BTEKTOBEIGfA. 615 



postraedial line dark, arising from apex, escurved below apex, then 

 oblique ; subterminal line formed of black scales, more or less com- 

 plete, arising from postmedial line at vein 6, waved, excurved at 

 middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous 

 brown, the cilia brownish white ; the underside greyish, the ter- 

 minal area more or less suffused with fuscous, a diffused curved 

 postmedial line sometimes present. 



Fig. 243. — Nertobriga signata, (^ . \, 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with some white on each side of subterminal 

 line. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with the discal area suffused with purplish 

 black. 



Ab. 3. Fore wing with the white patch on costa suffused with 

 fuscous brown. 



Hah. N.E. India. (Grote), 1 c? ; Ceylon (MacTcwood), Id", 2 ? , 

 type apicalis ; Singapoue (Ridleg), 2 S , 2 $ ; Boeneo, Sarawak 

 ( Wallace), 1 6 , Bidi (Shelford), 1 c5' , Sandakan {Pnjer), 1 c? , 1 ? ; 

 Philippines, Basilan (Dohertg), 1 5 ; Dutch N. Guinea, Kapaur 

 (Dohertg), 2 cJ ; Be. N. Guine.\, Milne Bay (Afeeh), 2 rj ; D'Enteb- 

 CASTEAUX Is., Fergusson Is. {Meek), 2 J ; Queensland, Kuranda 

 (Dodd), 1 5 . Exj). 24:-28 millim. Type -f and types f reversa and 

 leucosjnla in Mus. Oxon. 



7042. Nertobriga soliera. (Plate CXC. fig. 9.) 



Doranaga soliera, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xv. p. 7 (1895) ; Hmpsn. Moths 

 Ind. iv. p. 623. 



Head blackish with some white scales ; thorax ochreous white 

 tinged with rufous, especially the tegulse ; pectus, legs, and abdomen 

 white suffused with brown, the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore 

 wing deep rufous, the basal area except at costa ochreous white 

 tinged with rufous ; antemedial points formed of black scales in 

 cell, two in submedian fold, and one below vein 1 ; a black point 

 at upper angle of cell and white point with some black scales round 

 it at lower angle ; postmedial line white and oblique from costa to 

 vein 6, then indistinct, rufous, minutely waved and oblique to 

 middle of inner margin, some white irroration beyond it at apex ; 

 subterminal line only defined b}'' more or less white suffusion before 

 and beyond it. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with brown, 

 especially on terminal area ; cilia ochreouei ; the uuderside ochreoubj 



