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B. Fore wing of male with the subtennirial line broader, 

 waved or maculate and further from terinen. 



a. Hind wing witli the postmedial band evenly curved ... macfarlanei. 



b. Hind wing with the postmedial baud excurved below 



vein 7 and at middle. 

 a^. Wings without dark shade between the postmedial 



and subterminal lines Javanensis, 



i'. Wings with dark shade between the postmedial 

 and subterminal lines. 

 a^. Wings dark brown suffused with purple, the shade 



beyond the postmedial line more diffused valceri. 



b^. Wings grey-brown hardly tinged with purple, the 

 shade beyond the postmedial line more distinct 

 and narrower macrops. 



7402. Nyctipao nyctaculis. (Plate CCV. fig. 4.) 



Nyctipao nyctaculis, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 95, pi. 7. f. 1 (1880) ; 

 Semp. Eeis. Phil., Lep. ii. p. 544. 



J . Head, thorax, aud abdomen brown slightly tinged with 

 purple. Eore wing brown tinged with purple ; antemedial line 

 strong, blackish, obliquely incurved to submedian fold, then erect ; 

 an obliqne black bar from middle of costa ; a very large ocellus in, 

 beyond, and below end of cell, defined by black, with inverted 

 comma-shaped fulvous mark in inner part of centre and comma- 

 shaped black mark in outer part of centre, a curved silvery blue 

 streak on its lower edge, a silvery blue line defining the head of 

 the black mark and minute streaks below veins 5 and 4 before its 

 tail ; medial line blackish, arising below costa, then curved round 

 the outer edge of the ocellus, very strongly angled inwards on vein 

 2 below the ocellus, then again excurved ; a narrow blackish post- 

 medial band, oblique to vein 6, then slight and incurved to vein 4, 

 then stronger and sinuous to inner margin where it is diffused 

 inwards; a curved black subterminal lino arising from a black l>ar 

 from costa and excurved at vein 8. Hiiid wing brown tinged with 

 purple ; a rather diffused oblique medial blackish line, broad post- 

 medial shade, and blackish subterminal line. Underside blackish 

 brown; fore wing with series of white striae before termen. 



§. Both wings with the terminal area paler; fore wing with 

 the subterminal line much more excurved below vein 7, at middle 

 and submedian fold, the outer line much further from termen, 

 curved, waved, and angled inwards below vein 5 ; hind wing with 

 the medial line sinuous, the postmedial shade excurved below vein 

 7 and at middle, the outer line further from termen and waved ; 

 underside of both wings with postmedial line with series of white 

 spots on it excurved below veins 7 and 3, and a series of white 

 striae before termen. 



Bah. Philippines, Manila (Zec^yarcZ), 1 J : Celebes. ^rj9. 100 

 millim. 



