232 noctuid^:. 



half ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base and some white at apex. 

 Hind wing chocolate-red, the base white ; traces of a red discoidal 

 point ; postmedial line slight, blackish faintly defined on outer side 

 by grey, excurved below costa and at middle, subterminal line 

 represented by a series of slight diffused blackish spots with whitish 

 points on their outer edges ; a series of black points just before 

 termen ; cilia with a fine pale line at base ; the underside grey 

 tinged with brown, a dark discoidal spot, bisinuate postmedial line, 

 diffused curved subterminal line, and series of black points before 

 termen. 



Hab. Sikhim, 1800' {Dudgeon), 1 J.4 $ type : Assam, Khasis, 

 1 5 ; Madras, Belgaum ( Watson), 1 J , Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 § . 

 Exp. 22-26 millim. 



5354. Lophoruza addescens. (Plate CLV. fig. 27.) 



Psendocraspedia addescens, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 17 (1901). 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous ; palpi with some 

 black at sides; vertex of head with some black scales; abdomen 

 with the crests tipped with black, a blackish band before extremity 

 and dorsal patch on anal tuft. Fore wing pale rufous ; a black 

 point at middle of cell and another on discocellulars ; antemedial 

 and medial black points on costa, and some points towards apex; 

 faint traces of a pale postmedial line with black points on it at veins 

 7, 6 and in submedian fold, oblique below vein 4 ; faint traces of a 

 pale postmedial line with a series of black points on its outer edge, 

 oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind 

 wing pale rufous irrorated with a few black scales; a black dis- 

 coidal point : faint traces of pale minutely waved postmedial and 

 Bubterminal lines, the latter with a series of black points on its 

 outer edge ; a terminal series of black points ; the underside whitish 

 tinged with rufous, a black discoidal point, traces of a minutely 

 waved subterminal dark line, and a terminal series of black points. 



Hab. Queensland, Duaringa, 1 <3 type. Exp. 22 millim. 



*5355. Lophoruza xylonota. (Plate CLV. fig. 28.) 



Zac/ira? xylonota, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. Austr. xsvii. p. 37 (1903). 



5 . Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi tinged with crimson ; 

 abdomen ochreous, the dorsal crests reddish. Pore wing ochreous 

 yellow with slight dark irroration ; traces of a minutely waved double 

 antemedial line and single medial line; a more distinct somewhat 

 dentate postmedial line, obsolete towards costa, the area beyond it 

 suffused with crimson except on costal area, and with an indistinct 

 waved subterminal line on it. Hind wing silky ochreous ; the 

 underside white. 



Hah. Queensland, Mackay, type $ in coll. Lower. Exp. 24 

 millim. 



