 

 white. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area 

 irrorated with pale brown, some black points on termen from apex 

 to vein 2. 



Hah. Bombay, Poonah (SiuinJioe), 1 cj" , 1 $ , type. E^vj^). 26 millim. 



1898. Cirphis secta. (Plate XCII. fig. 27.) 



Leucania seria, Herr.-Scbaff. Corresp.-BLatt zool.-min. Ver. Eegensb. 

 1868, p. 147. 



c? . Head whitish ; palpi, sides of frons, and antenna) rufous ; 

 thorax yellow, patches on tegulaj, streaks on outer edge of ])alagia, 

 and the thoracic crest rufous ; pectus and legs ochreous white, the 

 latter streaked with rufous ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing yellow 

 with a slight greenish tinge irrorated with a few black scales ; a 

 ruious fascia below the cell ; a streak above inner margin near 

 base: the veins beyond the cell defined by rufous streaks and 

 vein 1 to near base, a more prominent streak above base of vein 4 ; 

 a black point in lower angle of cell, a curved postmedial series and a 

 terminal series; cilia rufous intersected with fuscous. Hind wing 

 greenish yellow, the termen and inner area slightly tinged with 

 rufous. 



2 . Hind wing pale, the terminal area suffused with brown. 



IJab. CuB.4, Santiago (Schaus), 2 cJ • Exj). 24 millim. 



