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subbasal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa ; antemedial 

 line indistinct, diffused, double filled in witb whitish and oblique from costa to 

 median nervure, then black defined on inner side by whitish, oblique, dentate, 

 a black streak beyond it in lower part of cell ; reniform with whitish annulus 

 above and below, interrupted at middle; postmedial line black defined by whitish 

 on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, dentate, a black streak, 

 from it to subterminal line above vein 3, a shorter streak above vein 6 and 

 slight streak above 7 ; subterminal line represented by a series of oblique 

 whitish striae defined on outer side by black from below costa to vein 2, angled 

 inwards in discal fold ; the terminal area with whitish patches below apex 

 and at middle, a terminal series of blackish points ; cilia rufous with whitish 

 streaks. Hindwing ochreous white suffused with brown ; cilia pale ; the 

 underside ochreous white, the costal area irrorated with rufous. 



Habitat.— Ceylon, Haputale (Alston). Exp. 52 mill. Type in B. M. 



237 h. Pydna brunnea, Swinh., A. M, N. H. (7), XIX, p. 206 (1907). 



£ . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with dull red-brown ; abdomen ochre- 

 ous suffused with reddish brown, the extremity and ventral surface slightly 

 irrorated with brown. Forewing ochreous suffused with dull red-brown except 

 on costal area and below basal half of cell and irrorated with a few black scales : 

 claviform represented by a slight blackish streak ; a slight pale streak in lower 

 end of cell before the small ochreous-de fined discoidal spot ; postmedial line 

 with small blackish spot on costa, bent outwards below costa, then represented 

 by a double series of points, oblique below vein 4, a diffused ochreous mark 

 beyond it on costa and a diffused patch on tornal area ; cilia fuscous brown. 

 Hindwing uniform dark brown ; the underside ochreous tinged with brown 

 except on costal area, a black discoidal spot and rather diffused oblique post- 

 medial line dentate towards costa. 



Habitat. — Assam, Khisis; Ceylon, Maskeliya. Exp. 60 mill. 



260a. Stauropus inclusa. n. sp. 



Antennas of male serrate and fasciculate, of female ciliated. 



Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with white ; abdomen grey suffus- 

 ed with rufous. Forewing whitish irrorated with dark red-brown, the inner 

 half of basal area and the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; a brown 

 streak below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by an oblique brown 

 striga from costa ; antemedial line strong, brown, inwardly oblique from costa 

 to median nervure, then nearly erect and slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; 

 a slight brown discoidal bar ; postmedial line brown arising from costa just 

 beyond antemedial line, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, dentate and 

 joining the antimedial line at inner margin ; an indistinct pale waved subter- 

 minal line with a dark mark before it on costa and lunulate patches from vein 

 3 to inner margin ; a series of indistinct pale lunules just before termen. 

 Hindwing greyish suffused with red-brown ; an indistinct curved medial line ; 

 cilia whitish at tips. 



Habitat.— Assam, Khdsis (Badgley). Exp. $ 48, 9 52 mill. Type in B. M. 



