252 NOCTTJID/E. 



pectus and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous. Fore wing rufous 

 tinged with ochreous and irrorated with black, the costal area 

 whitish narrowing to a point at apex, the costal edge tinged with 

 rufous ; antemedial line fuscous defined on inner side by yellowish, 

 curved, from subcostal nervure to inner margin ; a fuscous dis- 

 eoidal point ; postmedial line fuscous defined on outer side by 

 yellowish, oblique, from beiow costa to inner margin ; subtermiual 

 line yellowish defined on outer side by fuscous, waved, incurved 

 below vein 3 : a terminal series of black points ; cilia with a fine 

 yellowish line at base followed by some fuscous. Hind wing 

 rufous mixed with yellowish and irrorated with black ; a fuscous 

 discoidal striga ; postmedial line yellowish defined on inner side by 

 fuscous, curved ; subterminal line faint, yellowish defined on outer 

 side by fuscous, waved, excurved at middle and incurved below 

 costa and towards tornus ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia 

 with a fine yellowish line at base followed by some fuscous ; the 

 underside pale yellowish slightly irrorated with brown, a slight 

 discoidal striga, and curved postmedial line. 



Hub. Mexico, Amula (H. U. Smith), 1^,25 type, Oodman- 

 Salvin Coll. Exp. 30-32 millim. 



*5380. Oruza costata. (Plate CLVI. fig. 10.) 

 Oruza costata, Wlk. xxiv. 10S9 (1862^ ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 350. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous ; tips of tegulae and a 

 band behind them ochreous white ; palpi ochreous white in front. 

 Fore wing rufous; an ochreous white fascia just below costa from 

 base to apex ; antemedial line ochreous white defined on outer side 

 by brownish, slightly incurved; a slight dark discoidal lunule ; 

 postmedial line ochreous white defined on inner side by brownish, 

 very slightly incurved, the veins beyond it slightly streaked with 

 ochreous ; subterminal line ochreous, incurved from costa to vein 4, 

 then dentate on the veins to near termen ; a fine ochreous line at 

 base of cilia which are intersected with ochreous at the veins. 

 Hind wing rufous, the veins streaked with ochreous ; a black 

 point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line ochreous, defined on 

 inner side by -brownish, slightly excurved; subterminal line 

 ochreous, incurved from costa to vein 4, then dentate on the veins 

 to near termen ; a fine ochreous line at hase of cilia ; the underside 

 white tinged with purplish pink. 



Bab. " Ixdia," typef § in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 30 millim. 



5381. Oruza inira. 



Selenis mira, Butl.Ul. H.-t. B. M. iii. p. 29, pi. 47. f. 6 (1879). 



Curvatula pallicostata, Staud. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 601, pi. 12. f. 6 (1892); 

 id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 253. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen deep rufous, the prothorax whitish, 

 the abdomen with slight whitish segmental lines ; pectus, hind legs, 



