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patch on middle of costa, a rufous spot at upper angle of cell, some 

 rufous irroration in and below cell, and a small blood-red annulua 

 above inner margin ; a white apical patch with two small triangular 

 blood-red subterminal marks on it at veins 7, 6, the faint whitish 

 subterminal line arising from its lower extremity and slightly 

 excurved at middle ; a dark terminal line with a series of black 

 points on it. Hind wing rufous with an olive tinge and slight 

 silvery irroration ; an indistinct white medial band with some blood- 

 red scales on its edges, slightly excurved at middle ; a dark 

 terminal line ; the underside white, the terminal half tinged with 

 brown, a brow r nish discoidal striga. 



Hah. Madras (Watson), 1 J; Ceylon, Hambantota (Pole), 3 rf 

 type. Exp. 12 millim. 



Genus NIACCABA. 

 Niaccaba, Wlk. xxxiv. 1272 (1865) 



Type. 

 sumptualis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned well in front of frons, slender, 

 the 2nd joint reaching to about vertex of head, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; 

 eyes large, round ; antennas of male ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales 

 and without crests ; tibia; smoothly scaled, the spurs long ; abdomen without 

 crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen excised below 

 apex, excurved at middle and very oblique towards tornus ; veins 3,4 stalked ; 

 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8 and 

 10 stalked. 9 absent ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the apical part of termen 

 iobed ; the termen nearly straight from discal fold to tornus; veins 3, 4 

 stalked : 5 nearly fully developed from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 

 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



5072. Niaccaba sumptualis. 



Xiaccaha sumpfi/alis, Wlk. xxxiv. 1272 (1865) ; Huipsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. 

 p. 161, pi. 171. f. 3 ; id. Moths Ind. iii. p. 65. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown, the vertex of 

 head white ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. 

 Fore wing pale grey-brown, the costa tinged with blood-red towards 

 base ; a black subbasal point on costa ; an indistinct inwardly 



Fig. 26.— Xiaccaba sumptualis, <$ . f. 



oblique red-brown antemedial line with black point on costa ; 

 a black point on middle of costa, with an oblique rather diffused 

 red-brown line from below it ro inner margin at antemedial line ; 

 traces of a red-brown postmedial line from vein 6 to inner margin, 

 oblique below vein 4 ; the apical part of costa with slight 



