5H» noctuid.t;. 



b'. Fore wing without black psitch bi'yond lower 



imijle of cell rosea. 



b^. Hind wing wholly siifi'used with fuscous. 



fl'. Fore wing with the costal edge wiiite niveicosta. 



b^. Fore wing witii the costal edge not white tenehra. 



6". F'ore wing with the veins not streaked with white. 



rt'"*. Hind wing uniformly sufiTused with fuscous citronella. 



P. Hind wing white. 



fl*. Fore wing with pale fascia; in discal and sub- 

 median folds, and postmedial series of black 



pointH rubra. 



b*. F'ore wing without markings pragra/nlis. 



2014. Meliana vana. 



Jgroti!^ imia, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 453, pi. 27. f. 9 ; Hiupsn. Moths 

 Ind. ii. p. 271. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; palpi black at sides ; 

 antennae blackish ; thorax dorsally black, with vinous-red dor.=al 

 ridge; abdomen dorsally tinged ^vith fuscous. Fore wing pale 

 ochreous brown, the veins whitish ; a black fascia below cell, narrow^ 

 at base, very strong at middle, and tapering to extremity, followed 

 by a whitish fascia extending to termen ; a rather elliptical black 

 streak in cell towards extremity ; a black patch below end of cell 

 and another beyond its extremity ; a pale oblique fascia from apex 

 to vein 2, with some small dentate black marks on its outer edge, 

 the area beyond it suffused with luscous ; a terminal series of black 

 points ; cilia pale purplish red, with a dark line through them. 

 Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous 

 in female. 



Hah. Bombay, 1 o , Poona {Su'hifioe), 1 S , 2 5 , tvpe. Exp. 

 30 millim. 



2015. Meliana atrifera, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 19.) 



5 . Head and thorax ochreous whitish mixed with brown ; 

 abdomen ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochre- 

 ous whitish slightly irrorated with brown ; a black streak below 

 base of cell ; difi'used black and brown streaks in cell before middle 

 and at extremity and above and below vein 1 before middle ; a pale 

 oblique fascia from apex to vein 1 defined by the interspaces before 

 and beyond it being suffused with brown, and with blackish streaks 

 in them, leaving the veins streaked with white. Hind wing ochreous 

 white tinged with brown, especially on terminal area ; the under- 

 side whitish slightly irrorated with brown. 



Uah. Chili, Valparaiso (</. J. Wallcer), 1 § type. Exiy. 30 

 millim. 



2016. Meliana exsul. (Plate XCV. fig. 20.) 



Leucania exovl, Wlk. ix. 109 (1856). 

 Leucania tejiebrifera, Wlk. ix. 113 (1856). 



S . Head and thorax yellow-brown with a rufous tinge ; tegula? 



