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large dark orbicular and reniform spots in cell situated on a pale 

 streak ; the postmedial line curved from costa to vein 2, defined by 

 whitish in the form of finer teeth below costa, points at median 

 nervules, at vein 2 retracted to below angle of cell, then angled 

 outwards above vein 1. Hind wing with dark discoidal spot on a 

 pale ground ; the postmedial line white, formed by a prominent 

 white spot below costa, bent outwards and dentate betv\ een veins 

 5 and 2, then retracted to below angle of cell. 



2 . Both wings with the grouud-colour pale brownish to the 

 postmedial line, which is prominent, blackish, and more strongly 

 defined by white on outer side. 



Hah. Celebes ; Amboina {Doherty) ; Fergusson I.. N. Gruinea 

 {Meek). Types in Coll. Eothschild and B.M. 



(ll)tSYLEPTA rBATEENA Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 292, pi. 181. f, 8. 



S. India ; Ceylon. 



(12)tSTLBPTA EiDOPALis Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1892, p. 18. 



Assam ; Burma. 



(13) Stlepta Lxnf alis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. Formosa ; India, 



p. 352. Ceylon, & Burma; Borneo; 



Botys ihyasalis Wlk. xviii. 734. Celebes ; Sumbawa ; 



Coptohasis incrassata Warr. A. M. N. H. Venezuela. 



(6) xviii. p. 171. 



(14)tSTLEPTA coifTiGTJAiis Wlk. xxxiv. 1441. Java. 



f Botys suhjimctalis Wlk. xxxiv. 1441. 



(15) Stiepta puepubascens, n. sp. 



S . Dark fuscous suffused with purple ; palpi at base, pectus, 

 femora, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Tore wdng with 

 antemedial line slightly defined by grey on inner side ; a quadrate 

 white spot in end of cell ; the postmedial line defined by gi"ey on 

 outer side, with two dentate white marks below costa, strongly 

 excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below angle of 

 cell, then excurved again. Hind wing with traces of discoidal 

 spot ; the medial line excurved between veins 5 and 2, and slightly 

 defined by grey on outer side ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. 



Hah. British East Africa, Dar-es-Salaam. Exp. 36 mm. Type 

 in Coll. Eothschild. 



(16)tSTLEPTA ADDUCTALis Wlk. xviii. 669. S. India ; Ceylon ; 



Coptohasis luminalis Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1863, Java, 



p. 483, pi. 16. f. 10. 



(1 7) Sylepta aectalis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 296. W. India. 

 fBesmia opisalis Wlk. xvii. 346 ; Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1863, 



pi. 16. f. 11. 



(18) Stlepta textalis Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1863, p. 482, pi. 16. 



f. 9. N. & W. India ; Borneo. 



fCoptobasis cenealis Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 867. 



