BOROLTA. 5G7 



slightly irrorated with black ; tegul;B with traces of three brown 

 lines ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore wing 

 ochreous white irrorated with black ; the veins white, clearly 

 defined by brown streaks ; the terminal area with fine brown 

 streaks in the interspaces ; a black point usually present below 

 origin of vein 2 ■ slight black marks in and beyond lower angle of 

 cell usually present ; a postmedial series of black points bent out- 

 wards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a slight oblique 

 shade from below apex ; a terminal series of black points usually 

 present. Hind wing white, the terminal area more or less tinged 

 with brownish ochreous ; the underside with terminal series of 

 black points on the costal half. 



The type is an aberration with the black points of fore wing 

 obsolete. 



Ab. 1. sciqyicola. Head, thorax, and fore wing much more 

 suffused with rufous. 



Hdh. U.S.A., Maine, Orono, 1 J type ami/rj'IaHna, E. States, 

 Florida, St. John's BhiS (Do ubhdaij), 3 d" , G $ , type and typo 

 scirpicola. Exp. 38-40 millim. 



1987. Borolia venalha. (Plate XCIV. fig. 32.) 



Leucania venalha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 48 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 



p. 279. 

 Leucania linearis, Lucas, P. Soc. Queeiisl. viii. p. 85 (1894). 



Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; tegulae greyer^ 

 with two dark lines and brown tips ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore 

 wing ochreous; the veins white defined by bright red or red-brown 

 streaks, the interspaces also streaked with red-brown ; the ante- 

 medial line represented by a black point below the cell ; an oblique 

 pale fascia from apex defined by a rufous or fuscous shade above, 

 and below by a triangular shade from termen below apex ; a 

 terminal series of black points often present. Hind wing hyaline 

 white, the apical half of termen tinged with ochreous ; the under- 

 side with the costal area tinned with brown. 



Hah. CniN'A ; Sikhik (Rassell, Dadr/eon), 3 cJ , 1 2 , type ; 

 Bengal, Barrackpur, 1 c5' ; Ceylon {Maclcwood), 1 $ ; Singapore 

 {Ridley), 2 $ ; Qcteexsland, Brisbane (Tamer), 1 (5,2 $ . Kc2>. 

 30-36 millim. 



198S. Borolia torrentium. (Plate XCV. fig. 1.) 



Leucania torrentium, Guen. Noct. i. p. 88 (1852). 



Leiccania injima, Wllgrn. GLi'v. Vet.-Akad. Forb. 1875, p. lOG. 



Leucania pinna, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 253 (1891). 



Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; teguliB with two 

 more or less distinct dark lines ; patagia with some black scales near 

 upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore 

 wing pale brownish ochreous ; the costal and inner areas slightly 

 irrorated with black ; the veins whitish defined by slight brown 



