KISOBA. 435 



6781. Risoba basalis. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 32.) 



Eisoha hasalis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 91 (1882); Hmpsii. Moths Ind. ii. 

 p. 399. 



Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous and mixed with 

 red-brown and some black scales ; mid tibiae streaked with blackish ; 

 abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing whitish suffused 

 with red-brown and slightly irrorated with black scales, the medial 

 costal area and the middle of terminal area whiter ; a white patch 

 from base of costa to inner margin before middle with slight black 

 streak on it below the cell and some rufous suffusion on inner area, its 

 outer edge defined by a black line ; antemedial line blackish, oblique 

 and minutely waved to submedian fold, then incurved to the basal 

 patch ; reniform defined by brov»m and with brown centre, round ; an 

 oblique dark shade from beyond upper angle of cell through the reni- 

 form to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinctly double, angled 

 inwards below costa, then outwards, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly 

 oblique and dentate, filled in with white at inner margin ; an oblique 

 red-brown shade from apex to postmedial line, a black streak on vein 

 6 and streaks on veins 7 and 1 on terminal area ; some alternating- 

 black and white strise on postmedial part of costa ; subtermiual line 

 whitish defined on inner side by slight dentate blackish marks at 

 middle, incurved below costa and bent inwards at vein 2 ; a series 

 of black striae defined on inner side by slight white lunules just 

 before termen. Hind wing white tinged with red-brown, the 

 terminal area broadly fuscous brown, a brownish discoidal spot; 

 cilia whitish tinged with red-brown ; the underside with the costal 

 area irrorated with brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the costa and inner margins tinged with 

 green. 



Hah. HoisrGKONG {J. J. Walter), 1 S ; Assam, Khasis, 2 S , 

 2 $ type ; Teavancoke, Pirmad {Mrs. Imray), 1 S ; Ceyloi^, 

 1 J ; Singapoee {Ridley), 1 $ . Exp. 34-38 millim. 



6782. Risoba cebea. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 1.) 



Risoba kebea, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 233 (1906). 



2 . Head and thorax white mixed with some pale yellow-green, 

 brown and black ; mid tibiae streaked with black, the tarsi brown 

 ringed with white ; abdomen white slightly tinged with brown, the 

 anal tuft faintly tinged with green. Fore wing white suffused 

 with brown, purplish fuscous and pale yellow-green ; a white patch 

 from base of costa to inner margin before middle, its outer edge 

 sinuous, a slight dark mark on it below the cell and some greenish 

 above inner margin ; antemedial line slight, blackish, oblique and 

 dentate to submedian fold, then bent inwards to the basal patch, a 

 slight brownish spot at middle of cell ; the reniform faintly defined, 

 pointed above, some white suffusion beyond it ; a slight dark striga 



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