440 KOCTUIDiE. 



to iuncr margin before middle ; a sliglit oblique subbasal black 

 striga from costa ; antemedial line indistinct, blackish, oblique and 

 dentate to submedian fold, then, bent inwards to the basal patcb ; a 

 black point in middle of cell ; reniform defined by black and -with 

 black point in centre, rounded ; postmedial line strongly bent out- 

 wards below costa, then oblique, minutely dentate, defined on inner 

 side by a white band and slightly incurved between veins 4 and 1, 

 some white beyond it on costa ; subterminal line blackish slightly 

 deiined on outer side by white, minutely dentate below costa, 

 strong and oblique between veins 8 and 5 with a tooth on its outer 

 edge below vein 6, then eseurved and minutely dentate and incurved 

 in submedian interspace ; an oblique black bar from apex and black 

 streaks on veins 7, ; a series of black striae defined on inner side 

 by slight white lunules just before termen ; cilia with a series of 

 small blackish spots. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and 

 inner area tinged with rufous, the terminal area broadly fuscous ; 

 cilia whitish tinged wnth rufous ; the underside with the costal 

 area tinged with bro-\vn. 



5 . Fore wing with some white suffusion beyond the cell but 

 without white band before the postmedial line, which is angled 

 outwards at vein 1 and inwards above inner margin. 



Hah. Bk. N. Guinea, Ekeikei {Pratt), 2 c^ , 3 $ . Exp. 26-30 

 millim. 



6788. Eisoba obstructa. 



lihoha ohdmeia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 328; id. Lep. Cejl. iii. p. 2, 

 pi. 144. ff. 2, 2a,b; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 398. 



(5 . Head and thorax brown mixed with grey and irrorated with 

 black ; palpi whitish in front ; frons with lateral black bars ; tegulae 

 black at tips ; prothorax with black bar ; pectus and legs whitish 

 tinged with brown, the hind tibiae with black streak, the tarsi brown 

 ringed with white ; abdomen grey suffused with red-brown and 

 with black dorsal bar on 2nd segment. Fore wing whitish suffused 

 with brown and irrorated wdth black ; a white patch from base of 

 costa to inner margin before middle defined by a slightly waved 

 black line and tinged with red-brown at extremity ; a slight 

 oblique subbasal black striga from costa ; antemedial line slight, 

 blackish, oblique and waved to submedian fold, then bent inwards 

 to the basal patch; a black point in middle of cell; reniform 

 defined by black and wioh black point in centre, round ; postmedial 

 line strongly angled outvvards below costa, then double, defined on 

 inner side by white suffusion extending into the cell and by a white 

 band towards inner margin, incurved below vein 4, some white 

 points beyond it on costa, subterminal line dark brown defined on 

 outer side by white, bent inwards and strong between veins 8 and 

 5, its outer edge produced to a tooth below vein 6, bent inwards at 

 vein 2 ; an oblique brown patch from apex and black streaks on 



