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excurved antemedial line ; orbicular near end of cell, round, defined by 

 black except below ; a comet-shaped mark at end of cell, its upper extre- 

 mity extending to near costa and its lower to near postmedial line above 

 vein 3, defined by black except above, a white spot on its inner side on 

 discocellulars, a white line on its outer edge and some rufous in centre, 

 some black suffusion beyond it and a slight white streak above its upper 

 extremity ; postmedial line black, dentate, oblique from costa near apex 

 to vein 3, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal fold, a fuscous 

 mark below vein 2 ; some white points on costa towards apex ; subterminal 

 line slight, grey defined on inner side by black strise, excurved at middle, 

 and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a fine waved black 

 terminal line with an ochreous white mark before it below vein 3 and black- 

 brown spot below 2. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish ; the 

 underside grey thickly irrorated with brawn, a slighc dark discoidal striga 

 and indistinct pale curved postmedial line. 



Habitat. — Madras, Horsleykonda (Campbell). Exp. 24 mill. Type in 

 B. M. 



2103«. RiVULA C'Of4NATA, n. sp. 



Mid and hind tibiae of male fringed with long hair on outer side, the mid 

 tibi a with fold containing a tuft of longhair; abdomen with lateral tufts 

 of hair near base meeting ventrally; hindwing with the termen deeply 

 excised at submedian fold, the tornus lobed, the inner area with 

 a fold containing a tuft of black scales on upperside just beyond 

 middle. 



c? . Head and thorax red-brown, the patagia ochreous white; pectus and 

 legs ochreous white ; ^domen dark-brown mixed with some grey. Fore- 

 wing ochreous white irrorated with dark-brown, the terminal area suffused 

 with red-brown, the costa dark-brown ; subbasal line represented by a 

 whitish striga from costa ; antemedial line whitish, angled inwards in cell, 

 then with a large patch of black-brown suffusion before it ; a whitish 

 discoidal point on a diffused brown spot ; postmedial line whitish slightly 

 defined on inner side by brown, bent outwards below costa near apex, 

 then minutely waved, oblique and ircurved below vein 4, some oblique 

 white striae beyond it from costa ; subterminal line represented by a 

 small wedge-shaped whitish mark from costa with black point at 

 its apex, then by a series of black points with whitish points on their 

 inner side and by a whitish striga at tornus. Hindwing fuscous brown ; a 

 slight whitish line at base of cilia ; the underside ochreous white irrorated 

 with brown, a slight dark discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial line from 

 costa to vein 4. 



5 . Thorax and ground colour of forewing uniform red-brown. 



Habitat. — Bombay, N. Kanara, Karwar (Bell) ; Ceylon, Kandy (Green). 

 Exp. 18 mill. Type in B. M. 



