284 NOCTUIDTE. 



greyish ; medial line black slightly defined on inner side by 

 greyish, somewhat punctiform, excurved below costa and cell ; 

 postmedial line black, punctiform, oblique and somewhat sinuous 

 from costa to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved above inner 

 margin, usually with a black mark before it above submedian 

 fold ; an indistinct creuulate blackish subterminal line, bent 

 inwards between veins 6 and 5 and incurved at submedian fold ; 

 a terminal series of slight black strise. Hind wing whitish 

 suffused with brown ; the underside white tinged and irrorated 

 with brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with black suffusion on basal costal area and in 

 submedian interspace to postmedial line where it is joined by an 

 oblique shade from apex. 



Ab. 2. Pore wing whitish except basal and medial costal areas 

 and a triangular patch on terminal area extending on termen from 

 apex to vein 2.— Borneo. 



Hab. Ceylon, 1 $ tyP^, Colombo ( Green), 1 cJ , Putt alam 

 (Pole), 1 2; BoKNEO, iSarawak (Wallace), 1 $. Kvp. 20-24 

 millini. 



6573. Giaura punctata. 



Sarotricha punctata, Lucas, P. Linn. See. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1075 



(Apr. 15th, 1890) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 370. 

 Symitha punctata, Svviuli. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 236, pi. 7. f. 15 (June, 



1890) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 386. 



Head and thorax greyish brown slightly mixed with fuscous, the 

 te:5uloe, patagia, and raesothorax with paired black spots ; palpi with 

 black spot on 1st joint, the 2nd and 3rd joints black at base ; 

 abdomen brown with slight pale and fuscous bands towards base ; 

 pectus, femora, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore 

 wing grey-brown irrorated with fuscous ; obliquely placed subbasal 

 black spots on and below costa and above vein 1 ; a sinuous 

 blackish medial line slightly angled inwards on median nervure, 

 with fuscous suffasion between it and the postmedial line on 

 costal half; postmedial line indistinctly double, blackish filled in 

 with grey, b^'nt outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, 

 its angle below costa connected by a blackish bar with costa, some 

 fuscous suffusion beyond it at middle and towards inner margin; a 

 subterminal series of small black spots, the spot above and below 

 vein 6 somewhat dentate, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; 

 a terminal series of rather triangular black points ; an oblique 

 black shade from apex. Hind wing pale brown, the terminal area 

 sufl^used with fuscous ; the underside brownish white, the terminal 

 area suffused with fuscous. 



Bab. SiKHiM (Dudgeon, Pilcher), 5 c^ , 1 §; Bhutan (Dudgeon), 

 1 c? ; Assam, ISFagas (Doherty), 1 (j" ; Bdema, Bangoon, 1 § type 

 SymitJia punctata, Tenasserim ; Queensland, type t in Coll. Lucas. 

 Exj). 22-24 millim. 



