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raised tufts in the cell depressed. Underside of hind wing with a 

 dark spot at end of cell. 



Hob. Sikhitn (Elwes} ; Naga Hills, 3000 feet ; Manipur, 6000 

 feet (Doherty). Exp. 21 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



1527. Nola ceylonica, Hmpsn. Ill Het. ix, p. 88, pi. 158, fig. 13. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white. Fore wing 

 white, suffused with brown and irrorated with a few black scales ; 

 two medial black patches on the costa, the first with a waved line 

 from it to inner margin ; postinedial and submarginal nearly 

 straight series of black specks. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 12 millim. 



1528. Nola pascua, Swinh. P. Z. S. 188-5, p. 293, pi. 20, fig. 6 ; Hmpsn. 



III. Het. ix, pi. 175, tig. 9 (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 640. 



Differs from confusalis in having the ground-colour of body and 

 wings pure white ; a pale brown subbasal costal patch ; large pro- 

 minent medial and postmedial costal patches ; the double curved 

 postinedial and waved submarginal lines edged with dark scales. 



Larva. Head brown ; the first two somites reddish, third to ninth 

 yellow ; broad black sublateral stripes on fourth to sixth somites 

 continued as narrow lines to the ninth; the last two somites 

 reddish ; dorsal area darker, a purple lateral stripe ; each somite 

 with four to six fasciculi of short pale hairs. Feeds in fleshy 

 shoots of Rulus, but spins in the open. 



JIab. JNagas ; Poona ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp., <3 14, $ 19 

 millim. 



1529. Nola tunmlifera, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 88, pi. 158, fig. 19. 



Differs from pascua in having the palpi blackish at sides ; the 

 basal half of costa of fore wing suffused with red-brown ; the sub- 

 basal and medial patches absent ; the postmedial line single and 

 consisting of a series of almost conjoined black specks ; the sub- 

 marginal waved line not edged \vith black scales. Hind wing very 

 pale fuscous. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 17 millim. 



1530. Nola nigrifascia, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 48, pi. 139, fig. 15. 



. Differs from tumulifera in having the palpi white at sides ; 

 the brown suffusion on the costa of fore wing absent ; the post- 

 medial line of black specks more curved and with some fuscous 

 suffusion before it. 



Hab. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 26 millim. 



1531. Nola hampsoni, Kirly, Cat. Het. p. 376. 



Nola minuta, Ilmpsn. III. Het. viii,p. 48, pi. 139, fig. 14 (prceocc.). 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown. Fore wing pale 



