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■wings strongly irrorated with fuscous. Forewing with black points on costa and 

 large ante and postmedial spots ; a prominent discoidal spot ; the termen with 

 waved black line, and two excisions below apex, Hindwing with discoidal black 

 spot and terminal series of lunules. Underside of forewing largely suffused 

 with black. 



Habitat. — Ceylon, Pundaloya (Green). Exp. 14 mill. Type in B. M. 



2877. b. Oatada nigeipuncta, n. sp. 



£. Ochreous; head irrorated with black and red scales; palpi with black 

 bands at extremity of 1st and 2nd joints and at middle of 3rd ; tegulas and 

 metathorax with patches of black and red scales ; abdomen dorsally irrorated 

 with a few red scales, black points on 2nd, 4th and 6th segments and a larger 

 spot on terminal segment. Forewing irrorated with a few dark scales below 

 costa ; five black points on costa ; a diffused spot above base of inner margin ; 

 traces of waved antemedial, medial, and postmedial red lines and of a blackish 

 subterminal line with two black spots before it below costa and a large round 

 spot at middle ; a terminal series of black points and spots on termen and cilia 

 at apex and middle. Hindwing with traces of antemedial, medial and post- 

 medial waved red lines and of a black discoidal point ; an indistinct waved 

 blackish subterminal line ; a terminal series of black spots. 



Habitat.— Ceylon, Matele (Pole). Exp. 16 mill. Type in B. M. 



2885. a. Catada hemiph^ea, n. sp. 



ft. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; pectus and legs whitish, 

 the tarsi black tinged with white ; abdomen grey irrorated and suffused with 

 fuscous and with dorsal black crests on 2nd and 3rd segments, the ventral 

 surface whitish. Forewing grey, the basal area suffused with black- brown 

 deepening to the medial line which is white, slightly sinuous and oblique from 

 costa to above vein 1 ; traces of a waved subbasal line and oblique antemedial 

 line ; the terminal area irrorated and suffused with fuscous ; a slight pale dis- 

 coidal lunule, some whitish points on costa towards apex ; an indistinct pale 

 ginuous subterminal line with some dark suffusion before it towards costa ; a 

 fine black terminal line ; cilia fuscous with a series of white points. Hindwing 

 fuscous brown ; the underside grey thickly irrorated with fuscous leaving an 

 ochreous white patch from below end of cell to near termen. 



Habitat.— Madras, Bellary, Ramandrug, 3,000' (Campbell). Exp. 20 mill. 

 Type in B. M. 



Genus. Ar^eopteron. 



A. Frons black or dark brown. 



a. Forewing with oblique white postmedial line from below 



costa to inner margin .fascialis. 



b. Forewing without oblique white postmedial line. 



a 1 . Forewing with the costal and postmedial areas pure white. 



a 2 . Forewing white nivalis. 



b". Forewing largely suffused with rufous .prohuca. 



b x . Forewing with the costal and postmedial area grey. 



