246 HOCTTTID^. 



5370. Oruza semilux. 



Selenis semilux, Wlk. xsxiii. 1069 (1865) ; Hmpsn. Motha Ind. ii. p. 345. 

 Xanthoptera semifusca, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xiiii. p. 61, pi. 6. f. 8 (1880). 



Head and tegulse black-brown ; tborax white faintly tinged with 

 rufous ; abdomen black-brown with white band at base ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen white faintly tinged with rufous. 

 Fore wing black -brown, the costal area white tinged with rufous, 

 extending to inner margin on basal area, the costal edge blackish 



Fig. 69. — Oruza semilux, ^ . |. 



towards base ; an antemedial black point on costa ; postmedial line 

 slight, black faintly defined on outer side by white, very oblique 

 from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards, then 

 incurved and minutely waved ; subterminalline with diffused brown 

 bar from costa, then slight, excurved below vein 7, on the dark area 

 minutely waved and faintly defined on outer side by grey ; a series 

 of black points just before termen with slight white striae on their 

 outer edges and some yellow before them at discal fold; a fine waved 

 black terminal line and yellowish line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 black-brown irrorated with black, the base white ; a faint blackish 

 discoidal striga ; a faint blackish postmedial line, oblique from costa 

 to vein 4, then minutely waved and with slight rufous marks beyond 

 it; faint traces of a curved minutely waved subterminal line; a 

 series of minute black points just before termen ; a fine waved black 

 terminal line and yellowish line at base of cilia ; the underside white 

 irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal point, indistinct curved 

 postmedial and subterminal lines, and a series of black points before 

 termen. 



Hah. Punjab, Allahabad, 1 $ , Manpuri, 2 5 ; Bengal, Calcutta, 

 1 S ; Bombay, 4 $ , Kanara, Karwar [Bell), 1 5 ; Madras, Nilgiris 

 {Hampson), 2 $ ; Cetlon {Templeton), 1 j', 2 § type; Singapoee 

 (Ridley), 1 5 ; Celebes, type t semifusca in Coll. Snellen ; Queens^- 

 LAND, Brisbane (Turner), 1 $ . Exjo. 20-24 millim. 



5371. Oruza divisa. 



Selenis divisa, Wlk. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) i. p. 107 (1862) ; Moore, Lep. 



Coyl. iii. p. 210, pi. 174. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 845. 

 Sele7m Icmta, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. ii. p. 44, pi. 34. f. 1 (1878). 

 Xanthoptera sonirufa, Snell. Tijd. t. Ent. xxii. p. 62 (1880). 

 Mestleta lathrma, Holl. Psyche" vii. p. 114 (1894). 

 Zagira bicolora, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p, 213 (1906). 



Head and tegulae greyish rufous ; thorax pure white ; abdomen 



