iiiccoD.v. 381 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Tana R. (Crawshay), 1 ?; ( i-., 



Mayotta (Meade-Waldo), 1 $ type diplogramma ; Punjab, Si 

 (Harford), 1 d , 1 $ , Dharmsala (Hocking), 5 tf ,3 ? type, Kai 

 Valley (Dudgeon), 1 ?; Bombay, Kutch, 2 rf , Deesa (Nurse), 1 tf, 

 Bombay, 1 c? , Kanara, Gudhali (7'. 22. /><//>, 1 ?; Ceylon, :) tf, 

 1 $; Bukma, Thayetmyo (TPafeon), 2 $. £t?p. 18-20 millim. 



5580. Hiccoda nigripalpis. 



Acontia nigripalpis, Wlk. xxxv. 1965 (1866); llmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 



p. 318. 

 Phothedes frausa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 446; Hmpsn. Moths [nd. ii. 



p. 306. 

 Naranga pallida, llmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 96, pi. 162. f. 13 (18 



Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish ochreous mixed with fuscous ; 

 palpi blackish behind; tarsi banded with blackish. Pore wii 

 brownish ochreous, the costal area irrorated with fuscous ; subbas 

 line represented by black points on cos! a and in cell, the ante- 

 medial line by double black striae from costa aud cell; orbicular 

 defined by black on outer side, the reniform on inner side, a grey 

 and fuscous patch between them ; postmedial line almost obsolete 

 on costal half, below vein 4 indistinctly double filled in with 

 ■whitish, incurved and minutely waved, a fuscous and greyish patch 

 beyond it near tornus ; an oblique diffused blackish fascia from 

 apex ; a terminal series of black striae ; cilia greyish mixed with 

 fuscous. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown, the cilia 

 whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the orbicular almost completely defined by 

 black, small, round. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing more irrorated with fuscous especially <>n 

 costal and postmedial areas, the antemedial line entire, indistinctly 

 double, sinuous, the postmedial line entire, bent outwards below 

 costa and angled inwards in discal fold. 



Ab. 3. Fore wing bright yellow, the costal area suffused with 

 rufous. 



Ab. 4. Foro wing pale yellow, the costal area tinged with rut' 

 hind wing whiter. 



Ab. 5. pallida. Similar but the markings of fore wing o mt, 



the orbicular and reniform represented by a few hi and 



without dark patch between them. 



Hab, Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 3 3 ; Ma.shona.laxd, 

 Salisbury (Marshall), 1 6 ; Natal, Durban (Oooch), 1 $> ; India 

 (Mrs. Hamilton), 1 <5 , 1 2 type: Punjab, Manpuri, 1 J , Moghal 

 Sarai (Betton), 1 d" , 1 £ ; Bombay, Kutch, ."> ;. 

 1 J , Bombay, 1 $ , Bandra (Jayaki r), 7 d , 2 $ , Mhovi § 

 1 6, 1 $ type frausa ; .Madras, Belgaum t Watson .•">'. 

 Gooty (Campbell), 1 6, Cuddapah (CampbeU), 1 

 Pnttalam (Pole), '2 J, Colombo (Qreen), 1 J type pallida. ■ 

 1- 20 millim. 



