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'. 2526. a. . Hyp^tra etjinosA; Switah., A. M. N. H.(7), xv., p. 159 (1905). 



Head and thorax cVk red-brown, slightly irrorated with ochieous ; pectus 

 pale; tarsi with ochreous rings; abc!onen fuscous brown, the crest at base 

 rufous, the ventral surface whitish. Forewing rufous more or less suffused 

 with purplish fuscous, especially on basal and terminal areas ; subbasal line 

 black-brown, waved, f rom costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct 

 except at costa, oblique, waved ; traces of an obliquely curved, waved medial 

 line ; postmedial line strongly angled outwards below costa, strongly incurved 

 between veins 6 and 4 and with black-brown patch in its sinus, then oblique 

 waved, forming a small spot below vein 3 and double below vein 2 ; subtermi- 

 nal line minutely and irregularly waved, forming a series of small spots ; some 

 ochreous points on costa towards apex ; a fine waved terminal line with series 

 of ochrsous points in the interspaces. Hindwing dark brown ; an oblique 

 double postmedial line, more prominent and filled in with rufous above and 

 below submedian fold ; cilia with two white patches near apex and one near 

 tornus ; the underside fuscous brown with obliquely curved medial line with 

 some black spots on it. 



Habitat. — Andamans ; Singapore ; Borneo, Kuching. Exp. 42-48 mill. 



MOMIN-E. 



P. 435. Moma gracilis, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. II., p. 101, pi. iii. 

 •fl,=M. cavielator, Wlk., from Mexico, not India. 



PLUPIANJ5. 



2672. Plusia labifera insert Apamea selecta, Wlk. XXXII, p. 646, which 

 has precedence. 



Noctuin.e. 



P. 354.— Under Dinumma insert (syn.) Ortlwaga, Wlk., XXXIII, p. 927 

 (1865). Type comlusta. 



2167. a. Dinumma combusta, Wlk., XXXIII, p. 928 (1865). 



Head and thorax fuscous brown irrorated with grey ; pectus, legs and 

 -abdomen grey tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crests blackish. Forewing pale 

 red-brown slightly suffused and irrorated with fuscous, the patch at base of 

 costa and medial area hardly darker ; an oblique waved antemedial line ; a 

 Blight dark discoidal mark ; postmedial line slightly waved, oblique from costa 

 to vein 5 where it is angled, then inwardly oblique ; traces of a pale sub- 

 terminal line incurved to costa ; small black spots before termen at veins 6 and 

 2 with slight metallic blue points* above and below them. Hindwing pale 

 fuscous brown ; a fine pale line at base ot cilia. 



HMtat— Ceylon, Uva 600 ; Java. Exp. 26-34 mill. 



2193. b. Homodes irretita, Swinh., A. M. N. H. (7), xv., p. 155 (1905). 



Head and tegulas purplish red ; thorax yellow and fiery red mixed ; abdomen 

 yellow suffused with fiery red at base, purplish red towards extremity ; pectus, 

 legs and ventral surface of abdomen yellow. Forewing orange irrorated with 

 red-brown ; the costal area purplish red ; some silver scales below base 

 of costa ; the lines arising from just below costa, red irrorated with silvery 

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