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NOCTUIDjE. 



*7403. Nyctipao serosa. (Plate CCV. fig. 5.) 



Argivn wrosa, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mas. Oxon. ii. p. 116 (1900). 



<3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown. Fore Aving 

 fuscous browij ; an indistinct darii antemedial line, oblique and 

 sinuous below submcdian fold -, an inverted comma-shaped dipcoidal 

 mark with bilobate head and defined by black, a blackish patch 

 be3'oiid it with some silvery blue on it beyond both head and tail of 

 the discoidal mark, the black medial line arising from the tail of 

 the discoidal mark, excurved round it and angled inwards below it 

 on vein 2, then sinuous to inner margin, followed by a fuscous 

 shade ; a diffused fuscous postmedial shade, slightly excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle; subterminal line formed by blackish stria?, 

 excurved below costa and middle and slightly incurved at vein o. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown with indistinct oblique dark medial line. 

 Underside of both wings black-brown ; fore wing with the terminal 

 area rather paler with numerous indistinct dark striae and a sub- 

 terminal series of white striae with white points at the veins. 



Hah. GiLOLO {Doherly), type f S in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 90 

 millim. 



This is possibly the true male of N. nyctaculis, Snell. and the 

 Philippine species new. 



7404. Nyctipao macfarlanei. (Plate CCVI. fig. 1.) 



Fatida macfarlanei, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xviii. p. 127 (1876). 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown slightly tinged with grey ; 

 genital tufts of hair fulvous yellow. Fore wing brown suffused 

 with purplish grey ; a faint dark subbasal line from below costa to 

 submedian fold ; a slightly sinuous dark antemedial line : an oblique 

 dark bar from middle of costa and oblique slightly sinuous line from 

 vein 2 to inner margin ; a very large fulvous-tinged ocellus in, 

 beyond, and below end of cell with comma-shaped black mark in 

 outer part of centre, with some silvery-blue irroration at its head, 

 silvery-blue streaks below veins 5 and 4 before its tail and a striga 

 at extremity of tail ; postmedial line blackish, arising below costa, 

 excurved round the ocellus and strongly angled inwards below it, 

 then sinuous, another curved line beyond it expanding into an 

 oblique bar-shaped patch from below costa to vein 6 ; a waved 

 subterminal black line, slightly incurved at vein 5 and Avith slight 

 fuscous shade before it. Hind wing brown suffused with purplish 

 grey ; a blackish medial line slightly excurved beyond lower angle 

 of cell, and slightly sinuous blackish postmedial and subterminal 

 lines, the last with faint fuscous shade before it. Underside grey- 

 brown to beyond middle, the terminal area fuscous brown with a 

 purplish gloss ; fore wing with postmedial series of eight white 

 spots, the spots below vein 7 and 4 displaced outwards, and sub- 



