G-i XOCTUID.T,. 



Ab. G. expectana. Fore wiiij^' t^rev-brown strlatt'cl with red-brown, 

 the medial area suffused with dark brown, the anteniedial .spot 

 absent. 



Ab. 7. front aJh. Fore wing grey-brown or reddish brown, the 

 ante- and postmedial lines absent or obsolescent and the anteniedial 

 spot al).sent, a brown pateh on eostii continent with tlie postmedial 

 spot. 



Ab. 8. ciirvi ['(')•(!. Fore wing entirely suffused with deep ehoeo- 

 late-brown, the lines pale and indistinct, the ante- and postmedial 

 spots absent. 



Ab. 9. Fore wing grey-brown, tlie medial area red-brown, tlie 

 lines indistinct, the spots absent. — Thursday I. 



Tlnh. " India," 1 (5 type cnrvifera ; Mabras, Nilgiris 

 (Hampson'), 2 2 ; Trava>"CORE, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 1 5 '■• 

 Cevlox (Templefon), 5 cf , 7 9 types frir/onifcra. curvifera, and 

 expectana, Colombo (yietner, Jfeade-JVal do ) .2 J t\\)e conipJacens, 

 Kandy (Green, Meade-Waldo), 2 (5 , 1 2 , Trincomali (Yerbury), 

 -i 2 ;'Java (Horsfield, MiiJJer), 1 d , 1 ? , Arjmio (Doherf'if), 

 1 § ; Ditch N. Gtitxea, Kapaur (DoJierty), 1 2 ; Br. N. 

 CtUixea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 6 o' , 5 $ , Port Moresby, 1 S , Milne 

 Bay (Meek), 1 $ ; QrEENSLAND, Thursday 1. (Matliew), 1 S ; 

 Cook's Is., Karotonga (J. J. Walker), 1 j ; Society Is., Tahiti 

 (J. J. Walker), 1 $ , Eimeo I. (J. J. Walker), 1 d • E^l^. 34- 

 ^O millim. 



Larva. Semper, R^ise Pliil. Schmett. ii. p. r)02, pi. S. ff. 14, l.'i. 



Grey ; 1st somite with pair of doi'sal black spots, the 3rd to Gtli 

 and 11th somites with dorsal black bars, the 11th with doi-salhmup ; 

 abdominal somites with the dorsal area yellowish, the incisures 

 with black lines, the lateral area with slight black streaks and 

 more prominent streaks above the stigmata Avhich are ringed with 

 red-brown, the 12th somite with red-brown lateral streak and black 

 suldat^ral streak ; head red-brown ; the anterior pair of claspoi's 

 al)orted and small. Food-plant, Callicarpa mcesa. 7. 



7833. Hypsetra noctuoides. 



Hi/jhttra noctuoides, Gueii. Noct. iii. p. 259 (1852); Ilnip.-n. Moths Tiul. 

 ii. p. ."ki7. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish bi-own ; palpi chocolate- 

 brown, except the 3rd joint ; tarsi with pale rings ; ventral surface 

 of abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing reddish brown tinged 

 witli grey and witli slight dark irroration ; an o])lique l)lack sub- 

 ba.sal bar from costa, its lower extremity pi'oduced to a sliglit hook 

 on outer side ; an inwardly oblique small wedge-shaped deep 

 chocolate-brown anteniedial spot from costa and large lunulate spot 

 in submedian interspace slightly edged at sides by ]iale scales ; 

 faint traces of a curved dark medial line ; reniform a bluish grey 

 s])ot slightly defined by black scales, extending to below the cell 

 and nitlier concave on inner side ; faint traces of a dark postmedial 

 line slightly excurved below the costa and closely approximated to 



