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NOCTUIDJE. 



to Bubmedian fold and excurved to inner margin, its outer edge 

 cxcurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia with 

 series of black lunules at tips. Hind wing fuscons brown with 

 narrow pale green terminal band with some dark striae on termen ; 

 cilia whitish ; the underside brownish white, the costal area green, 

 a strong black band from costa to the discoidal spot, and faint band 

 from it to inner margin, traces of a much interrupted postmedial 

 line and some black striae on termen. 



Ab. 1. Hind wing white not tinged with fuscous or green. 



Hah. W. China, Pu-tsu-faug, 3^,2$ type. Exp. 30-34 

 millim. 



3597. Daseochaeta pallida. 



Diphtcm pallida, Moore, P. Z. S. 1SG7, p. 46, pi. 6. f. 6 ; Hmpsn. Muths 

 Ind. ii. p. Ii95. 



Head and thorax yellow-green ; palpi black, white at tips ; sides 

 of frons black ; antenna3 brown, white at base ; tcgulae with dorsal 

 black spot at base ; pro- and metathorax with paired black spots ; 

 shoulders with black streaks ; tibiae with black spots, the tarsi 

 banded black and white; pectus ventrally with black patch; abdomen 

 brownish white dorsally tinged with green, the crests black, ven- 

 trally with large black patch with some white sublateral points. 

 Fore wing yellow-green, the costal edge white ; subbasal line repre- 

 sented by a black striga from costa followed by a bar ; a short 

 curved black streak below base of cell and a curved streak above 





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Fig. 4. — Daseochata pallida, J. f- 



inner margin, with some whitish above it extending to antemedinl 

 line, which is represented by two black striae from costa and a black 

 line defined by white on outer side from subcostal nervuro to the 

 black fascia below vein 1, bent outwards at median nervure, angled 

 outwards in submedian fold, then incurved ; the medial area with 

 white fascia in submedian fold crossed by a black striga representing 

 the extremity of the claviform, the orbicular defined by a black striga 

 on inner side, its outer side by a quadrate black patch angled in- 

 wards above median nervure defining the inner edge of reniform, 

 which has a black bar with points above and below it on its outer 

 edge, the stigmata with some white on the edges of the black marks, 

 a black spot on costa above outer edge of reniform, a short oblique 

 streak from inner margin with its inner extremity bent upwards, 

 and a short fascia in submedian fold with spurs from its inner 



