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Both wings beneath smoky-brown ; hind wing with the base a little 

 paler and with a diffused discal spot, a diffused curved postmedial line 

 from about three-fifths costa to four-fifths hindmargin and a slight dark 

 subterminal shade. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, one ? ; 4,600 

 feet, January, 1920, one ? . 



A single $ , from the former elevation, undoubtedly belongs here, 

 but as it is unfortunately much discoloured and the head is missing it is 

 only possible to state that it matches the ■? in size and shape of wings, 

 the hind wing above and both wings beneath are paler, with the 

 markings better defined (including a slight discal spot on fore wing), 

 the fore wing above appears ochreous on proximal half, with a sharply- 

 defined black discal spot, and dark brown on distal half. 



The costa of fore wing is slightly swollen at shoulder, with a thick 

 hair-tuft beneath. Legs apparently without special characters. 



Perhaps nearest to Hydrillodes funestalis, Wlkr. {Bleptina funes- 

 talis) ; cannot be an aberration either of Echana abavalis Wlkr., or of 

 Hydrillodes repugnalis Wlkr. (both of which occur in C. Ceram), as it 

 differs from both in the third segment of palpus. 



68. Bocana pallidisigna sp. nov. 



3- , 28 mm. 



Antenna with long bristles and very short cilia. Palpus with the 

 second segment a little straighter than in B. manifestalis Wlkr., third 

 segment rather shorter than in manifestalis (not much more than half 

 the length of second), with tuft of hair above, the apex naked ; areole 

 a little broader than in manifestalis ; E 3 and M 1 of hind wing even more 

 shortly stalked. Both wings slightly angled about E 3 . An Adrapsa 

 species, according to Hampson's key in the " Moths of India," but 

 nearer to B. manifestalis than to A. ablualis Wlkr., so I place it in 

 Bocana rather than in Adrapsa, though it does not match perfectly 

 with the type of either genus. 



Head, body and legs brown with a few white scales interspersed, the 

 tarsi paler, more ochreous. 



Fore wing with the proximal half pale brown, the distal half darker 

 brown ; a round creamy-white terminal spot behind B 1 ; antemedial, 

 postmedial and subterminal lines and a discal dot white, the antemedial 

 line distally and the postmedial and subterminal lines proximally 

 bordered with dark-brown ; antemedial line waved, bent outward from 



