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NOCTUIDJE. 



on outer by the medial area being leaden grej- from costa to submedian 

 fold ; an olive-yellow discoidal luuule with two slight black points 

 on it ; postmedial line indistinct, dark defined on outer side by 

 olive-yellow, bent outwards below costa, then erect, an oblique olive 

 patch beyond it on costal area ; an indistinct minutely dentate 

 silvery grey subterminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown. 



Hah. Tkavancore, Pirmad {Mrs. Imray), 1 $ type. Exp. 28 

 millira. 



Genus SELEPA. 

 Selepa, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 353 (1858) 



Type. 



celiis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi downcurved, extending about the length of 

 head and fringed with hair above and below; frous smootb ; eyes large, 

 round; antenna? of inale almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely with 

 scales and without crests ; fore tibiiB fringed on both sides with long hair, the 

 tarsal joints with slight tufts of scales, the mid and hind tibi^ slightly fringed 

 with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with 

 the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 

 5 from near angle of cell ; fi from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 

 8 to form a short ai-eole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from 

 close to angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to 

 middle. 



Sect. I. Hind wing of male on underside with large patch of blackish andro- 

 conia in submedian interspace froTn near base to near termen, 

 followed by a small patch of rough hairy rufous scales on termen. 



6587, Selepa stigmatophora, 



FlotJieia sligmatofliora, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 305 ; id. Moths 

 Ind. iv. p. 524. 



S • Head and thorax fuscous brown tinged with grey ; abdo- 

 men pale grey-brown; pectus and ventral surface ot abdomen 

 whitish. Pore wing cupreous brown tinged with grey ; a curved 



Fig. 104. — Sdejpa stigmaiopJwra, J. 



sinuous brown antemedial line ; a point of raised scales in middle 

 of cell and small discoidal tuft ; postmedial line double, oblitjuely 

 excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and minutely waved 

 below submedian fold , a faint waved subterminal line and traces 

 of a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing white tinged with 



