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The colour varies from pale primrose-yellow to bright ochreous 

 yellow. 



Hob. Nepal ; Sikhim ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp., rf 70-82, 

 85-90 millim. 



77. Eupterote undans, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 905 ; Butl. III. Het. v, pi. 97, 



fig. 6 ; C.Sf S. no. 1409. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown ; wings grey- 

 brown irrorated with dark scales. Pore wing with six highly 

 waved lines. Hind wing with three nearly straight indistinct lines 

 and a highly waved submarginal line. 



Hob. Mahableshwar ; Bangalore ; Assam ; Nilgiris. Exp. 

 60 millim. 



78. Eupterote testacea, wik. Cat. iv, p. 906 ; Butl. III. Het. v, pi. 97, 



fig. 1 ; C. $ S. no. 1416. 



Head and thorax fulvous yellow; abdomen and wings pale 

 ochreous yellow. Fore wing crossed by two antemedial and two 

 medial, nearly straight indistinct dark lines ; a double postmedial 

 similar line, the inner line well defined ; a waved submarginal 

 line ; the basal and outer areas irrorated with dark scales. Hind 

 wing with an antemedial line ; a double postmedial line ; a diffused 

 submarginal curved line. 



Hob. Cachar ; Sylhet ; Khasis ; Bernardmyo, Burma. Exp., 

 $ 68, $ 86 millim. 



79. Eupterote translata, Swirih. P.Z. S. 1885, p. 304, pi. 21, fig. 5: 



C. fy S. no. 1434. 



c? . Differs from testacea in being pale ochreous brown. Fore 

 wing with antemedial, medial, and postmedial indistinct lines ; the 

 prominent postmedial line single ; the submarginal line nearer the 

 margin. Hind wing without the antemedial line ; the postmedial 

 line single and straighter ; the submarginal line better defined. 



Hab. Satara ; Poona ; Nilgiris. Exp. 54 millim. 



80. Eupterote flavida, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 372 ; C. & S. 



no. 1428. 

 Messata acinea, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 141. 



Colour yellow, in typical flavida with a slight ruddy tinge. 

 Pore wing crossed by three slightly curved oblique bands of 

 blackish scales from near the apex to inner margin, towards which 

 they diverge ; the middle band often obsolete. 



Hob. N. Canara; Khandala; Nilgiris. Exp. 74 millim. 



81. Eupterote plumipes, wik. Cat. iv, p. 907; C. $ S. no. 1431; 



Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 133, fig. 5. 

 Messata rubiginosa, Wlk. Cat. v, p. 1108. 



Messata quadrifasciata., Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 409 ; C.$S. no. 1432. 

 Messata similis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 139, pi. 133, fig. 4 ; C. fy S. 



no. 1433. 



