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NOCTUIDiE. 



brown ; a narrow curved whitish medial band from below costa to 

 vein 1 ; a whitish spot on termen at discal fold ; cilia grey-brown 

 with a fine whitish line at base. Underside grey-brown ; fore 

 wing with the costal area and postmedial area except towards inner 



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Fig. 118. — Ach(sa nuhifera, c?- }• 



margin suffused with fuscous black, a discoidal striga and indistinct 

 waved postmedial and subterminal lines ; hind wing with curved 

 medial and postmedial lines, the latter with some blackish suffusion 

 before it. 



Hah. Andamans, 2 J type. Exp. 70 millim. 



b. Antennas of male normal. 



7623. Achsea eusciasta, n. sp. 



S . Head and thorax dark red-brown tinged with purplish grey ; 

 palpi, pectus, and legs grey-brown, the tuft of hair in mid tibia> 

 ochreous ; abdomen dark grey-brown. Pore wing dark red-browu 

 tinged with purplish grey ; the apical part of costal area rather 

 greyer ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique, waved ; a black 

 point in middle of cell and some black scales on discocellulars ; 

 medial line very indistinct, double, dark, minutely waved, excurved 

 beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, 

 waved, slightly defined on outer side by blue-white from vein '6 to 

 inner margin, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line 

 indistinct, dark, rather diffused, almost obsolete on costal area; 

 cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing dark fuscous brown ; 



