440 NOCTUIDAE. 
to inner margin before middle; a slight oblique subbasal black 
striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, blackish, oblique and 
dentate to submedian fold, then bent inwards to the basal patch ; a 
black point in middle of cell; reniform defined by black and with 
black point in centre, rounded; postmedial line strongly bent out- 
wards below costa, then oblique, minutely dentate, defined on inner 
side by a white band and slightly incurved between veins 4 and 1, 
some white beyond it on costa; subterminal line blackish slightly 
defined on outer side by white, minutely dentate below costa, 
strong and oblique between veins 8 and 5 with a tooth on its outer 
edge below vein 6, then excurved and minutely dentate and incurved 
in submedian interspace ; an oblique black bar from apex and black 
streaks on veins 7, 6 ; a series of black strie defined on inner side 
by slight white lunules just before termen; cilia with a series of 
small blackish spots. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and 
inner area tinged with rufous, the terminal area broadly fuscous ; 
cilia whitish tinged with rufous; the underside with the costal 
area tinged with brown. 
Q. Fore wing with some white suffusion beyond the cell but 
without white band before the postmedial line, which is angled 
outwards at vein 1 and inwards above inner margin. 
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 2 9,39. Exp. 26-30 
millim. 
6788. Risoba obstructa. 
Risoba obstructa, Moore, P.Z.8. 1881, p. 828; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 2, 
pl. 144. ff. 2, 2@,b; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 898. 
3. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey and irrorated with 
black ; palpi whitish in front; frons with lateral black bars; tegulie 
black at tips; prothorax with black bar; pectus and legs whitish 
tinged with brown, the hind tibize with black streak, the tarsi brown 
ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with red-brown and 
with black dorsal bar on 2nd segment. Tore wing whitish suffused 
with brown and irrorated with black; a white patch from base of 
costa to inner margin before middle defined by a slightly waved 
black line and tinged with red-brown at extremity; a slight 
oblique subbasal black striga from costa ; antemedial line slight, 
blackish, oblique and waved to submedian fold, then bent inwards 
to the basal patch; a black point in middle of cell; reniform 
defined by black and wich black point in centre, round ; postmedial 
line strongly angled cutwards below costa, then double, defined on 
inner side by white suffusion extending into the cell and by a white 
band towards inner margin, incurved below vein 4, some white 
points beyond it on costa, subterminal line dark brown defined on 
outer side by white, bent inwards and strong between veins 8 and 
5, its outer edge produced to a tooth below vein 6, bent inwards at 
vein 2; an oblique brown patch from apex and black streaks on 
