3546 NOCTUIDE. 
whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing white suffused and striated 
with rufous and purple-brown, the inner area with more white; 
a dark brown patch on costa at the antemedial line, which is black, 
sinuous, bent inwards to inner margin and giving off at median 
nervure an oblique black line formed of raised scales to middle of 
Inner margin; orbicular and reniform round with tufts of red-brown 
scales in centres, the former faintly defined by brown, the latter 
detined by black; postmedial line very indistinctly double, bent 
Fig, 125.—Gadirtha inexacta, 3. }. 
outwards below costa, then minutely waved, at vein 2 bent inwards 
to lower edge of reniform and angled outwards at vein 1, a fuscous 
patch beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, 
wayed; a terminal series of small black spots and short streak in 
extremity of submedian fold. Hind wing whitish suffused with 
red-brown especially on terminal area; cilia ochreous white; the 
underside white slightly tinged with brown, a small discoidal ‘spot, 
diffused subterminal shade, ane lunulate terminal line. 
Ab. 1. Fore wing more uniform greyish; hind wing uniform 
fuscous brown.—China, Formosa. 
Ab, 2. Similar, but fore wing suffused with purple-brown, the 
tornal area grey -white from middle of termen to middle of inner 
margin.—Sikhim, Assam, Singapore. 
Ab. 3. Similar, but hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area 
suffused with fuscous brown narrowing to a point at tornus.— 
N. Guinea. 
Hab, Centr. Curna, Chusan Is. (J. J. Walker), 1 9, Hongkong 
(Bowring, Betton), 2 9, Iehang (Mrs. Pratt), 19; W. Cuina, Changs 
yang (Pratt), 1 2; Formosa (Hobson), 3 9 ; Srkarm (Moller), 
3 9; Assam (Badgley), 1 Q; ‘“N. Inpia” (James), Te 
Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 $,1 Q type and type impingens ; 
Singapore (ltidley, Wood-Jones), 2 6, 2 9 3; Borneo, Sarawak 
(Wallace), 2 9 ; Br. N. Gcixua, Dinawa (Pratt), 2 2, Mafalu 
(Pratt), 1 2, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 9, Babooni (Pratt) lage 
Eevp. 48-68 millimn, 
