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NOCTUIU-E. 



G54;3. Sarrothripiis indica. 



Sarrothripa indica, Felcl. Eeis. Nov. pi. lOG. f. 19 (1874); Huipsn. Moths 



Ind. ii. p. 388. 

 Clctthara pallescens, Hmpsn. 111. Het. E.M. ix. p. 108, pi. 163. f. 25 



(18'J3) ; id. Mollis Ind. ii. p. 381. 



Head and tliorax white tinged with rufous ; abdomen white 

 dorsaily tinged with pale brown; pectus and hind legs white. Poro 

 wing white sutt'used with pale rufous and ferruginous ; subbasal 

 line double, waved, from costa to inner margin ; antemedial line 

 double, Avaved, oblique from costa to middle of cell, then erect ; 

 postraedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely- 

 dentate, exeurvcd to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards above 

 inner margin ; subterminal line white, minutely dentate, defined on 

 inner side by minute dentate black marks on costal half and spots 

 on inner half; a fine terminal black line with series of black points 

 on it. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown. 



Ab. 1. Thorax with some blackish ; fore wing with the subbasal 

 line placed on a fuscous band. 



Hah. Ceylon (Oreen), 2 2 tjpe pallescens, Ohyia (Green), 1 $, 

 Colombo (Mackwood), 1 5 , Kudaoya {Mad-wood), 1 $ , Maskeliya 

 [Alston), 1 2 ; SiNGAPOiiE (Ridley), 2 $ ; Queenslaxd, Brisbane 

 {^Turner, Lower), 2 c? , 1 $ . Exp. 22-24 millim. 



6544. Sarrothripus strigivenata. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 8.) 

 Giaura strigivenata, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) svi. p. 542 (1905). 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with brown ; 

 paipi at sides and fore tibiae in front dark brcwn. Fore wing 

 whitish irrorated and suffused with reddish brown ; a diffused darlc 

 brown subbasal band from costa to submedian fold ; a diffused 

 blackish streak above median uervure and another in terminal part 

 of cell in discal fold ; diffused blackish streaks above vein 1 from 

 before middle and on the veins beyond end of cell to the sub- 

 terminal series of somewhat dentate small dark marks and more 

 prominent rounded spot iu submedian fold ; traces of a double 

 waved oblique antemedial line and of a similar postmedial line 

 bent outwards below costa, oblique from vein 4 to submedian fold, 

 and bent outwards above inner margin ; a terminal series of slight 

 points. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the terminal area 

 suffused with brown. 



Hah. jS'ew JSouth Wales (Bay nor), 1 $ type. Exp. 26 millim. 



6545. Sarrothripus cana, n. sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 29.) 



2 . Head and thorax grej'-white mixed with some brown ; palpi 

 with the 2nd joint blackish behind towards base; autennse fuscous; 

 abdomen grey-white dorsaily suffused with brown. Fore wing grey- 

 white irrorated with brown ; a small subbasal black spot below 

 costa ; an indistinct curved and slightly waved antemedial line 



