HYPER JESCHRA. 165 



dark postmedial spot on the costa ; a series of postmedial dark 



Fig. 101. Hyperceschrabasalis, rf. {. 



specks ; a broken waved subtnarginal line ; a series of marginal 

 specks. Abdomen and hind wing fuscous. 

 Hob. Sikhira. Exp. 50 millim. 



298. Hyperseschra nigribasis, n. sp. 



cJ . Head and thorax smoky black ; abdomen fuscous. Fore 

 wing with the base black as far as the anteinedial curved double 

 line, the area beyond which is fuscous ; a black spot at end of cell ; 

 reniform pale and elongate ; an indistinct double postmedial 

 waved line ; a dentate submarginal indistinct line from below the 

 apex, the area beyond it with an olive tinge ; the costa towards 

 apex, interspace between veins 4 and 5, and area near outer angle 

 also with an olive tinge. Hind wing fuscous, with traces of a 

 pale medial line. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 54 millim. Type in coll. Knyvett. 



299. Hyperaeschra dentata, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, ined., pi. 160, fig. 11. 



. Head and thorax brownish grey with brown markings. 

 Fore wing brownish grey suffused with brown ; some dark streaks 

 along the veins at base ; a waved antemedial line, highly dentate 

 towards inner margin ; a dark streak on the discocellulars ; dentate 

 postmedial and submarginal lines ; a waved marginal line ; abdo- 

 men and hind wing grey-brown. 



Hab. Trincomali, Ceylon. Exp. 56 millim. 



*300. ? Hyperaeschra variegata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 61 ; C. $ 8. 

 no. 1175. 



cJ . Head and collar olive-green ; thorax and abdomen grey- 

 brown. Fore wing purplish brown, suffused with yellow near base ; 

 a pale patch at end of cell ; a yellow patch on costa before apex ; 

 a marginal yellow band. Hind wing brown, the area in the cell 

 paler ; a submarginal dark line and yellow patch at anal angle. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 58 millim. 



