300 



NOCTUIDiE, 



7420. Nyctipao jaintiana. (Plate CCVII. fig. 6.) 



Nyctipao jaintiana, Swinh. A. M. N. 11, (i)) xvii. p. 3G2 (1896); Huipsn. 

 Moths Incl. iv. p. 531. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown. Fore wing black- 

 brown ; au indistinct dark antemedial line, angled outwards below 

 costa and median nervure ; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal 

 mark with bilobate head, defined by black and reddish brown and 

 its head by blue- white, its tail filled in with red-brown, a black 

 ])atch beyond it ; medial line black, arising from costa, excurved 

 round the discoidal mark and angled inwards below it on vein 2, 

 then indistinct and erect to inner margin, followed by a faint 

 curved dark shade ; a sinuous pare white postmedial band, arising 

 below costa and ending at vein 1, towards which it narrows to a 

 laie, oblique to below vein 4, then incurved, its outer edge dentate 

 below costa, at veins 7, 6, and below 4 ; cilia pure white. Hind 

 wing black-brown ; two indistinct dark medial lines ; a fine lunulate 

 Avhite postmedial line, oblique towards costa and excurved at veins 6 

 and 4, ending at vein 1 ; cilia pure white. Underside of fore wing 

 with the band broken up into spots. 



Hah. Assam, Khasis, Jaintia Hills, 1 cJ , 1 $ type. Exp. S 04, 

 $ 104 millim. 



7421. Nyctipao superba. (Plate CCYII. fig. 3.) 



NtjdijMO superba, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 66 (1908). 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown. Fore wing black- 

 brown suffused with purple-blue ; traces of a curved dark antemedial 

 line ; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark with bilobate head 

 defined by black and by blue- white except on inner side of tail, its 

 centre blue- grey with two small white spots on the head, a black 

 patch beyond it ; medial line black defined on each side by blue- 

 grey, arising below the costa, excurved round the discoidal mark 

 and obsolete below vein 2 ; a narrow sinuous white postmedial 

 band from below costa. to vein 1, towards which it is reduced to a 

 line, excurved below veins 6 and 4. Hind wing black-brown suf- 

 fused with purple-blue except towards base ; two obliquely placed 

 Avhite postmedial epots from below costa to vein 6, followed by a 

 white line, incurved and waved between veins 6 and 4, then slightly 

 sinuous and terminating at vein 1. 



Hah. Assam, Khasis, 1 $ type. Exp. 106 millim. 



Genus METOPTA. 



Type. 



Meiopta, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 170 (1900) rectifasciata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching 

 to vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd long ; frons smooth, with large 

 tuft of hair ; eyes large, round ; antennte of male bipectinate with long branches 

 to apex, of female with short branches; thorax clothed with long rough hair 



