294 NOCXUID^. 



medial costal area ; a diffused ochreous white subbasal band followed 

 by the obliquely curved black antemedial line defined on outer side 

 by ochreous white ; a minutely waved wliitish medial line with 

 some grey or violaceous white suffusion beyond it ; a very irregularly 

 Avaved black subterminal line slightly defined on inner side by 

 ochreous and with oblique white mark before it below costa, 

 strongly incurved between veins 6 and 4 and bent outwards 

 between veins 4 and 3, then oblique to inner margin. Under- 

 side of both wings ochreous brown ; fore wing with indistinct 

 curved, whitish medial band more or less developed, postmedial 

 series of white spots, and series of white spots on the subterminal 

 line, the spot below costa large; hind wing with black discoidal 

 striga, indistinct double curved antemedial line, dark medial line, 

 and the irregularly waved subterminal line with white mark on it 

 below costa. 



Ab. 1. Icetitia. Fore wing without the ochreous white band 

 beyond the medial line, the postmedial line stronger and pure 

 white; hind wing without the ochreous white subbasal band, the 

 medial line strong, pure white and not waved. 



Hub. Japan, Hakodate {Whiteley), 1$ type Icetitia, Nagasaki 

 {Leech), 1 $ , Fusiki {Leech), 1 5 , Hatsuma {Leech), 1 2 , Kiushiu, 

 1 cJ , Tsuruga {Leech), 1 d , Yokohama {Pryer), 2 J; Loo-Cboo Is. 

 {Fryer), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Cesttr. China, Kiukiang {Pratt), 2 (^ ; W. China, 

 Chang-yang {Pratt), Id, Omei-shan, Id; Punjab {Horne),\d, 

 Masuri, 1(5, 1$, Kasauli, 1$, Dharmsala {Hocking), 1 J , 3$; 

 SiKHiM {Rothney), 1 S , 2 § ; Assam, Shillong {Maivlinys), 1 $ , 

 Dibrugrah {Ward), 2 2 , Gnchar {Grant), 1$; Madras, Belgaum 

 {Swiiihoe), 1 2 , Malabar {Wathins), 2d , Nilgiris {Hampson), 2d , 

 kShevaroys {Shorit), 1 $ ; Ckylon, 1 cT , 1 § , Peradeniya {Terbury), 

 1 d , Kelani Valley {Braine), 1 d ', Burma, 1 d , Moulraciu {Cleric), 

 ] 2 , Tenasserim, Thoungyeen Valley {Bingham), 'i d ', Andamans, 

 1 d , 1 2 ; Sthaits Settlements, Malacca {Pinivill), 1 d , Singapore 

 {Ridley), 4 c?, 4 $ ; Sumatra {Forbes), 1 $ ; Porneo, 1 d ; Philip- 

 pines, Manila, 1 d '■, Java {Hor.s^eld), Ij; Keav Guinea, Waigu, 

 1 J , 2 $ . Exp. 86-116 millim. 



7414. Nyctipao clavifera, n. sp. (Plate CCYI. fig. 3.) 



N'l/ciipao leucotceiiia, Gueu. Noct. iii. p. 184 (part), pi. 20. f. 1. 



$ , Head, thojax, and abdomen fuscous brown ; pectus, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen greyish. Fore wing fuscous brown, the 

 basal area with a slight purplish gray gloss; an indistinct dark 

 antemedial line, oblique below the cell; an inverted comma-shaped 

 discoidal mark with bilobate head, defined by black and its head by 

 silvery blue scales, some white and rufous in inner part of centre ; 

 medial line black defined on outer side by white, excurved from 

 costa round and below the discoidal mark, then indistinct and 

 oblique to inner margin; an oblique pure white postmedial band 

 with dentate outer edge, arising below costa and narrowing above ; 



