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running into subcostal streak ; an incurved yellow-ochreous line from i of 

 dorsum to before apex of leaden-grey streak, and a fine white S-shaped 

 line from beyond middle of dorsum to its apex ; an oblique leaden-grey line 

 from middle of costa to beyond apex of subcostal streak, nearly obsolete at 

 origin, continued as a fine white S-shaped line parallel to the preceding 

 one to dorsum, between these parallel lines is a yellow-ochreous dot ; an 

 oblique white striga from costa beyond middle, becoming yellow-ochreous 

 beneath, and two short direct white strigulae from costa posteriorly ; 

 a straight leaden-metallic streak from costa beyond these to tornus, mar- 

 gined anteriorly below middle by two wedgeshaped black marks surrounded 

 with yellow-ochreous suffusion, and posteriorly above middle by a small 

 black spot reaching termen, remainder of terminal area yellow-ochreous : 

 cilia pale ochreous, basal third shining leaden-grey, tips dark fuscous on 

 upper part of termen, on costa dark fuscous with base whitish, forming a 

 somewhat prominent apical hook. Hindvvings in S grey-whitish or whitisb- 

 grey, darker posteriorly, cilia whitish ; in $ rather dark grey, cilia grey. 

 Khasis ; in April and from July to November, eighteen specimens. 

 Strobisia gradata, Meyr. 



Khasis ; Karsiang, 5,000 feet, E. Himalayas. 

 Strobisia hibisci Stt. 



Maskeliya and Puttalam, Ceylon ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet ; Pusa, Bengal ; 

 Calcutta ; Khasis. Larva on Hibiscus. 

 Strobisia lamprostoma, Zell. 



Yala, Ceylon (Fletcher) ; in February. Widely distributed in Africa and 

 S. Europe. 



Strobisia balteata, n. sp. 



$ . 13-14 mm. Head bronzy-fuscous, face paler, becoming whitish- 

 ochreous beneath. Palpi pale whitish-ochreous, second joint tinged with 

 yellowish, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennse dark 

 fuscous. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, more 

 strongly posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique ; 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to apex ; dark shining purplish-leaden-grey ; a blackish-fuscous 

 trapezoidal blotch on dorsum before middle, reaching f across wing, edged 

 with whitish-ochreous ; an oblique whitish-ochreous strigula from costa 

 before middle, edged posteriorly with dark fuscous ; second discal stigma 

 small, transverse-linear, whitish-ochreous; a nearly straight double whitish- 

 ochreous streak from about £ of costa to dorsum before tornus, somewhat 

 dilated on costa, followed by a fascia of blackish-fuscous suffusion; a 

 whitish-oshreous streak round apex and termen to near tornus, thickened 

 at apex, edged with a blackish marginal line : cilia shining dark leaden- 

 grey. Hindwings blackish-fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous. 



