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greyish rufous with a pure white band at base ; pect^s, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen white, the legs slightly tinged with 

 brown, Fore wing greyish rufuus, the costal area broadly white 

 and very slightly irrorated with brown, extending to inner margin 

 on basal area ; an antemedial black point on costa ; two slight 

 discoidal black points ; postmedial line with black striga from 

 costa, faint and very oblique to vein 6, then brown defined on 

 inner side by white, inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous, some 

 white points with fuscous streaks beween them beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line faint and rufous on the white area, then puncti- 

 form, white slightly defined on inner side by brown, slightly excurved 

 below vein 7 and at middle ; a series of black points before termen 

 defined on outer side by white ; a fine dark terminal line. Hind 

 wing greyish rufous, the base and inner margin to postmedial line 

 pure white ; a faint discoidal striga and sinuous postmedial line ; 

 subterminal line white, punctiform, slightly defined on inner side 

 by brown ; a series of black points before termen defined on outer 

 side by white ; a fine black terminal line ; the underside white 

 tinged with rufous, a small brown discoidal spot, indistinct curved 

 postmedial and subterminal lines, and a series of black points 

 before termen. 



Hah. Lagos {Boag), 1 § ; Gold Coast, Aburi {Johnstone), 1 5 , 

 Kumasi ( Whiteside), 1 $ ; S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Sampson), 1 J ; 

 Gaboon, Ogove E.., 1 5 , co-type lathrcea ; Japan, Hakone {Leech), 

 1 (S , Kiushiu {Leech), 2 2 , Yokohama {Jonas), 1 $ type lauta ; 

 Centr. China, Kiukiang {Pryer), 2 S ; Punjab, Dharmsala 

 {Hocking), 1 5; Bombay, 1 $; Ceylon, 1 5; Singapore {Ridley), 

 1 S ; Java, 1 ^ . Exp. 18-22 millim. Type f semirufa in Coll. 

 Snellen. 



5372. Oruza latifera. (Plate CLVI. fig. 4.) 



Acidalia latifera, Wlk. Proc. N. H. See. Glasg. i. p. 375 (1873). 

 Selenis costalis, Bufcl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 409 (1875). 

 Mestleta discifascia, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 113 (1894). 



Head and tegulse brown slightly mixed with white ; thorax 

 white ; abdomen rufous with white band at base and white seg- 

 mental lines on terminal segments; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white faintly tinged wii'h brown. Fore wing 

 greyish rufous, the costal area very broadly white slightly tinged 

 with rufous, extending to inner margin on basal area ; traces of a 

 double blackish antemedial line with black point on the outer line 

 at costa, excurved below costa, then very oblique ; two black 

 discoidal points ; postmedial Kne dark defined on outer side by 

 white, very oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique 

 and slightly sinuous, some white points with black points between 

 them beyond it on costa; subterminal line white slightly defined 

 on inner side by brown, rufous and almost obsolete on the white 

 area, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a series of 

 black points defined on outer side by grey just before termen ; 



