NOTOCRYPTA. 



figure whose opposite angles are subequal, and placed in the interspace be- 

 tween the first and second median nervules ; and the fourth subpentagonal, 

 double the size of the second, and half the size of the first and third, but 

 not extending for more than two-thirds of the distance across the submedian 

 area in which it is placed. Hindwing unmarked. Underside, forewing 

 marked as above, but with the three subcostal streaks which connect the 

 band with the costa much more distinct than above, where they are all but 

 imperceptible ; the lowest spot of the discal band much larger, reaching 

 the submedian nervure, and outwardly diffused. Cilia concolorous with the 

 wings. 



Expanse: 1-7 inches. 



Two females, Irangmara [Cachar] , 8th and i8th July. 



Closely allied to P. feisthamelii, Boisduval, from the Moluccas." 

 (Wood-Mason and de Niceville, I. c.) 



In collection Indian Museum. 



183. NOTOCRYPTA BASIFLAVA, DE NICEVILLE. 



Phsioneura basiflava, de Niceville, J. A. S. B., vol. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 290, n. 

 22, pi. xiii, fig. 7 $ (1888). 



Notocrypta lasiflava, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. 

 iv, p. 193, n. 27 (1889). 



" Male. Upperside, both wings dark glossy brown, with a slight 

 vinous tinge. Cilia paler brown. Forewing with a pyramidal spot at the 

 end of the cell, and a large somewhat rounded one below it in the first 

 median interspace, both semi-transparent lustrous white. Hindwing 

 unmarked. Underside, both wings rather paler than above. Forewing 

 marked as on the upperside. Hindwing with the basal third of the wing 

 rich chrome-yellow. Head and body above concolorous with the wings, 

 palpi and thorax below grey, abdomen cinereous. 



I am indebted to Mr. Harold S. Ferguson for a single specimen of 

 this remarkable species, which, as far as I know, has no near ally. He in- 

 forms me that it was captured by a Mr. Atholl MacGregor, probably in 

 March or April, 1880, at Pirmaad, and that Mr. MacGregor, who is now in 

 England, possesses only one other specimen. 



Expanse : $ , i'8 inches. 



Habitat : Travancore." (de Niceville, I. c.) 



Also recorded from the Nilgiris (Hampson), 



In collection de Niceville. 



184,-NOTOCRYPTA BADIA, HEW IT SON. 



Pterygospidea badia, Hewitson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., fourth series, 

 vol. xx, p. 322 (1877). 



Pterygospidea badia, Hewitson, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atk., p. 4 (1879). 



Plesioneura badia, de Niceville, J. A. S. B., vol. Hi, pt. 2, p. 88, n. 34, 

 pi. x, fig. 10, c? (1883). 



Notocrypta badia, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist, Soc., vol. iv, 

 p. 193, n. 28 (1889). 



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