610 . NOCTTJIDJ!;. 



and dorsally tinged Avith rufous. Fore wing very pale rufous 

 irrorated with a feAV black scales except on terminal area; a 

 curved aubbasal black striga from costa ; antemedial line dark and 

 sinuons from costa to discal fold, then with black points on the 

 veins and inner margin ; a slight dark discoidal spot ; postmedial 

 line represented by an oblique dark striga from costa, then by a 

 series of black points on the veins, excurved to vein 5, then oblique, 

 some minute white streaks beyond it on costa ; an indistinct brown 

 subterminal line, obliqtie and slightly waved ; a series of slight 

 blackish streaks just before termen. Hind wing greyish tinged 

 with brown and irrorated with a few black scales except on ter- 

 minal area which is greyer ; a fine obliqne blackish medial line ; a 

 slight waved subterminal line, excurved at middle, where there is 

 some bright rufous before it with a series of five small white 

 lunnles defined by dark brown between veins 5 and 1 before the 

 rufous ; a series of black points and small spots on inner half before 

 termen with an oblique mark below vein 2 ; a series of black stria3 

 on inner half of termen ; cilia with a dark line through them, 

 black between veins 3 and 1 ; the underside grey-white faintly 

 tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, a slight blackish dis- 

 coidal spot, diffused postmedial line, and waved whitish subterminal 

 line angled outwards at vein 6. 



Hah, Assam (Badgleij), 1 $ , Silhet (Staimfortli), 1 c? ; Brkgal, 



1 2; Bombay, Kanara (Ward), 1 c? ; Ceylon (Lindesay), 1 J, 



2 2 > Trincomali (Terbunj), 1 d ; Burma, Moulraein {Clerk), 1 $ ; 

 Singapore (Ridley), 2 c? • 3 5; Java (Horsfield), 1 c? , 2 $ type; 

 Hab. ign., 1 $ type colligens. Exp. 36-48 millim. 



Larva. Brownish ochreous above, olive below ; some dorsal and 

 lateral black-speckled streaks ; a sublateral whitish line with some 

 pinkish spots above it ; the 11th somite with pair of dorsal 

 prominences ; the 1st pair of claspers aborted. 



Sect. II. (ParaUelia). Mid tibije of male not dilated ; hind tarsi with the 

 1st joint not fringed with hair above. 



A. Fore wing with the postmedial line eseurved at middle and 



incurved at discal and siibmedian folds ohscura. 



B. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly incurved below 



vein 4. 

 a. Fore wing with oblique black-brown mark from apes angled 



outwards above vein 6 dulcis. 



h. Fore wing with oblique streak from apex to vein 6 forming 



part of the subterminal line histriaris. 



7768. ParaUelia ohscura. 



Ophiusa ohscura, Brem. & Grey, Schmett. N. China, p. 19 (1853) ; Stand. 



Cat. Lep. pal. pt. ii. p. 266. 

 Leucanitis hedemanni, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 267 ; id. Eora. Mem. 



vi. p. 578, pi. xi. f. 5 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 244. 

 Ka.via coreana, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 560, pi. 52. f. 11 ; John, Hor. Soc. 



Ent. Eoss. xxxix. p. 628, pi. xviii. f. 5 c. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey-brown, the palpi, pectus, 



