358 THYRIDID.*:. 



Durdara pyraliata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 177 ; C. $ S. no. 2789. 

 Durdara lobata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 177 ; C. Sf S. no. 2787. 

 Durdara zonula, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 469, pi. 28, fig. 12; 

 C. $ S. no. 2790. 



Grey-brown, some specimens with a slight red or pink tinge. 

 Wings" somewhat lineally striated with dark brown. Fore wing 

 with the costa yellow ; cilia fuscous on fore wing, white on hind 

 wing. Underside silvery grey, the striae prominent and chestnut- 

 brown ; fore wing with two brownish postmedial and one sub 

 apical patch. 



The variety idalialis has one to three small hyaline spots below 

 the lower angle of cell of fore wing, with an ochreous streak below 

 them, beneath which is another hyaline spot. 



Hob. Brazil ; Natal ; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; 

 Borneo. Evp. 22-26 millim. 



775. Rhodoneura myrtaea, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii, pi. 2, h'g. 3 ; C. # S. 



no. 2788. 

 Durdara fenestrata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 27, pi. vi, fig. 6 ; 



C. $ S. no. 2785. 



Durdara ovifera, Ihdl P. Z. S. 1892, p. 129, pi. vi, fig. 7. 

 Thermesia fenestriua, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 117, fig. 2. 

 Microsca plagifera, Bull 7'/v//x. Knt. Soc. 1886, p. 4L>0. 



Differs from myrsusalis in being brick-red ; the striae less distinct. 

 Fore wing without the yellow costa. Underside suffused with 

 pink, the striae well defined ; a dark brown subapical patch on 

 margin of fore wing. 



The form fenestrata has two hyaline spots on the fore wing, with 

 an ochreous streak between them ; ovifera from Borneo has the 

 3rd joint of palpi aud the hyaline spots long ; whilst plagifera 

 from Tonga has only the upper spot, which is oval. 



Hob. W. Indies ; throughout India ; Andamans ; Borneo ; Ce- 

 lebes ; Tonga. Rrp. 28 millim. 



776. Rhodoneura semitesselalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1246. 



Differs from myrtcea in being fuscous ; the thorax and abdomen 

 in some specimens slightly suffused with pink. Fore wing with 

 all three spots below the cell hyaline ; the centre of the marginal 

 area occupied by a large irregular patch of hyaline globules, out- 

 lined with ochreous and red. Hind wing with a medial band of 

 globules similar to those on the fore wing ; a number on inner area 

 and at apex and centre of outer area. 



Hob. E. Pegu ; Australia. Kcp. 26 millim. 



777. Rhodoneura loceusalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 903 ; C. $ S. no. 4453. 

 Pyralis? thyralis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1234; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, 



pi. 178, fig. 10 ; C. # S. no. 4499. 



$ . Greenish grey ; abdomen pinkish at extremity. Wings with 



