36 NOCTUIDvE. 



2796. Simplicia butesalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 187. 



Bocana murinalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 89 ; C. Sf S. no. 3002. 

 Bocana concisalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1171. 



Differs from robustalis in the antemedial line of fore wing being 

 more erect ; the postmedial line excurved round end of cell ; the 

 submarginal line straight ; the colour usually darker, and the costa 

 of fore wing ochreous. 



Nab. S. Africa ; N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; 

 Borneo ; Am ; Australia ; Solomons. Exp. 30-42 millim. 



SECT. II. (Libisosa). Antennas of male knotted and contorted, 

 and with a slight tuft of scales at middle ; the fore femora 

 with a tuft of long hair ; tbe sheath on fore tibia very large. 



2797. Simplicia robustalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyr. p. 58 ; Moore, Lep. 



Ceyl. iii. pi. 177, figs. 1, 1 a ; C. $ S. no. 3021. 

 Bocana turpatalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 174. 

 Sophronia caeneusalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 94. 

 Bocana concoloralis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1171. 

 Bocana robustalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1172. 

 Aginna circumseripta, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 474 (nee Wlk.). 

 Aginna simulata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 195 ; C. <S S. no. 3023. 



Differs from schaldusalis in 

 being more ochreous brown. 

 Fore wing with the curved 

 postmedial line crentilate ; 

 hardly a trace of dark suffu- 

 sion inside the submarginal 

 line, the area beyond it 

 ochreous brown. Hind wing 

 Fig. 16. Simplicia robustalis, tf . \. with the dark suffusion and 



grey absent. 



Hab. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Borneo ; My sol ; 

 Morty ; Australia ; Sandwich Islands. Exp. 38 millim. 



2798. Simplicia niphona, Butl. III. Het. ii, p. 56, pi. 38, fig. 9. 

 Aginna similis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 195 ; C. $ S. no. 3022. 



Differs from robustalis in the antemedial line of fore wing being 

 more erect ; the postmedial line excurved round end of cell ; the 

 submarginal line straight ; the colour usually darker, with the costa 

 of fore wing ochreous. 



Hab. Japan ; N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim. Exp. 30-42 millim. 



Genus ADRAPSA. 



Lusia, Wlk. Cat. xiii, p. 1113 (1857), praocc. 



Adrapaa, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 169 (1858). 



Bocana, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 170. 



Lamura, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 189. 



Ba.liza, Wlk. Journ. Linn. iSoc. vii, p. 195 (1864). 



Bithiasa, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1116 (1865). 



Asthala, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 196 (1882). 



