250 noctuid^:. 



outwards below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and somewhat 

 dentate with some white suffusion beyond it ; a terminal series of 

 black points ; cilia whitish tinged with red towards tornus. Hind 

 wing chocolate-red with a large white patch irrorated with red on 

 tornal area ; a black discoidal striga ; postmedial line slight, 

 whitish, oblique from costa to vein 4, then inwardly oblique, 

 sinuous, and defining the inner edge of the pale patch ; subterminal 

 line represented by traces of pale and black points from costa to 

 vein 3 where it is angled outwards, then incurved, dentate, with 

 small rufous spot beyond it and rufous lunule before it at inner 

 margin; a terminal series of black points; cilia whitish tinged 

 with red towards tornus ; the underside whitish irrorated with 

 brown and suffused with brown on costal area, a blackish discoidal 

 spot and indistinct diffused curved postmedial and subterminal 

 lines. 



Hah. Japan, Kiushiu {Leech), 1 S type ; Corea, Gensan (Leech), 

 2 2 • Exp. 24 millim. 



5376. Oruza xanthopera- (Flate CLVI. fig. 7.) 



Oruza xanthopera, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 208 (1902). 



2 . Head blackish, the vertex with some yellowish ; thorax 

 yellowish with red-brown patches on patagia ; pectus and legs 

 yellow, the fore legs suffused with fuscous in front ; abdomen 

 yellow dorsally suffused with purple-brown. Fore wing deep 

 purple-brown irrorated with a few black scales ; the base yellowish : 

 costa brownish Avith a yellowish streak beloAV it to postmedial line ; 

 antemedial line dark defined on inner side by yellowish, arising 

 below costa, straight and somewhat oblique ; a black point at loAver 

 angle of cell and yellowish point at upper angle ; postmedial line 

 dark slightly defined on outer side by yellowish, arising below 

 costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and to inner margin ; a pale 

 yellow patch on terminal area just before apex, slightly irrorated 

 with black above and with crimson near inner edge, crossed by the 

 oblique slightly waved brown subterminal line ending on termen 

 above vein 4 ; a small yellow subterminal spot above tornus ; 

 a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with yellow. 

 Hind wing deep purple-brown sparsely irrorated with black scales ; 

 a small orange-yellow patch at base of inner margin ; a black point 

 at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line slight defined on outer side 

 by yelloAvish, excurved below costa and from vein 4 to inner margin, 

 a large irregular yellow patch irrorated with rufous from it below 

 costa to near termen at discal fold, crossed by a broAvnish line, and 

 a small patch on inner margin near tornus ; a terminal series of 

 black points and some yellow at discal fold ; cilia intersected with 

 yellow; the underside yellowish, the basal area tinged with red 

 except towards inner margin, bounded by the indistinct oblique 

 medial lino ; the apex and the area between veins 4 and 2 tinged 

 Avith red and irrorated with black. 



Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 9 type. Exp. 30 millim. 



