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c? . Antennae and vertex of head whitish ; head and thorax 

 violaceous grey; abdomen ochreous, except at base. Fore wing 



violaceous grey ; a large triangular 

 patch outlined with double brown 

 lines on the costa beyond the 

 middle ; a similar oval spot with 

 darker centre on inner margin ; 

 a series of marginal fuscous lunules. 

 Hind wing with the basal half 

 violaceous grey, darkest at inner 



Dirades iheclaia,^. } . margin; the outer half pale 



ochreous brown, the two areas 

 defined by a rufous and pale line ; a series of marginal fuscous 

 lunules. 



$ . Abdomen and hind wing of the same violaceous grey as the 

 ground-colour. 



Nab. W. Africa ; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma. Exp. 

 22 millim. 



SECT. II. Hind \ving of male with two tufts of hair on 

 the costa. 



3066. Dirades conifera, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 399, pi. 186, fig. 8 ; 



C. $ S. no. 3054. 



3 . Differs from tlieclata in being more uniform red-brown 

 irrorated with fuscous. Pore wing with the outline of the post- 

 medial mark on the costa indistinct, incomplete, and its outer edge 

 very oblique ; the mark on inner margin larger. Hind wing with 

 the medial curved line arising from the costa much nearer the 

 apex ; the marginal lunules of both wings reduced to a series of 

 epecks. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



3067. Dirades leucocera, Hmpm. Ill Het. viii, p. 102, pi. 150, fig. 13. 



(5 1 . Differs from conifera in the mark on inner margin of fore 

 wing being filled in with black, with a plum-coloured centre ; the 

 leaden marginal band prominent and regular. Hind wing dark 

 chocolate ; the medial band plum-coloured, bounded by white 

 lines ; the marginal band irregular ; the tuft in the fold on inner 

 margin pure white. 



$ . With the marginal band of both wings lunulate. 



Hob. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 22 millim. 



3068. Dirades crepnscularis, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 138, pi. 157, 



fig. 12. 



$ . Purplish brown ; antennas and vertex of head white. Fore 

 wing with traces of an angulated antemedial line ; a nearly 

 straight postmedial ferruginous line ; a submarginal dark lunulate 

 line, slightly edged with white towards apex. Hind wing with 



