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an obscure blackish annulus in middle of cell and discoidal lunnle defined 

 by blackish ; postmedial line blackish, oblique to discal fold, bent out- 

 wards between veins 4 and 2, then retracted to below end of cell and erect 

 to inner margin. Hindwing ochreous white thickly irrorated with fuscous ; 

 a rather diffused oblique blackish antemedial line ; postmedial line black- 

 ish, incurved at discal fold, then excurved and diffused to tornus ; some 

 fuscous suffusion before termen towards apex. 



Habitat.— ^i-KniM. (F. Moller). Exp. 14 mill. Type in B. M. 



52556. Pyrausta microdontalis, n. sp. 



Head, thorax and abdomen white faintly tinged with reddish brown, the 

 head and base of tegulse rather more strongly tinged ; palpi white below 

 and blackish above ; abdomen with subdorsal black points on 3rd segment ; 

 fore tibiae with black band at extremity. Forewing white tinged with 

 reddish brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; antemedial line black- 

 ish, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; black points at middle of cell 

 and on discocellulars ; postmedial line formed of small dentate black marks, 

 excurved between veins 5 and 2, then bent inwards ; a terminal series of 

 slight blackish strise. Hindwing white tinged with reddish brown and 

 slightly irrorated with fuscous ; a black discoidal point ; postmedial line 

 black, minutely dentate, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal 

 series of slight black striee. 



Habitat. — Ceylon, Maskeliya (Alston), Exp. 40 miU. Type in B. M. 



5259a. Pyrausta monosema, n. sp. 



Head, thorax and abdomen red-brown ; pectus, femora and ventral 

 surface of abdomen fuscous ; antennee tinged with fuscous. Forewing red- 

 brown ; a blackish discoidal bar ; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards 

 at vein 6, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique. Hind- 

 wing pale reddish brown ; the underside with indistinct curved postmedial 

 line. 



Ifa^l^■«a^.— Punjab, Lahore. (Mrs. Mulvany). ^.r^j. 28 mill. TypeinB. M. 



ADDENDA. 



Sphingid^. 



91/. Marumba bengalensis, n. sp. 



(S . Head, thorax and abdomen pale red-brown tinged with grey, the 

 dorsum of thorax with darker stripe ; frons dark red-brown at sides. Fore- 

 wing pale red-brown tinged with grey ; an oblique slightly incurved 

 antemedial line ; two medial lines ; some dark suffusion on inner medial 

 area ; a pale elliptical discoidal spot defined by fuscous and exten- 

 ding to well below the cell ; a dark line just beyond the cell, oblique 

 below vein 4 ; postmedial line dark, incurved to below vein 4 where it is 

 hooked, then strongly retracted and incurved ; a large chocolate brown 

 patch on terminal area from costa to below vein 4, with incurved inner edge 



