Lepidoptera. 71 



Disfrib. — West and Soutli Africa, Madagascar, Oriental region to 

 Australia and North Caledonia. 



41. Boarmia scotozonea, sp.n. (PI. IX, Figs. 4, 15.) 



(J. Pale olive-brown, irrorated with black scales; palpi at sides 

 and frons black ; forelegs streaked with black ; abdomen dorsally 

 Butfased with black from second to subterminal segment. Fore 

 wing with obscure, slightly curved, antemedial series of points and 

 indistinct oblique medial line ; a postmedial series of points, with 

 dark spots on it between veins 6 and 4, with a diffused blackisli 

 patch beyond it extending nearly to termen ; a pale subterminal 

 line dentate towards costa ; some black points on termen. Hind 

 wing with obscure antemedial line ; a more prominent, minutely 

 dentate, medial line followed by a rust-red line ; an ill-defined, 

 pale, subterminal line, somewhat dentate towards costa, and with 

 rust-red line on its inner side, the area beyond it pale from vein 4 

 to tornus ; two terminal black lunules towards apex and one 

 towards tornus. Under-side, with the terminal area of both wings, 

 black, with subterminal series of pale spots becoming a line towards 

 inner margin of hind wing. Antennae ciliated ; fore wing with 

 small fovea. 



9- The area beyond the postmedial line of fore wing and medial 

 line of hind wing suffused with black, except the costal area of 

 fore wing. 



24 (J, 3 9; September-March. The only close ally of this 

 species is B. cessarta, \\\k., from India and Ceylon. 



LARENTIAN^. 



42. Sauris Mrudinata, Guen. : Phal., ii, p. 362. 



1 (ij, 3 9 ; December-March. 



Distrih. — South Africa, India, Ceylon, Burma, Sumatra, Java, 

 Queensland, Fiji. 



GEOMETRIN^. 



43. Thalassodes veraria, Guen. : Phal., i, p. 360. 



One 9 ill l^ad condition, which is bright yellow-green instead of 

 blue-green, and may belong to a closely allied species. 

 Distrib. — India, Ceylon, Java. 



ACIDALIAN^. 

 44. Craspedia optivata, Wlk., xxiii, 780. 



5 (5 . 16 9; December-March. The females agree very well with 

 the Australian form, but the males have the discoidal spots and 

 terminal points larger. 



