COHTYTA. 



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rather diffused ; a douWe ratlier diffused waved blackish medial 

 line, with a black discoidal striga on its outer edge ; postmedial 

 line black, bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, below vein 8 

 obliqueh^ bent inwards to submedian fold where it fomis a spot, 

 then erect to inner margin, a diffused sinuous dark line beyond it 

 and some white points on costa ; a double waved fuscous sub- 

 terminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle, some blackish 

 beyond it at apex ; a fine waved black line before tennen with black 

 points at the intersj)aces followed by whitish points ; cilia with a 



Fig. 81. 



-Curtyta vetiisia, J. 



fine white line at base. Hind wing grey tinged with brown and 

 irrorated with blackish ; a double rather diffused oblique blackish 

 line from discal fold to inner margin ; a rather diffused double 

 slightly waved postmedial blackish line, obsolescent towards costa ; 

 an indistinctly double waved dark subterminal line ; a fine waved 

 black line before termen with black points at the interspaces ; cilia 

 with a fine white line at base ; the underside white irrorated with 

 brown except on inner area, two dark discoidal striae, an indistinct 

 curved postmedial line, double subterminal line, and series of black 

 points before termen. 



Ab. 1. Paler. 



Ab. 2. acrosticta. Fore wing Avith distinct black spot at 

 apex. 



Ilah. Palestine, Engeddi, Ain-Dchidi ; Sudan, AVhite Nile, 

 Gabt el Meghahid {Dunn), 1 $ , Blue Nile {Flower), 1 6 , Port 

 Sudan {Mrs. Waterfield), 2 6,1 $ ; Somaliland, Bulbar 

 {D rake- B rod- man), 1 6 ; Beciiuaxaland, Lake N'Gami 

 {Lugard), 1 $ ; Punjab, 1 6 type, Manpuri, 1 S ; Bilu- 

 CHTSTAX, Ormara {Cjtmm/'iif/), 1 6 ; Sixi), Karachi {SwinJ/oe), 

 3 S; Bombay, 1 6 ; Madkas, Gooty {Campbell), 1 J. Exp. 

 34-40 millim. 



