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veins 7, 6 ; a series of black striae defined on inner side by slight 

 white lunules just before termen ; cilia with a waved blackish line 

 at middle. Hind wing white, the terminal area broadly fuscous 

 brown ; cilia whitish tinged with brown ; the underside with the 

 costal area irrorated with brown. 



5 . Fore wing without the white band before postmedial line 

 on inner area, the line dentate above inner margin. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Samburu (Beiton), 1 5 ; Punjab (StracJiei/), 

 1 $ ; Assam (Badgley), 1 $ ; Central Provinces, Paipur, 1 J ; 

 Madras; Horsleykonda {Camphell), 1 $; Ceylon, 1 c? , 1 $ type; 

 Philippines, Luzon, San Fernando (McGregor), 1 $ ; Java {Hors- 

 field), 1 $ . Exjp. 26-36 millim. 



Larva. Semper, Eeisen Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 535, pi. R. ff'. 8, 9, 10. 



Purplish brown, paler at sides ; dorsal and lateral white-speckled 

 lines, a sublateral series of whitish streaks ; stigmata black ; 11th 

 somite with dorsal hump. Food- plants : Quisqtudis and Sterculia. 



Cocoon. Grejdsh. 



6789. Eisoba diplogramma, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 6.) 



S • Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey-white, the 

 head browner ; tegulse edged with dark brown ; abdomen grey- 

 white tinged with fuscous, the base white, the two following seg- 

 ments with slight dorsal black bars, the ci'ests black, the ventral 

 surface blackish except at base. Fore wing whitish suffused with 

 brown, the medial area whiter, broadly towards costa, a whitish 

 patch tinged with brown and defi]ied on outer side by a black line 

 from base of costa to inner margin before middle ; antemedial line 

 double, black, slightly angled outwards below costa and strongly in 

 submedian fold, then incurved to the basal patch ; a black point in 

 middle of cell; reniform defined by blackish, round ; postmedial 

 line slight, blackish, bent outwards below costa, incurved and 

 dentate beloAv vein 4, some white points with black streaks 

 between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line blackish, 

 minutely dentate below costa, incurved between veins 8 and 6 

 where it is met by an oblique black fascia from apex, then very 

 indistinct, slightly waved and angled inwards at submedian fold, 

 black streaks beyond it on veins 7, 6, and 1 ; a series of black 

 points just before termen defined on inner side by slight white 

 lunules ; cilia chequered white and fuscous, brownish towards 

 tornus. Hind wing aemihyaline white, the terminal area suffused 

 with fuscous brown ; cilia whitish tinged with brown ; the under- 

 side with the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hab. Bk. E. Africa, Tana 11. (Craivsluty), 1 c? ; Bechitakalakd, 

 N'Gami (Lugard), 2 d tyi)e. E.vj). 28-30 millim. 



