THE MOTES OF INDIA, 669 



antemedial line angled outwards below costa, then oblique ; tbe medial area 

 suffused with brown and with an oblique black-brown wedge-shaped patch 

 from the costa to angle of postmedial line with a rather conical black discoidal 

 spot on it ; postmedial line very oblique to vein 4 where it is angled, obliquely 

 curved to vein 3, then retracted to below angle of cell ; some black and white 

 points on costa towards apex ; a whitish subterminal line, incurved below vein 

 4, crossed by a wedge-shaped black shade from termen below apex to above 

 angle of the postmedial line; a terminal series of small black spots ; cilia 

 fuscous with whitish points. Hindwing pale fuscous ; the underside whiter with 

 traces of diffused postmedial and subterminal bands. 



Habitat.— Assam, Khasis. Exp. ft 20, 9 22 mill. 



2848. a. Hydrillodes subflavalis, n. sp. 



ft. Palpi with the 2nd and 3rd joints slightly fringed with hair in front, 

 the 3rd joint long fringed with hair behind ; fore femora and tibia fringed with 

 hair on inner side ; abdomen with protusible lateral tufts of hair from base and 

 large anal tuft ; fore and hindwings on underside with the base clothed with 

 long yellow hair, on latter extending to lower angle of cell and on inner 

 margin to near tornus. 



Head, thorax and abdomen fuscous, the last with some ochreous. Forewing 

 fuscous ; an indistinct waved dark antemedial line arising from a pale point on 

 costa ; traces of a medial line with pale point at costa ; a small black discoidal 

 lunule ; postmedial line slightly defined by grey on outer side, waved ; a fine 

 minutely waved whitish subterminal line, slightly excurved at vein 7 and mi. idle ; 

 a terminal series of black points ; a fine pale line afc base of cilia. Hindwing 

 pale fuscous ; a dark discoidal lunule ; indistinct curved postmedial and sub- 

 terminal lines ; a fine white line at base of cilia ; the underside whitish with some 

 dark irroration, the discoidal lunule black, the lines distinct and diffused. 



Habitat.— Ceylon, N. C. Province (J. Pole). Exp. 24 mill. Type in B. M. 



2858. b. Nobaria producta, n. sp. 



Purplish -brown ; abdomen with slight dark segmental lines. Forewing irro- 

 rated with black scales ; the veins with slight dark streaks ; a short subbasal 

 line angled below costa-; the antemedial line angled below costa, then slightly 

 incurved ; a discoidal striga ; the 'postmedial line very oblique from costa to 

 vein 5 where it is acutely angled, then retracted to below end of cell at vein 2 

 where it is obtusely angled, then bent outwards to inner margin ; a strong slight- 

 ly incurved line from apex to inner margin before tornus ; a fine terminal line. 

 Hindwing irrorated with black ; a slight discoidal striga ; a fine postmedial line 

 obtusely angled at vein 5 then sinuous ; a strong subterminal line defined by 

 whitish on outer side and obtusely angled at vein 2 ; a fine terminal line. 



Habitat. — Ceylon, Pundaloya (Green), Puttalam (Mackwood). Exp. ft 28, 

 $ 32 mill. TypeinB.M. 



2875. a. Catada costipunctata, n. sp. 



ft. Pale ochreous ; palpi with the 1st and 2nd joints and frons black ; fore 

 tibiae blackish, joints of legs with black rings ; abdomen irrorated with black ; 



